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 so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel coming up from the east, with 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 earth and the sea:
3 “Do not harm the earth, or the sea, or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
4 And I heard the number of those who had been sealed: 144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites.
5 From the tribe of Judah, 12,000 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 sealed.
9 After these things, I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
10 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, the elders, and the four living creatures. They fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
12 saying: “Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These people dressed in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”
14 I answered him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great affliction. They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 That is why they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his sanctuary, and the one seated on the throne will spread his tent over them.
16 They will never again hunger, nor thirst, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat,
17 because the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them and guide them to springs of the waters of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
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