Revelation 7:15-17

These are the people. The words of the elder form the close to this section [Chapter s 4-7]. Remember the central idea of this section is: "Jehovah reigns; let the peoples tremble!" The theme of this section is: the church being persecuted and tested in the world. What the elder says is the inspired interpretation of the GREAT CROWD. These people are the Church Triumphant, who have kept their faith during persecution, and who have "graduated" from Earth, Now they are assembled in Eternity, never to leave the presence of God and the Lamb. They have washed their flowing white robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb (1 John 1:7; Hebrews 9:14; Romans 6:3-11). Springs of living water. Water symbolizes eternal life and salvation (Isaiah 55:1; John 7:38-39). Springs of water symbolize the source of life which they have through the Lamb, and the eternal companionship with the Father. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, "He will annihilate death for all time; and the Lord, the Eternal, will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the shame of His people He will remove from the whole earth; because the Eternal has said this." [Isaiah 25:8. Zamenhof's version of the Masoretic Text].