Revelation 7 - Time Out (notes)

Revelation 7 - Time Out

John Sees

• Four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. One angel stands on the east part of the earth one on the west, south and north.
• God gives these angels the power to harm the earth and the sea but God tells them, “Do no harm to the earth, nor to the sea, nor to the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.”

God Anoints 144,000 Jewish believers for their job during the tribulation. To evangelize the people living in the world’s worst seven years. This shows the mercy of God for people living at a time when faith would seem to not be around in the world.

The Seventh Seal Is released in Revelation 8 but chapter 7 is divided into two portions dealing with two groups.

1. The 144,000 Jewish believers Rev. 7:1-8
2. The Great Multitude of Gentiles Rev. 7:9-17

In This Chapter

God is portrayed as a merciful and loving God. It is mankind’s wickedness, rebellion and sin that bring God’s judgment. (Romans 6:23) The Judgments already described were unleashed because of the hardness of men’s hearts. They rebelled and continued to rebel for thousands of years. God declares a time out, He still loves the human race and longs to saved mankind.

The Result In This Chapter is that God’s mercy in the midst of judgment. God tells the four angels to relent so there might be a time of revival as the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads. The wicked get their seal from the anti-christ 666, the great deceiver and the super imitator. The true followers of Jesus Christ get their seal from the angel of the Lord at this time.

Each Group

Saved during the different dispensations of time has different missions to perform. The church is the bride of Christ and will enjoy the 1,000 year honeymoon upon the earth. (Rev. 20:4) They reign as rulers, kings, & priests (I Peter 2:9 & Rev. 1:6) The 144,000 serve as bodyguards of the bride and the Lamb. (Rev. 14:4)

The Gentiles saved during the tribulation are the temple servants waiting on Christ & His Bride. They serve in the glorious temple described in Ezekiel 40-48 which is set up immediately after Russia is destroyed in Ezekiel 38-39. Russia will march, the anti Christ will be smashed and the Lord will return with His Bride.

Under the reign of the anti-christ there will be little food and one will have to take the mark of the beast to obtain food. The believers mentioned here refuse to take the mark and suffer during that time.

Then the Lord comes, the Millennial Temple is erected, and the Gentiles serve. From this time on, the people of God from all dispensations enjoy the presence of God. Their days of suffering are over, all tears wiped away and all memories of the past pain obliterated from their minds.