Bible Verse Lookup
Rev 7:1-4
Chapter 7
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Those who Are Saved
After this, four angels were standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds, to prevent their blowing against the earth, the sea, and the trees.
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I saw another angel ascending from the sunrise, carrying the seal of the living God, and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels empowered to harm the earth and the sea,
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“Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.”
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Then, I heard the number of those marked with the seal: a hundred and forty-four thousand from all the tribes of the people of Israel:
Commentaries
Those Who Are Saved.
God’s servants will be preserved. This is the main message and comfort of chapter seven. These marked or sealed characters are Christians, those who already carry the seal of baptism indelibly (cf. Eph 1:13; 4:30; 2 Cor 1:2); they will receive support through special divine providence. The symbolic number of one hundred and forty-four thousand comes from multiplying the twelve tribes of Israel by twelve (the twelve apostles of the Lamb: 21:14), and then by one thousand, representing salvation history. It signifies the elect of the new Israel, who are far more numerous than the original twelve tribes of Israel. God embraces all peoples, races, and languages within his saving reach.