Dear Doves,

 

There are TWO different and distinct groups in Heaven wearing white robes, and the robes are white by TWO different and distinct methods. One group is identified as "His Bride", and the other group is identified as "a great multitude" in Scriptures.

 

Rev 19:8 (His Bride)

"Fine linen, bright and clean, WAS GIVEN HER to wear."

 

Rev 7:14 (a great multitude)

"---, 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."

 

Notice that the 'Bride of Christ' "WAS GIVEN" her "fine linen" "bright and clean" "to wear", as opposed to 'the multitude' who had to "wash their (own) robes" in "the Blood of the Lamb" to "make them white", and ALSO THEY "came out of the great tribulation".

 

Notice that there is no mention of the "Bride" coming out of the "great tribulation" because we know that the "Bride" is raptured before the tribulation begins, BUT "the multitude" is a different story. They get to Heaven by "coming out of the great tribulation" at some point after it begins, and AFTER "they wash their (own) robes in the Blood of the Lamb to make them white". They, the multitude, must put forth an effort of their own to make their robes white.

 

The "Bride" belongs to the "Philadelphia Church" who has an "open door" to Heaven by rapture, while "the multitude" belongs to the "Laodicea Church" and must "come out of the great tribulation" to get to Heaven.

 

Come Lord Jesus!

 

Bruce Warner