The Missing Tribe in Revelation 7: (RE: Confusion on the Rapture) 

The short answer: "Dan"
 
Why? - Joseph had two sons in Egypt and each became a Tribe of Israel (Ephraim & Manasseh, Gen 48:1-21), and Ephraim received the blessing of "First Born".  The "First Born Son" receives the NAME of the Father, and a double portion of all that belongs to the father.
 

7:5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, (Gen 49:8-12, Receives Blessing of First Born)

   from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, (Gen 49:3-4 - Loses Blessing of First Born)

   from the tribe of Gad 12,000, (Gen 49:19)

 

Rev 7:6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000, (Gen 49:20)

   from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, (Gen 49:21)

   from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, (Gen 48:1-21, Gen 49:22-26 indirectly)

 

Rev 7:7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, (Gen 49:5-7)

   from the tribe of Levi 12,000, (Gen 49:5-7)

   from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, (Gen 49:14-15)

 

Rev 7:8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, (Gen 49:13)

   from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, (Gen 48:1-21, Gen 49:22-26 Special Blessing to Ephraim)

   from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000. (Gen 49:27)

 

WARNING! (This is the tribe that spans Antichrist and Rulers of Beast: Rev 12-13)

Gen 49:16 "Dan will provide justice for his people

       as one of the tribes of Israel.

Gen 49:17 Dan will be a serpent by the roadside,

       a viper along the path,

       that bites the horse's heels

       so that its rider tumbles backward.

Gen 49:18 "I look for your deliverance, O LORD.

 

Notice: Even Israel prayed for deliverance from Dan.  The word Dan means "judge", or "judging one"

 

Ezekiel 27:19 - The last mention of the Danites is with the Greeks, which links them with Alexander the Great.  Also, the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were from an area of Greek influence, Troy.  The plot thickens; in Genesis we have Jacob prophesying about whom the judge would be, and that leads to Antiochus Epiphanes (Prototype Antichrist), Pontius Pilate, and someone descended from the Roman Leadership.  All of the ruling families of Europe can show a lineage back to Rome and the same is true with the current U.S. President (His Mother's Side).

Note: "Romulus introduced legislation against adultery and murder. As the king of Rome, Romulus was not only the commander-in-chief of the army, but also the city’s chief judicial authority. His judgments of many crimes were held in place for over six hundred years without a single case being reported in Rome of his judgments being questioned." - Multiple Sources.

 

YBIC,

Eric