THE SALVATION OF JEWS AND GENTILES DURING THE TRIBULATION-REV 7

REVELATION 1:19 Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later

WHAT U HAVE SEEN JOHNS VISION OF CHRIST IN CHAPTER 1

WHAT IS NOW Christ’s message to the 7 churches in chapters 2-3

WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE LATER (FUTURE) CHAPTERS 4-22

CHAPTER 7 IN A PARENTHESIS OR A REHASHING OF THOSE SAVED DURING THE TRIBULATION CHP. 6 6 SEALS OPENED CHP. 7 ( ) CHP. 8 7TH SEAL OPENED WHICH LEADS TO TRUMPET JUDGMENTS

2ND SEAL-RED HORSE-WAR 1ST SEAL-WHITE HORSE-FALSE PEACE 3RD SEAL-BLACK HORSE-FAMINE 4TH SEAL-PALE HORSE-DEATH 5TH SEAL-MARTYRS PRAYING UNDER THE ALTAR 6TH SEAL-UNIVERSAL DESTRUCTION AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST CHAPTER 7 7TH SEAL-CHAPTER 8

SALVATION DURING THE TRIBULATION REVELATION 7:1-8 REVELATION 7:9-17 GENTILES INNUMERABLE AMOUNT STANDING IN HEAVEN JEWS 144,000 SEALED ON EARTH

1. THE SALVATION OF THE JEWS

REVELATION 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.

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(3) Do not harm the land, sea or the trees REVELATION 7:1,3 REVELATION 8:6-9 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. (1) After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. (3) Do not harm the land, sea or the trees

REVELATION 7:2-3 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God

EZEKIEL 9:3-6 Then the LORD called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it. As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark.

SEALS SIGNIFIED THE FOLLOWING PROTECTION AUTHENTICITY OWNERSHIP

EPHESIANS 1:13-14 When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance

II COR. 1:21-22 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

ALL OF GOD’S PEOPLE

144,000 REPRESENT ALL OF GODS PEOPLE 12 TRIBES-OLD TESTAMENT 12 APOSTLES-NEW TESTAMENT ______________________ 12 X 12 = 144 144,000 REPRESENT ALL OF GODS PEOPLE

JEWISH INDIVIDUALS

REVELATION 7:4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel

REVELATION 7:5-8 5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, 6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, 7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, 8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.

JACOB EPHRAIM DAN REUBEN SIMEON JOSEPH LEVI JUDAH ASHER GAD ZEBULUN ISSACHAR NAPHTALI GAD ASHER MANASSEH JOSEPH BENJAMIN EPHRAIM DAN

THE SALVATION OF THE GENTILES

REVELATION 7:9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robesand were holding palm branches in their hands.

REVELATION 7:10-12 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne,and to the Lamb.” 11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”

GROUPS SEEN PRAISING GOD MARTYRS ANGELS ELDERS 4 LIVING CREATURES

24 ELDERS GOD ANGELS 4 LIVING CREATURES

REVELATION 7:13-15 13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “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. 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 shelter them with his presence.

BEGINNING OF BIRTH PANGS GREAT TRIBULATION

REVELATION 7:16-17 16 ‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,nor any scorching heat.17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd;‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

SERVICE

REVELATION 7:15 Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple

PROTECTION

and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence REVELATION 7:15 and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence

PROVISION

REVELATION 7:16-17 Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water.

COMFORT

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. REVELATION 7:17 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.