Revelation 7:9-17
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” 14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. 16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” 14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. 16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
After witnessing the twelve thousand from each tribe of God’s initial chosen ones, John is then shown an innumerable multitude clothed by God in white robes. They are from every place on earth across all nations and groups of people speaking every language ever uttering words throughout time. They join in with praises along with the others, waving palm branches as to Christ when He triumphantly entered Jerusalem (John 12:12-13) to be glorified through death (John 12:23-24) to resurrected life for Himself as the first of many brothers called to Him from the whole world throughout all time. They again shout how salvation is God’s and the Lamb’s, and the angels, four creatures, and elders all fell prostrate in worship with them. They sang between the amens of what is due to God for all these works for His glory and His chosen children - blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, forever! These all belong to our Lord and Savior only. No other deserves these accolades ever. As to the ones in white, we are told by one of the elders that they are ones who go through the hard times of pressing trouble and adversity and are washed clean by the blood of the Lamb; they are saved and suffer because of and through Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world in we His children. His blood sacrifice gives them and us the right to sit before His throne forevermore in service to our great God. We will join them in always being satisfied and sustained, safe and secure from all alarm. The Lamb is the great Shepherd leading His chosen to living water and will take away all sadness and feelings of loss, drying every former tear and keeping any new ones from ever forming. Hallelujah, what a Savior!
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