The Sealed of Israel
1 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth,holding the four winds of the earth,that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.
2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,
3 saying,“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our Godon their foreheads.”
4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed.One hundredandforty-four thousandof all the tribes of the children of Israelweresealed:
5 of the tribe of Judah twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Gad twelve thousandweresealed;
6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousandweresealed;
7 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Levi twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousandweresealed;
8 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousandweresealed;
of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousandweresealed.
A Multitude from the Great Tribulation
9 After these things I looked, and behold,a great multitude which no one could number,of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying,“Salvationbelongsto our Godwho sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
11 All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne andworshiped God,
12 saying:
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Beto our God forever and ever.
Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed inwhite robes, and where did they come from?”
14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
# So he said to me,“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, andwashed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne willdwell among them.
16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore;the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;
17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the thronewill shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters.And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”