Revelation 7:13-14
In verse 14 --->The TEXT SAY CLEARLY WHAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM:
They come of great tribulation ie[their own tribulation]...what tribulation can be greater than dying under torture ?
Tribulation means TROUBLE(S). I hope you aren't implying everyone that has Tribulation dies a tortured death or even a death. Its just not the case. Those mentioned and shown in Rev. 7:9 are the Raptured Church that came out of MANY NATIONS.......
Rev. 9:7 After this I beheld, and, lo, a
great multitude, which no man could number,
of all nations, and
kindreds, and
people, and
tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
This above tells us they came from all over the World, so we we know its not the 144,000 thats being spoken of, of course. But its also not those killed during the Seven Year Period at the end or 70th Week, they are told they must WAIT !! All we have to do is go back one chapter and read the verses.
Not being a wisenheimer here but I put all the scriptures together, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little there a little. You can not understand scriptures otherwise.
The first four seals are mentioned, many deaths, 1/4 of all mankind are killed, then this
BELOW:
Rev. 6:9 And when he had opened the
fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And
they cried with a loud voice, saying,
How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,
that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
So MANY DIE in the world because of the Anti-Christ turned Beast, then Jesus opens up the 5th Seal (a testament to the evil of this world) and speaks to those who died in this ABOVE CARNAGE where 1/4 of all mankind was killed/murdered. The ones who died for Christ, the Remnant Church and the Repented Jews who did not make it to the Wilderness safe zone, who refuse the Mark of the Beast and die for Christ instead, speak out to Jesus, THEY CRY OUT !! How long !! Oh Lord Jesus, HOW LONG must we wait (CATCH THIS) till our blood is avenged against (WATCH) Those that DWELL ON EARTH !! So we are told who killed/Martyred these Saints in this passage, they want revenge of those that DWELL ON EARTH as in present tense, thus those people in Rev, ch. 7 can not be these people. These people are told they MUST WAIT and these people were ALL KILLED in the future Seven Year Period.
They are told they must wait UNTIL....their fellow brethren are KILLED just as they were. Thus they must wait until the Beasts 42 Months reign is over. Then you put that with Rev. 20:4 and we understand that those BEHEADED were the ones that REFUSED the Mark of the Beast. So those in Rev. 7:9 in no wise fit the Criteria. They came out of the GREAT TRIBULATION, a 2000 year period where Jesus told they Church we would have CONTINUAL TRIBULATION.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John said he was
our brother IN TRIBULATION.....
Rev. 1:9 I John,
who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
So we are in TRIBULATION NOW !!
