Rev 7 has the 144 000 come out of the 12 tribes of israel. jesus said prior to that, the apostles would rule over the 12 tribes. therefore, wt has it, that the 12 tribes are those with an earthly hope. In another interpretation the 12 tribes must be the "Israel of God" that according to wt are the anointed only. so, do the 144 000 come out of the earthly class? possibly , the apostles did. but are the 144 000 sealed out of the rest of the israel of god? or the OS, or both?
they follow jesus "wherever he goes", are probably the deserving souls killed with the axe, to rule for a 1000 years. of Rev 20.
They must have christlike self control to be like him, male virgins as per Rev 14.
Not uncommon to have a special groupe, elite, senate if you will, clustered around a government. so
what is this new light? , sorry, can't stand orateurs.