Book of Revelation 7
God marks his people from Israel
1 After this I saw 4 *angels who were standing at the 4 corners of the earth. They were stopping the 4 winds of the earth. So, no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.
2 Then I saw another *angel who was coming up from the east. He was carrying something to make a mark. It was the mark of the God who is alive. This *angel shouted loudly to the 4 *angels. They had received authority to destroy the land and the sea.
3 But he shouted to them: ‘Do not destroy the land or the sea or the trees yet. Wait until we put a mark on our God’s servants. We must put a mark on the front of their heads.’
4 Then I heard how many people received God’s mark. The number was 144 000 from all the family groups of Israel’s people.
5 There were 12 000 from each family group: 12 000 from Judah’s family group
12 000 from Reuben’s family group
12 000 from Gad’s family group
6 12 000 from Asher’s family group
12 000 from Naphtali’s family group
12 000 from Manasseh’s family group
7 12 000 from Simeon’s family group
12 000 from Levi’s family group
12 000 from Issachar’s family group
8 12 000 from Zebulun’s family group
12 000 from Joseph’s family group
12 000 from Benjamin’s family group note
The large crowd who were wearing white clothes
9 After this, I looked, and I saw a very big crowd of people. There were so many people that nobody could count them. They came from every country, from every family group and from every language. They were standing in front of the *throne and in front of the *Lamb. They were wearing white clothes and they were holding branches of palm trees in their hands. note
10 And they shouted loudly: ‘It is our God and the *Lamb who have saved us. They saved us from trouble and danger. Our God sits on the *throne.’
11 All the *angels were standing round the *throne and round the leaders and round the 4 *beings. They bent down so that their faces touched the ground in front of the *throne. That was how they *worshipped God.
12 They said: ‘This is true! We want to *worship our God. We want to say how great and powerful he is. Because he knows everything and we thank him. He has authority and he will be strong always. This is true!’
13 Then one of the leaders spoke to me. ‘Who are these people in white clothes?’ he asked. ‘Where did they come from?’
14 ‘Only you know who they are, sir’, I replied. ‘They are the people who have come out of the time of bad trouble’, he said to me. ‘They have washed their clothes and they have made them white in the *Lamb’s blood.’ note
15 ‘That is why they are in front of God’s *throne. They are in his house all day and all night because they are his servants. And God, who sits on the *throne, will live among them. He will keep them safe.
16 They will never again be hungry. They will never be without anything to drink. Neither the sun nor any other strong heat will burn them.
17 The *Lamb is in the middle of the *throne. He will supply everything that they need. He will lead them to water that comes up from the ground. It is the water that makes people alive. Their eyes were wet because they have cried. But God will make them happy. He will cause their eyes to be dry.’
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