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11/19/2024
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“... there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language ...” (9). John’s next vision depicted an angel holding off destruction until God’s people were “sealed” (1-4). The first were “144,000 from all the tribes of Israel” (a symbolic number), and then John saw a great, mixed “multitude” who had come out of tribulation (9,14). Redeemed and “sealed”, God’s people did not need to fear judgment.
“For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd” (17). Because Jesus is at the center of God’s throne, we do not live in fear of catastrophe or judgment but look forward to His kingdom.