Revelation 7

God’s People Will Be Preserved

1Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even on any tree. 2And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea, 3“Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.”

4And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God—144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:

5from Judah	12,000
from Reuben	12,000
from Gad	12,000
6from Asher	12,000
from Naphtali	12,000
from Manasseh	12,000
7from Simeon	12,000
from Levi	12,000
from Issachar	12,000
8from Zebulun	12,000
from Joseph	12,000
from Benjamin	12,000

Praise from the Great Crowd

9After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. 10And they were shouting with a great roar,

“Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne

and from the Lamb!”

11And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God. 12They sang,

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom

and thanksgiving and honor

and power and strength belong to our God

forever and ever! Amen.”

13Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?”

14And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.”

Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in#7:14a Greek who came out of. the great tribulation.#7:14b Or the great suffering. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.

15“That is why they stand in front of God’s throne

and serve him day and night in his Temple.

And he who sits on the throne

will give them shelter.

16They will never again be hungry or thirsty;

they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.

17For the Lamb on the throne#7:17 Greek on the center of the throne.

will be their Shepherd.

He will lead them to springs of life-giving water.

And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

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Revelation 7

The 144,000 of Israel Sealed

1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back #Jer. 49:36; Dan. 7:2the four winds of the earth, #[ver. 3]that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2Then I saw another angel ascending #ch. 16:12from the rising of the sun, with #ch. 9:4the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, 3saying, #ch. 6:6; 9:4“Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God #ch. 14:1; 22:4; Ezek. 9:4; [ch. 13:16; Ezek. 3:8, 9]on their foreheads.” 4And #ch. 9:16I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

512,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,

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 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

9After this I looked, and behold, #[Rom. 11:25] a great multitude that no one could number, #ch. 5:9from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, #ver. 14; See ch. 3:4clothed in white robes, with #[Lev. 23:40; John 12:13]palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, #ch. 12:10; 19:1; See Ps. 3:8“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and #ch. 4:6the four living creatures, and they #See ch. 4:10fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12#ch. 5:14; 19:4; [1 Chr. 29:10, 11]saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

13Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, #[See ver. 9 above]clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of #See Matt. 24:21the great tribulation. #ch. 22:14; [Isa. 1:18; Zech. 3:3-5] They have washed their robes and #[Dan. 12:10; 1 John 1:7] made them white #ch. 1:5in the blood of the Lamb.

15“Therefore they are before the throne of God,

and #ch. 22:3serve him day and night in his temple;

and he who sits on the throne #ch. 21:3; [Isa. 4:5, 6]will shelter them with his presence.

16 # Isa. 49:10 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;

# Ps. 121:6 the sun shall not strike them,

nor any scorching heat.

17For the Lamb in the midst of the throne #Ps. 23:1, 2; [Matt. 2:6]; See John 10:11will be their shepherd,

and he will guide them to springs of #ch. 22:1; [Ps. 36:8, 9; John 4:14] living water,

and #ch. 21:4; Isa. 25:8God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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