Revelation 7
7
The 144,000 People of Israel
1After the vision of these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. The angels were holding the four winds of the earth to keep them from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2Then I saw another angel coming up from the east who had the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given power to harm the earth and the sea. 3He said to them, “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we mark with a sign the foreheads of the people who serve our God.” 4Then I heard how many people were marked with the sign. There were one hundred forty-four thousand from every tribe of the people of Israel.
5From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were marked with the sign,
from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,
6from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,
7from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,
8from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand,
and from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were marked with the sign.
The Great Crowd Worships God
9After the vision of these things I looked, and there was a great number of people, so many that no one could count them. They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language of the earth. They were all standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. 10They were shouting in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” 11All the angels were standing around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures. They all bowed down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying, “Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength belong to our God forever and ever. Amen!”
13Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people dressed in white robes? Where did they come from?”
14I answered, “You know, sir.”
And the elder said to me, “These are the people who have come out of the great distress. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Because of this, they are before the throne of God. They worship him day and night in his temple. And the One who sits on the throne will be present with them. 16Those people will never be hungry again, and they will never be thirsty again. The sun will not hurt them, and no heat will burn them, 17because the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs of water that give life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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Revelation 7
7
The Sealed of Israel
1After this I saw four angels # Rv 9:14 standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth # Is 11:12; Jr 49:36; Ezk 7:2; Dn 7:2; Zch 6:5; Mt 24:31; Rv 20:7-8 so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. 2Then I saw another angel, who had the seal of the living God # Rv 7:3; 9:4 rise up from the east. # Is 41:2 He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were empowered # Lit angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea: 3“Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees # Rv 3:12; 6:6; 9:4 until we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads. # Ezk 9:4,6; Rv 13:16; 14:1,9; 20:4; 22:4” 4And I heard the number of those who were sealed:
144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites: # Gn 35:23-26
512,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah,
12,000 # Other mss add sealed after each number from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
612,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
712,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
812,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.
A Multitude from the Great Tribulation
9After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, # Rv 5:9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6 which no one could number, # Gn 15:5; 32:12 standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands. # Lv 23:40; Jn 12:13 10And they cried out in a loud voice:
Salvation belongs to our God, # Ex 15:2; 2Ch 20:17; Ps 3:8; 67:2; Is 12:2; 49:6; 51:6,8; 52:10; Jnh 2:9; Ac 4:12; Rm 1:6; 1Pt 1:5; Rv 12:10; 19:1
who is seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb!
11All the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying:
Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and strength
be to our God forever and ever. # Rv 4:11 Amen.
13Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people robed in white, and where did they come from? ”
14I said to him, “Sir, # Lit My lord you know.”
Then he told me:
These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. # Dn 12:1; Mk 13:19; Rv 3:10; 6:11
They washed their robes and made them white # Ps 51:7; Is 1:18; 43:25; 44:22; Heb 9:24; 1Jn 1:7
in the blood of the Lamb.
15For this reason they are before the throne of God,
and they serve Him day and night # Rv 4:8 in His sanctuary. # Rv 3:12; 11:1,2,19; 14:15,17; 15:5-6,8; 16:1,17; 21:22
The One seated on the throne will shelter # Or will spread His tent over them: # Ps 27:5; 31:20; 61:4; Is 25:4; Rv 21:3
16They will no longer hunger;
they will no longer thirst;
the sun will no longer strike them,
nor will any heat. # Dt 28:22; Is 49:10; Jn 6:35
17For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them; # Ps 23:1; Ezk 34:23
He will guide them to springs of living waters, # Ps 23:2; Is 49:10; Jr 2:13
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. # Is 25:8; Rv 21:4
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