I'm so glad you bought this up.
If the tribulation went for only 7 years,,,How do you explain this?
A Multitude from the Tribulation
9 After these things I looked, and behold,
a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
10 and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."
If the tribulation went for 7 years only, wouldnt you be able to count the number.? If we know what the population of the planet is today, what are our chances of coming up with a reasonable estimate?
But if the tribulation started when Jesus said it did, ( the days of vengeance) in luke-with the dispersion of Jews to the world nations -until the times of the Gentiles is over, then could you count this number?-
NO-ONE COULD COUNT THIS ?
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?"
14 I said[1]
[Lit have said ] to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me,
"These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ( This is what we should do)
15 "For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple[2]
[Or sanctuary ]; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
16 "They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat[3]
[Lit fall ] down on them, nor any heat;
17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water[4]
[Lit waters ] of life;
and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold,
the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell[1]
[Or tabernacle ] among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them[2]
[One early ms reads, and be their God ],
4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be
any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."
5 And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."
6 Then He said to me, "It[4]
[Lit They are ] is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
7 "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
REV 22
