How many people in heaven?

[hoosier_lefty]

I was thinking that somewhere in the Bible it said how many people would
get into heaven. Does anyone know of a verse that points it out? Couldn't find
anything on the interwebnets.

Thanks for your help

[NOW tense]

1. 144,000 according to the Jehovah Witness program.

Not actually in the Bible.

[BR_Parkway]

2. 144,000 but I forget the actual verse - I'm thinking Revelations

on edit, found this:

Twice in this book, mention is made of a group consisting of 144,000. In chapter 7:1ff John heard of 144,000 (12,000 each from twelve different Israelite tribes) servants of God who had been sealed on their foreheads. They were thus obviously redeemed people. Also, the apostle saw a “great multitude, which no man can number” out of every nation. These too were redeemed individuals who had been made white in the Lamb’s blood (v. 14). They had victoriously triumphed over tribulation, and they served God continuously in his temple. Some feel that these two groups are really the same people—just from different angles.

Again, in Revelation 14:1ff, John saw the Lamb on Mount Zion. With him were 144,000, sealed with the Father’s name upon their foreheads. This great multitude had been “purchased out of the earth,” and they were said to be the “firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.”

http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/604-who-are-the-144-000-of-revelation-7-and-14

[hoosier_lefty]

4. Thanks!

That is what I was looking for.

[NOW tense]

5. I disagree.

Revelation 14
The Lamb and the 144,000
1Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

[zeemike]

7. The 144,000 are not the people that go to heaven.

The are the ones that will set ut the Kingdom of god on the earth during the thousand years of peace.
Presumably the living descendants of each of the twelve tribes of Israel just after the 7 years of tribulation.
The uncountable multitudes are those that enter heaven and have lived thought history.

[patrice]

3. heaven? please define/describe and cite your source.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. As many as have peace in their heart

Heaven and hell are states of being one experiences not only after death but also here in the body.

[MineralMan]

8. Well, from an atheist's perspective, precisely zero.

YMMV