The Great Multitude
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When & Who
The Great Multitude
Revelation 7:9–12 “9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 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, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.””
Revelation 7:13–14 “13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
Revelation 6:9–11 “9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.”
Revelation 7:15–17 “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 shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
What’s different about this group of saints?
John apparently doesn’t recognize who they are. Why are they distinguished from those prior to the tribulation?
Their predecessors are already in heaven!
Tribulation Saints
Not Crowned
Palms in their hands
Saved “out of” the Tribulation
These stand before thrones
These serve Him day and night
Not recognized by John
24 Elders
Crowned
Harps, No Palms
“Kept out” of the Tribulation (Rev 3:10)
Sit on thrones (1 Cor 6:2-3; 1 Pet 2:9; Rev1:6)
Reign as kings and priests (1 Cor 6:2-3; 1 Pet 2:9; Rev 1:6)