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An Interlude |
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Revelation 7:1
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After this I saw four angels standing at the
four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no
wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. |
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Revelation 7:2
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And I saw another angel ascending from the rising
of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice
to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, |
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Revelation 7:3
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saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or
the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads." |
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The 144,000 |
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Revelation 7:4
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And I heard the number of those who were sealed,
one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: |
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Revelation 7:5
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from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were
sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve
thousand, |
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Revelation 7:6
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from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from
the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, |
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Revelation 7:7
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from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from
the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,
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Revelation 7:8
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from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from
the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand
were sealed. |
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A Multitude from the Tribulation |
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Revelation 7:9
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After these things I looked, and behold, a great
multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples
and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white
robes, and palm branches were in their hands; |
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Revelation 7:10
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and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,
"Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." |
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Revelation 7:11
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And all the angels were standing around the
throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their
faces before the throne and worshiped God, |
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Revelation 7:12
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saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever.
Amen." |
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Revelation 7:13
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Then one of the elders answered, saying to me,
"These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come
from?" |
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Revelation 7:14
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I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said
to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. |
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Revelation 7:15
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"For this reason, they are before the throne
of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the
throne will spread His tabernacle over them. |
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Revelation 7:16
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"They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore;
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Revelation 7:17
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for the Lamb in the center of the throne will
be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God
will wipe every tear from their eyes." |
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