REVELATION 7:9-17_The Great Multitude But not only the 144,000 elect remnant of Israelites are found in this chapter 7-given to cheer our hearts-but “a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues” will “wash their robes” and have a place “before the throne” in heaven. Here we have one of the most striking scenes in this great book. John does not know who these are, as his answer to the elder’s question “Who are they and whence came they?” plainly shows. He is told that they “come out of the great tribulation.” Also that they “washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” That means salvation and salvation by faith in God’s Word regarding the blood of Christ. Lastly, the throne of God here in chapter 7 is necessarily that revealed in chapter 5. It is on that heavenly throne that the Lamb is seen “in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and … the elders” (Revelation 5:6). It is not that throne of “his father David” (Luke 1:32-33), not the “throne of his glory” upon which the King shall sit when He returns to earth (Matthew 25:1-46).
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