After readiing the various posts the
past month I cannot let this slip by without doing a
little rightly dividing!
Here
we see the picture in the beginning of Revelation 5 -
note the audience here, John who witnesses the 4
living creatures as well as the 24 elders – these
elders represent us, the raptured church – how do I
know this? – note Rev 5:9b Jesus the Lamb of God
redeemed us by His shed blood from out of every tribe
and tongue and people and nation – easy no hidden
meaning – we were redeemed by HIS shed Blood– and we
will reign on earth with Jesus as kings and priests to
our God (the promise of Rev5:10)
Rev
5:8
Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living
creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before
the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of
incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Rev
5:9
And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to
take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were
slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out
of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Rev
5:10
And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we
shall reign on the earth."
And
now in Revelation chapter 6 the scroll is unfurled and
the horsemen ride out on command to execute judgement
(God’s wrath on an unrepentant world)
Rev
6:17
For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is
able to stand?"
Then
the focus shifts in Revelation 7, to the multitude
before the throne with the waving palm branches
Note
the question posed to John in Rev 7:13 "Who
are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they
come from?"
Note the plain
answer given by one of the elders: "These are the ones
who come out of the great tribulation, and washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb.
Also
see what these saved out of the great tribulation will
be doing for all eternity(Rev7:15) they
are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and
night in His temple!
They
are the enormous soul harvest during the tribulation,
realising that Jesus was the Saviour all along and
being martyred to attain salvation, instead of
believing thru Faith which is the essence of salvation
during the current time of Grace.
We,
the true believers today, are to be counted the most
blessed of humans as we will see HIM shortly, and
receive our awards at the Bema seat(kings and priests
to rule with HIM in all eternity), as opposed to them
who come out of the tribulation. Let there be no
mistake – We are truly blessed.
Rev
7:11
All the angels stood around the throne and the elders
and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces
before the throne and worshiped God,
Rev
7:12
saying: “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God
forever and ever. Amen.”
Rev
7:13
Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who
are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they
come from?”
Rev
7:14
And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me,
“These are the ones who come out of the great
tribulation, and washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb.
Rev
7:15
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 dwell among them.
Rev
7:16
They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;
Rev
7:17
for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will
shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of
waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their
eyes.”
Please
see the plain meaning of the word as it’s plain
meaning makes sense when you rightly divide the word.
Love
in
the coming KING of KINGS, The LION of JUDAH to HIM be
all the Glory JESUS CHRIST NMASCHIAGH NAGID
jimmy