 24).Adventist hold that there is group of those living at this period just before the second coming of Christ, which the saints live without an intercessor till Christ appears.This is the remnant alive at the close of probation, which are described as the saints that are sealed, showing the perfect character of Christ, and this is where Adventist make the connection with the 144,000 to the remnant, those "without fault before the throne of God".