In chapter 6 we got a description of the 6 seals and how they are to be. The description of the 7th seal will be given in chapter 8. We are now going to continue with the sealing of the 144 thousand and talk about that great multitude. Remember truth dispels lies and brings clarity to all things. This chapter is considered a parenthetical chapter (in parenthesis) because it is inserted between the 6th and 7th seals. It is for our understanding of those to be sealed.
Ch. 7
7:1 the angels were standing on the 4 points of the earth (north, east, west, and south). The 4 winds are standing by to bring the end; but first many need to be sealed.
7:2 east G 395; a rising of light. The angel was coming from the rising of the sun. Seal of God: the Truth we have in our minds to know the True from the fake. The angel was coming to stop the other angels for a moment.
7:3 foreheads: the brain is in the forehead. This is the seal of God! The end was to be stopped until all that were to be saved, taught the word of God (Truth). This is the mark we are to take, not the mark the false one brings (compare: Revelation 13:16-17, 14:9, 14:11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4). The mark is not a tattoo or microchip, rather what is in your brain that makes you worship the True God or Satan.
7:4 there is a lot of confusion about what this verse means and if only 144 thousand people are going to heaven. What is the subject here? The subject is not going to heaven. It is teaching/training and putting the seal (truth) in their minds.
7:5-8 Aser: Asher in the Hebrew. Dan and Ephraim were left, while Joseph and Levi take their places. Idolatry is to blame for Dan and Ephraim being left out (compare: Lev 24:10-16, Deut 29:18-21, Judg 18:2-31, 1 Kings 12:26-33, Hos 4:17). You will find in Ezekiel 48 that they are brought back to right standing during the millennium.
7:9 if you want to know how many people are in heaven here it is, a great multitude, not just 144 thousand. Praise God, we will have many with us there. Many people have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb since His crucifixion!
7:10 Giving Praise to the One worthy of all Praise! Remember the dead are not sitting in a hole in the ground; to be absent form this body is to be with God (instantly).
7:11-12 here are the 7 spirits of God (compare: Rev 5:12, where they are attributed to The Lord). How happy these are that served God during this time of deception and strayed not after the false! We will not be ashamed, wishing for the rocks to fall on us.
7:13-14 this happened after the crucifixion/resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. These people had to take action themselves in order to wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb. The good works you do is your white raiment. Once you have the mark (sealed) of God in your forehead, there is no way you will follow after the false!
7:15 not in a hole in the ground but before the throne of God. He shall dwell among us, Praise God.
7:16 these are in a different dimension and the things of the flesh no longer have dominion over us.
7:17 there will be nothing that offends in heaven anymore. All evil will be burned away and Christ will be our Shepherd and caretaker. This is after the judgment of God and all evil is done away with. We must have the seal of God in our foreheads, to overcome the deception.
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