Coachlight Bible Study – Revelation Chapter 7

The Things Which Shall Be Hereafter – Part IV

Intermission Between The Sixth & Seventh Seals

 

We have a break in the sequence of the Lamb breaking the seals of the title deed of the earth.  Christ put this intermission between the 6th & 7th seals to show that the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached during the tribulation and who will be saved during this terrible time on earth.  We will be introduced to the remnant God has who have been washed by the Blood of the Lamb.  We will also be introduced to a Blood washed multitude of Gentiles before His Throne.

God is preparing the earth for the Millennial Reign of Christ where He will fulfill His covenants that began with Abraham.  He truly is a covenant keeping God.

 

I. Sealing The 144,000

 

Revelation 7:1 ¶ And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

Revelation 7:2 And 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 given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Revelation 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Revelation 7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

Revelation 7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

Revelation 7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

Revelation 7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

 

A. Here We Have An Intermission Between The Seals

1. A Break In Progression Of The Seals

2. Last Chapter – Breaking Seals 1-6

3. Chapter 7 – Seventh Seal

B. Purpose Of The Intermission Gap

1. God’s Elect Of Israel Can Be Sealed

2. Introduce The Blood-Washed Multitude

C. God Has A Remnant During The Tribulation Period

 

II. The Remnant Of Israel – Necessary To Fulfill Covenants

 

A. The Abrahamic Covenant – Basis Of The Whole Prophetic Question

1. Sited In Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:4-21; 17:1-8; 22:17-18

2. Promises To Abraham Are Unconditional

a. Land

b. Seed

c. World-Wide Blessing

3. This Covenant Shows The Need Of A Remnant

a. A Remnant Must Be The Promised Seed

b. A Remnant Must Occupy The Land

c. The Promised Blessing Must Come Through The Seed

 

B. The Palistinic Covenant

1. Sited - Deuteronomy 30:1-9; Jeremiah 32:36-44; Ezekiel 11:16-21; 36:21-38

2. Establishes How Israel Will Occupy The Land Given In The Abrahamic Covenant

3. There Must Be A Remnant To Receive The Promised Land Inheritance

 

C. The Davidic Covenant

1. Sited – II Samuel 7:10-16, Jeremiah 33:20-21, Psalms 89

2. Promises To The Seed Of Abraham

a. A King

b. An Everlasting Earthly Kingdom

c. Throne

3. There Must Be A Remnant So The Promised Kingdom Can Be Fulfilled.

 

D. The New Covenant

1. Sited– Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ezekiel 16:60, Isaiah 59:20-21, Hosea 2:14-23

2. Promises

a. Israel's Restoration As A Nation

b. The Forgiveness Of Her Sins

c. The Cleansing Of Her Heart

d. The Im­plantation Of A New Heart On The Basis Of Regeneration

3. There Must Be A Remnant Of Israel So God Can Fulfill His Word

 

E. God Made These Covenants Unconditional

1. He Is A Covenant Keeping God – Fulfilled During The Millennium & Forever

2. God Will Fulfill His Word

a. To The Remnant During The Tribulation Period

b. To All That Have Been Raptured Before The Tribulation Period

 

Galatians 3:29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

III. The Remnant In Revelation

 

Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

 

A. Israel’s Blindness Is Temporary

B. The Nation Of Israel Is Blinded Now

C. Individual Jews Are Saved – They Are Part Of The Church 

 

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Romans 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

 

D. The Promises Are To Those Who Are In Faith

 

E. Israel Was Blinded Because Of Unbelief

 

Romans 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

Romans 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

Romans 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

 

F. All Israel - The Believing Remnant

G. The Remnant - The Believers In The Tribulation

 

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Romans 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

 

H. These Witnesses Were Saved During The Tribulation

 

Revelation 12:10  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

 

 IV. The 144,000 Are Sealed

 

A. God Had A Remnant Of 7000 That Did Not Bow To Baal – I Kings 19:18

 

I Kings 19: 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

B. There Is And Will Be A Remnant According To The Election Of Grace

 

Romans 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

Romans 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

 

C. God Will Have A Remnant Of 144,000 That Will Not Bow To The Antichrist

 

Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

 

1. They Will Be Sealed With The Seal Of The Living God

2. They Will Be 144,000 Earthly Israel – 12,000 From Each Tribe

a. The Literal Seed Of Abraham Living At The Time

b. Not A Mystical Or Spiritual Israel

c. The Angel That Does The Sealing Comes From East As Sun Rises

 

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings

 

D. The Remnant WiIl Be The Jews Looking For His Second Coming

1. Like Simeon Looking For His 1st Coming

 

Luke 2:25 ¶ And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

Luke 2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Luke 2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

Luke 2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Luke 2:29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

Luke 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Luke 2:31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

Luke 2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Luke 2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

Luke 2:35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

2. Like Anna Looking For The Redemption In Israel

 

Luke 2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

Luke 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Luke 2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

 

IV. Tribal Names Different- In Revelation 7 And The Original

 

A. Revelation 7

1. The Names Of Dan And Ephraim Omitted

2. Joseph & Levi Inserted

B. The Man, Woman, Family Or Tribe That Brings Idolatry Into Israel

1. Will Have His Name Blotted Out From Under Heaven

2. Will Be Separated Out Of The Tribes Of Israel

 

Deuteronomy 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Deuteronomy 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Deuteronomy 29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

 

C. The Tribes Of  Dan & Ephraim Did Bring Idolatry Into Israel

1. They Allowed Jeroboam To Set Up Golden Calves To Be Worshipped

2. One Set Up In Dan – In The Tribe Of Dan

3. The Other In Bethel – In The Tribe Of Ephraim

 

I Kings 12:25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

I Kings 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

I Kings 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

I Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

I Kings 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

I Kings 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

 

C. The Tribes Of  Dan & Ephraim Were Guilty Of Bringing Idolatry Into Israel

1. They Allowed Jeroboam To Set Up Golden Calves To Be Worshipped

2. One Set Up In Dan – In The Tribe Of Dan

D. So, The Tribes Of Dan & Ephraim Omitted In Revelation 7

E. The Tribes Of Dan & Ephraim Do Occupy The Land In The Millennium

 

Ezekiel 48:1 ¶ Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

Ezekiel 48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.

Ezekiel 48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

Ezekiel 48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

Ezekiel 48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

Ezekiel 48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.

Ezekiel 48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.

 

Ezekiel 48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.

Ezekiel 48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

Ezekiel 48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.

Ezekiel 48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.

Ezekiel 48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.

Ezekiel 48:28  And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

Ezekiel 48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.

 

D. So, The Sealing To Preserve The Remnant To Go Into The Millennium

E. So, The Sealing Is Not To Keep Them From An Earthly Inheritance

F. So, Dan & Ephraim Must Go Through The Tribulation Without Being Sealed

G. Dan & Ephraim Who Repent Have Their Inheritance In The Millennium

 

V. The Blood Washed Multitude – Salvation Not Limited To Jews

 

Revelation 7:9  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;

Revelation 7:10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Revelation 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 7:13 ¶ And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

 

A. Now We Are Introduced To Another Group Saved During The Tribulation

1. These Are Not The Church – Have Been Raptured Before The Tribulation

2. These Are Not The Elders

a. The Multitude Have Palms In Their Hands

b. The Elders Have Crowns And Thrones

B. This Truly Shows God’s Love For All People

C. These Are An Elect-Body Of Gentile Believers Taken Out Of The Tribulation