Revelation 7:1-17.
Revelation 7:1-17 (Good News Translation)
1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of
the earth, holding back the four winds so that no wind should blow on the
earth or the sea or against any tree.
2And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal
of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels to
whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea.
3The angel said,
Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the
servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads.
4And I was told that the number of those who were marked with
God's seal on their foreheads was 144,000. They were from the twelve
tribes of Israel,
5-8twelve thousand from each tribe: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher,
Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
9After this I looked, and there was an enormous crowd—no one
could count all the people! They were from every race, tribe, nation, and
language, and they stood in front of the throne and of the Lamb, dressed
in white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
10They called out in a loud voice:
Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from
the Lamb!
11All the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the
four living creatures. Then they threw themselves face downward in front
of the throne and worshiped God,
12saying,
Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and
might belong to our God forever and ever! Amen!
13One of the elders asked me,
Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where do they
come from?
14I don't know, sir. You do, I answered.
He said to me,
These are the people who have come safely through the terrible
persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the
blood of the Lamb.
15That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day
and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with
his presence.
16Never again will they hunger or thirst; neither sun nor any
scorching heat will burn them,
17because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be
their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
the earth, holding back the four winds so that no wind should blow on the
earth or the sea or against any tree.
2And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal
of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels to
whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea.
3The angel said,
Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the
servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads.
4And I was told that the number of those who were marked with
God's seal on their foreheads was 144,000. They were from the twelve
tribes of Israel,
5-8twelve thousand from each tribe: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher,
Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
9After this I looked, and there was an enormous crowd—no one
could count all the people! They were from every race, tribe, nation, and
language, and they stood in front of the throne and of the Lamb, dressed
in white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
10They called out in a loud voice:
Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from
the Lamb!
11All the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the
four living creatures. Then they threw themselves face downward in front
of the throne and worshiped God,
12saying,
Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and
might belong to our God forever and ever! Amen!
13One of the elders asked me,
Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where do they
come from?
14I don't know, sir. You do, I answered.
He said to me,
These are the people who have come safely through the terrible
persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the
blood of the Lamb.
15That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day
and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with
his presence.
16Never again will they hunger or thirst; neither sun nor any
scorching heat will burn them,
17because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be
their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
God bless you.
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