Revelation 7:9. After this I beheld,
The Gentile Church.
Revelation 7:9. And, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
It will do some people good to see that sight, for they fancy that all the saints go to their place of worship. There are no good people anywhere except those that think exactly as they do. So they seem to fancy. Oh! that their eyes were opened a little, for I am afraid that some Christians are very like the mouse that had always lived in a box, and on some grand occasion climbed up to the edge of the box. He looked over and saw the vast area of the cupboard, and said, "I had no idea the world was so big as that", and yet it had never seen outside the cupboard even then. Oh! for eyes that could see a sight like this. "After this, I behold, and lo, a great multitude which no man could number" (we can count pretty high too) "of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues."
Revelation 7:9. Stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes.
Perfectly pure - perfectly happy - arrayed like priests and conquerors, for they had "palms in their hands."
Revelation 7:9. After this I beheld,
The Gentile Church.
Revelation 7:9. And, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
It will do some people good to see that sight, for they fancy that all the saints go to their place of worship. There are no good people anywhere except those that think exactly as they do. So they seem to fancy. Oh! that their eyes were opened a little, for I am afraid that some Christians are very like the mouse that had always lived in a box, and on some grand occasion climbed up to the edge of the box. He looked over and saw the vast area of the cupboard, and said, "I had no idea the world was so big as that", and yet it had never seen outside the cupboard even then. Oh! for eyes that could see a sight like this. "After this, I behold, and lo, a great multitude which no man could number" (we can count pretty high too) "of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues."
Revelation 7:9. Stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes.
Perfectly pure - perfectly happy - arrayed like priests and conquerors, for they had "palms in their hands."