WORD STUDY: THE GREAT MULTITUDE IN WHITE ROBES
SENSE OF GRACE SUNDAY SERVICE (11AM)
OUR TOPIC OF FOCUS: THE GREAT MULTITUDE IN WHITE ROBES
Referenced Scripture: Revelation 7:9-14 (NKJV)
"After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"
Now watch this: In verses 13-14 John was asked a question? 'Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?" I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 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 shelter them with his presence."'
At this point, John was already experienced because Christ had unveiled much more to Him. So He answered rightly, unlike the first time he wept in Revelation 5:4-5 (Reference - Golden News Article: I WEPT SO MUCH). So here, one of the elders asked John another test question, but John who was now advanced in confidence, replied wisely or rather dodged the question smartly:
'Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?" I answered, "Sir, you know." (Revelation 7:13-14).
Then the elder answered John in Revelation 7:14-17 "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 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 shelter them with his presence. 'Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,' nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ 'And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'"
Beloved, these heavenly super-intelligent beings know the answer to the question John wept about, until John began to acknowledge that they know even much more because they are supernaturally advanced in intelligence. However for the meantime, we know in part and we prophesy in part, as saints on earth. Shalom!
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