THE FOUR WINDS WITHHELD. While the sixth seal may be styled the seal of _Revolution,_ the mighty changes of this period are not all violent. If the reader will turn to the seventh chapter he will find that it is. record of visions witnessed by the apostle which precede the opening of the seventh se... [ Continue Reading ]
LESSON XI.--D ECEMBER 12. THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN.-- Revelation 7:9-17. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple._ -- Revelation 7:15. TIME AND PLACE. --Patmos, on the Lord's day as in preceding lessons. HELPFUL READINGS. -- Revelation 7:1... [ Continue Reading ]
It will be observed that there are two classes here represented. There are twelve thousand who are sealed from each tribe of Israel, and then. great multitude, out "of all nations." The first company is composed of Jews, while the second and larger company is composed of Gentiles. In the fourteenth... [ Continue Reading ]
SALVATION TO OUR GOD WHO SITTETH UPON THE THRONE, ETC. They ascribe to God and the Lamb the glory of their salvation. It is. song of praise from the lips of the redeemed, such as is sung, in substance, every Lord's day in ten thousand congregations.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE ANGELS STOOD ABOUT THE THRONE. Also the four living creatures, and the elders, all evidently being the same as those described in Chapter V. There the elders and four living creatures began the song of praise, the angels joined in the first chorus, and all creation sung the second. Here the... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE OF THE ELDERS SAITH UNTO ME. One of these heavenly elders. One had spoken unto him in Chapter. concerning the sealed book. He now asks him concerning the countless multitude in white robes, not for information, but in order to give it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THEY WHICH HAVE COME UP THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATION. It will be noticed that the Revision translates: "These are they which came out of the great tribulation." This specifies some particular tribulation, for the article occurs in the original. That tribulation is described in chapter 6:9-11... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE NOW THEY ARE BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD. As the apostle looks into the future he beholds the destiny of all those sealed. They have. home in heaven, around the throne of God. There they serve, night and day, continually in his temple, so that the redeemed always know that they are in the Fa... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL HUNGER NO MORE. Their sorrows, trials, and tribulations, of body as well as mind, are over forever. They shall not hunger or thirst, because "the Lamb shall feed them" with the Bread of life, and "lead them to living fountains" of the waters of life. Nor shall they ever sorrow, because Go... [ Continue Reading ]