God's people's prayers in Revelation 6:9-11 produce the judgments that follow, beginning in verse Revelation 6:12-17. Those judgments parallel the judgments in Revelation 16:20, demonstrating that these visions overlap one another, covering the same material but advancing a little bit each time.
Revelation 7:3 parallels Ezekiel 9:4, where true believers receive a seal protecting them from the judgment being poured out on those around them.
The tribe of Dan is missing from the twelve tribes that comprise the 144,000 of Revelation 7:4-8. This appears to be an ideal number, the Jewish people squared (12X12) and then multiplied by the cube of the Holy of holies (10X10X10, Exodus 26:15-30) = 144,000.
But what is of great significance is the expansion of God's kingdom beyond the fulness of Israel's 144,000 to a vast number that no one can count, made up of people from all over the world in Revelation 7:9.
"We've a story to tell to the nations" during this time when God holds back his hand of judgment. Why does he delay? Peter tells us: God's delay, God's patience is salvation (2 Peter 3:9).
Then at the return of Christ all our tears will be wiped away by a nail-pierced hand (Revelation 7:17).
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...