Revelation 7 and Revelation 14 refer to them. They're the ones who take part in the first resurrection. They're the ones present during Christ's millennial reign before Satan's freed for his short season. It's pretty clearly written As far as the Catholic Church goes I'm still pulling on this thread. Some believe that the original Catholic Church may have been the church during Christ millennial reign. That once Satan was freed to deceive the Nations again the saints went to Mount Zion(rupes nigra) wait in the camp of the saints for the final battle. It was after him being freed that the church was infiltrated and became the satanic organization that it currently is. I'm not necessarily saying I fully believe that. However I could see some merit in it. This whole subject is the reason I created a little season sub. That way I have a place to put the research that I and several groups have been working on for the past 2 or 3 years. I'm hoping that as I post more I can get some debate possibly some clarification on specific subjects pertaining to biblical prophecy. Keep in mind, mainstream churches are not allowed to fully preach the Bible or specific viewpoints about what is in the Bible. If they do they lose their tax-free status. In fairness I probably should have said that hagiography could potentially be true stories of the tribulation saints. Many of those stories seem like fairy tales.