Gino (30 Sep 2018)
"What is the significance of the 2 different tenses?"


What is the significance of the 2 different tenses?
Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
  5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
These "are" they (present tense)
Which "were not" defiled (past tense)
they "are" virgins  &  These "are" they (present)
These "were redeemed" (past)
"was found" no guile (past)
they "are without fault" (present)