Revelation 7
7
The Sealed of Israel
1After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, #Jer. 49:36; Dan. 7:2; Zech. 6:5; Matt. 24:31holding the four winds of the earth, #Rev. 7:3; 8:7; 9:4that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. 2Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3saying, #Rev. 6:6“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God #Ezek. 9:4, 6; Rev. 22:4on their foreheads.” 4#Rev. 9:16And I heard the number of those who were sealed. #Rev. 14:1, 3One hundred and forty-four thousand #Gen. 49:1–27of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
5of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;
6of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed;
7of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed;
8of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
A Multitude from the Great Tribulation
9After these things I looked, and behold, #Is. 60:1–5; Rom. 11:25a great multitude which no one could number, #Rev. 5:9of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, #Rev. 3:5, 18; 4:4; 6:11clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, saying, #Ps. 3:8; Is. 43:11; Jer. 3:23; Hos. 13:4; Rev. 19:1“Salvation belongs to our God #Rev. 5:13who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11#Rev. 4:6All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and #Rev. 4:11; 5:9, 12, 14; 11:16worshiped God, 12#Rev. 5:13, 14saying:
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”
13Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in #Rev. 7:9white robes, and where did they come from?”
14And I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
So he said to me, #Rev. 6:9“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and #Is. 1:18; Zech. 3:3–5; (Heb. 9:14)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will #Is. 4:5, 6; Rev. 21:3dwell among them. 16#Ps. 121:5; Is. 49:10They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; #Ps. 121:6; Rev. 21:4the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne #Ps. 23:1; Matt. 2:6; (John 10:11, 14)will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. #Is. 25:8; Matt. 5:4; Rev. 21:4And 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 rising up from the east,#Is 41:2 who had the seal of the living God.#Rv 7:3; 9:4 He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were allowed 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 servants 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 the sealed:
144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:#Gn 35:23–26
512,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah,
12,000 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 clothed in white robes 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, and along with the elders and the four living creatures 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 in white robes, and where did they come from?”
14I said to him, “Sir,#7:14 Or “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 temple.#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#7:15 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 scorching 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 the waters of life,#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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