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.

                After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth:  (WS ‘corners’)

Zech. 2:6-7; 6:5-8; (“north” = Babylon)

“Gathering the Remnant“:

Neh. 1:9;

Isaiah 43:5-7; 54:7;

Jer. 31:7-17;

Ezek. 36:24; 37:15-28; 39:25-29;

Amos 9:1-15;

Micah 1:12; 4:6-7;

Zeph. 3:19-20;

Zech. 10:8-12;

Matt. 24:31;

Rom. 11:7;

Revelation 14:14-16.

                Holding back the four winds that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree:

Jer. 49:36;

Ezek. 7:1, 6; 37:9-14;

Daniel 7:2; 8:8; 11:4;

Matt. 24:31;

Revelation 7:2.

TREES

Deut. 20:19-20;

Jude 12;

Revelation 7:3; 8:7.

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,

                Then I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun: With the seal of the living God:  (WS ‘Seal’.)

Revelation 14:1.                                                                     

                And he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea: (Angels=Spirits=Winds, see 1:20, 3:1, etc. The ‘four winds’ of verse 1 had power to harm the earth and sea, and so had to be forbidden to do so.)

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.

                Saying, ‘Do not harm the earth/land or the sea or the trees:  Till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads’:

Exod. 28:11, 21, 36-38; 39:6, 14, 30;

Isaiah 44:8; 45:4;

Ezek. 9:4, 11;

John 3:33; 6:27;

2 Cor. 1:22;

Gal. 6:17;

Eph. 1:13-14; 4:30;

Heb. 1:3;

Revelation 7:4-8; 9:4; 14:1; 22:4.

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.

                (Numbering the People).

Numbers, Book of, especially 1:52-2:34; and Chapter26.

Ezek. 47:22-23 through 48:7.

                And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:

Ezek. 37:22;

James 1:1;

Revelation 14:1.

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.

                Twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand of the tribe of Gad:

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.

                Twelve thousand of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand of the tribe of Manasseh:  (Ephraim, is not named as such, but a tribe of “Joseph” is named in verse 8).

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.

                Twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand of the tribe of Issachar:

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.

                Twelve thousand of the tribe of Zebulun, Twelve thousand of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Benjamin:

(The tribe of Dan is not mentioned.)

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;

                After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number:

Num. 1:47-49;

Deut. 10:17-22;

Jer. 33:22;

Acts 10:34-35;

Rom. 2:11; 11:25-27;

Eph. 6:9;

James 1:1-2;

1 Peter 1:1, 17.

                From every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues:

Matt. 8:11

Luke 13:29;

Revelation 5:9.

                Standing before the throne and before the Lamb: Clothed in white robes:

Revelation 3:5, 18; 4:4; 6:11.                                                 

                And with palm branches in their hands:

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

                And crying out with a loud voice:  ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb’:

Psalm 3:8;                                                                                 Revelation 5:13; 12:10; 19:1.

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,

                And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God:

Revelation 4:6;                                                                       

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.

                Saying, ‘Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen:

Revelation 5:12-14.                                                                

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

                Then one of the elders addressed me, saying: ‘Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?’:

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.

                I said to him, ‘Sir, you know.’  And he said to me:

Daniel 7:16.                                                                             

                ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation;

Daniel 11:33-35; 12:1;

Matt. 24:21;

Remnant: Jer. 31:7.

                They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb:

Daniel 12:10;

Zech. 3:3-5;

2 Cor. 7:1;

Heb. 9:14;

1 John 1:7.

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.

                Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night within his temple;

Matt. 6:12; 27:40, 51;

John 2:19, 21;

Acts 7:48;

1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 6:19;

Revelation 11:1, 19; 15:5, 8; 16:1, 17.

                And he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence:

Psalm 27:4-5;

Isaiah 4:5-6;

Heb. 6:18-20;

Revelation 21:3-4, 22-26.

7:16. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

                They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat:

Psalm 121:5-6;

Isaiah 4:5-6; 25:4-5; 48:21; 49:10;

Ezek. 34:29;

John 6:35;

Revelation 21:4.

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.

                For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd:

Psalm 23:1;

Isaiah 35:6-10; 40:11; 65:19;

Ezek. 11:20; 34:11-16, 23-24, 31;

Micah 5:4;

John 10:11, 14, 16, 27-28; 13:1; 21:15-17.

                And he will guide them to springs of living water; And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes: