Revelation 7 Commentary

Revelation Chapter 7

1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

This was when Constantine became Emperor, he gave the Edict of Milan in 313, which ended the persecution of Christians in the empire and gave peace for a time. The 4 angels, or more accurately, the 4 messengers holding the four winds speaks of peace, since strong wind would represent trouble. Here, the opposite was happening with the time of Constantine who ended the severe persecutions.

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Many Futurists/literalists are equating this to the Resurrection. This is declaring status, not chronology of the resurrection in the Revelation timeline. As Revelation 20:5,6 says, there is only one Resurrection for the saints and it doesn’t happen here in the timeline.

These 144,000 are called "firstfruits" in Revelation 14:4. Firstfruits is an agricultural term showing they are not the end time harvest, but were the early church harvest of souls. The term "firstfruits" is actually a timeline indicator, showing a time of the early church.

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

The Great Tribulation here is not the end time false seven year tribulation so many Futurists are parroting from their false prophecy teachers. Think of this. Which is a great tribulation, a 200+ year long tribulation of this pre Constantinian era referred to here, or a measly little tribulation of 7 years? Proving our point, that The Great Tribulation here of over 200 years long, far out weighs a tiny little time of 7 years. The short sighted perspective of the Futurists is far from the broad, long prophetic, historical view of our Heavenly Father.

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

The links below are for the teachable to broaden their view of our Heavenly Father’s timeline of all of the history of the church and the revelation timeline, and not as the Futurists say, a measly little short sited 7 years of prophecy.

Link List

Main Site 6000thyear.com

Historicism prophecybase.com

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