Offenbarung 7
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And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that wind should not blow on the
earth, nor on the sea, nor on every tree. 2 And I saw another angel coming up
from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God. And he cried with
a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to them to harm the earth
and the sea, saying, 3 Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until
we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of
those having been sealed: one hundred forty four thousands, having been sealed
out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: 5 Out of the tribe of Judah, twelve
thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand having
been sealed. Out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand having been sealed. 6 Out
of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of
Naphtali, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Manasseh,
twelve thousand having been sealed. 7 Out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve
thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand having
been sealed. Out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand having been sealed.
8 Out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the
tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of
Benjamin, twelve thousand having been sealed. 9 After these things I saw, and
behold, a great crowd which no one was able to number them, out of every
nation, even tribes and peoples and tongues, standing in front of the throne,
and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and in their hands
palm branches. 10 And they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation to our God
sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb. 11 And all the angels and of the elders
and of the four living creatures stood around the throne. And they fell before
the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, 12 saying, Amen. Blessing and
glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength to our God
forever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These,
the ones having been clothed in the white robes, who are they, and from where
did they come? 14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These
are those coming out of the great tribulation; and they washed their robes and
whitened them in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Because of this they are before the
throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His sanctuary. And He sitting on
the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. 16 And they will not hunger
still, nor will they thirst still, nor at all shall fall on them the sun, nor
any kind of heat. 17 Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will shepherd
them, and will lead them on living springs of waters; and God will wipe off
every tear from their eyes.