7Immediately I saw Four Angels standing at the four corners of earth, standing steady with a firm grip on the four winds so no wind would blow on earth or sea, not even rustle a tree.G2532G3326G5023G1492G5064G32G2476G1909G5064G1137G1093G2902G5064G417G1093G3363G417G4154G3363G4154G1909G1093G3383G1909G2281G3383G1909G3956G11862Then I saw another Angel rising from where the sun rose, carrying the seal of the Living God. He thundered to the Four Angels assigned the task of hurting earth and sea,G2532G1492G243G32G305G305G575G395G2246G2192G4973G2198G2316G2532G2896G3173G5456G5064G32G3739G846G1325G91G1093G2532G22813"Don't hurt the earth! Don't hurt the sea! Don't so much as hurt a tree until I've sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads!"G3004G91G3361G1093G3383G2281G3383G1186G891G3739G4972G4972G1401G2257G2316G1909G846G33594I heard the count of those who were sealed: 144,000! They were sealed out of every Tribe of Israel:G2532G191G706G4972G4972G1540G5062G5064G5505G1537G3956G5443G5207G2474512,000 sealed from Judah, 12,000 from Reuben, 12,000 from Gad,G1537G5443G2455G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G4502G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G1045G4972G1427G5505612,000 from Asher, 12,000 from Naphtali, 12,000 from Manasseh,G1537G5443G768G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G3508G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G3128G4972G1427G5505712,000 from Simeon, 12,000 from Levi, 12,000 from Issachar,G1537G5443G4826G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G3017G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G2466G4972G1427G5505812,000 from Zebulun, 12,000 from Joseph, 12,000 sealed from Benjamin.G1537G5443G2194G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G2501G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G958G4972G1427G55059I looked again. I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there—all nations and tribes, all races and languages. And they were standing, dressed in white robes and waving palm branches, standing before the Throne and the LambG3326G5023G1492G2532G2400G4183G3793G3739G3762G1410G705G846G1537G3956G1484G2532G5443G2532G2992G2532G1100G2476G1799G2362G2532G1799G721G4016G3022G4749G2532G5404G1722G846G549510and heartily singing: Salvation to our God on his Throne! Salvation to the Lamb!G2532G2896G3173G5456G3004G4991G2257G2316G3588G2521G1909G2362G2532G72111All who were standing around the Throne—Angels, Elders, Animals—fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God,G2532G3956G32G2476G2945G2362G2532G4245G2532G5064G2226G2532G4098G1799G2362G1909G846G4383G2532G4352G231612singing: Oh, Yes! The blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving, The honor and power and strength, To our God forever and ever and ever! Oh, Yes!G3004G281G2129G2532G1391G2532G4678G2532G2169G2532G5092G2532G1411G2532G2479G2257G2316G1519G165G165G28113Just then one of the Elders addressed me: "Who are these dressed in white robes, and where did they come from?"G2532G1520G1537G4245G611G3004G3427G5101G1526G3778G3588G4016G3022G4749G2532G4159G206414Taken aback, I said, "O Sir, I have no idea—but you must know." Then he told me, "These are those who come from the great tribulation, and they've washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb.G2532G2046G846G2962G4771G1492G2532G2036G3427G3778G1526G2064G1537G3173G2347G2532G4150G846G4749G2532G3021G4749G846G3021G1722G129G72115That's why they're standing before God's Throne. They serve him day and night in his Temple. The One on the Throne will pitch his tent there for them:G1223G5124G1526G1799G2362G2316G2532G3000G846G2250G2532G3571G1722G846G3485G2532G2521G1909G2362G4637G1909G84616no more hunger, no more thirst, no more scorching heat.G3983G3756G2089G3761G1372G2089G3761G3361G4098G2246G4098G1909G846G3761G3956G273817The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them, will lead them to spring waters of Life. And God will wipe every last tear from their eyes."G3754G721G3588G303G3319G2362G4165G846G2532G3594G846G1909G2198G4077G5204G2532G2316G1813G3956G1144G575G846G3788
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