12 Tribes of Israel

12 Tribes of Israel

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THE SEALING OF THE 144,000


Revelation 7:1: “And after these things” [The visions] “I” [John] “saw” [Another vision] “four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.”


Revelation 7:2: “And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God:” [See 2 Timothy 2:19] “and he” [The angel] “cried with a loud voice to the four angels,” [Standing on the four corners of the earth, see verse 1] “to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,” See Revelation 8:7-11 and Revelation 16:12.


Revelation 7:3: “Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we” [The angel ascending from the east, and the four angels] “have sealed the servants of our God” [The 144,000] “in their foreheads.” See Isaiah 52:4-8.


Revelation 7:4: “And I” [John] “heard the number of them" [The Servants of God] "which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.” See Revelation 14:1.

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Revelation 7:5: “Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.”


Revelation 7:6: “Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.”


Revelation 7:7: “Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.”


Revelation 7:8: “Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.”



THE GREAT MULTITUDE (THE CHILDREN OF GOD)


Revelation 7:9: “After this” [The vision in Revelation 7:1-8] “I” [John] “beheld," [Another vision] "and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne,” [of God] “and before the Lamb,” [Christ] “clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”


Revelation 7:10: “And" [The Great Multitude] "cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”


Revelation 7:11: “And all the angels stood round about the throne,” [of God] “and about the elders” [The 24 elders] “and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,”


Revelation 7:12: “Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.”



Message to reader: The Great Multitude

The above vision (Revelation 7:9-12) took place in the Most High’s throne room, see Revelation 4:1-2, 4, 6.



Revelation 7:13: “And one of the elders” [The 24 elders] “answered, saying unto me,” [John] “What are these which are arrayed in white robes?” [See verse 9] “and whence came they?”


Revelation 7:14: “And I” [John] “said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they” [The Great Multitude] “which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”


Revelation 7:15: “Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple:" [Holy Jerusalem] "and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.” See Revelation 21:3, 22.


Revelation 7:16: “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.”


Revelation 7:17: “For the Lamb” [Christ] “which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters:” [See Revelation 21:6-7] “and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” See Revelation 21:4 and Isaiah 25:8.