Scripture Lesson
Nov. 3, 2002
Revelations 7:9-17
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great
multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes
and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the
Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
10 and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,
"Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the
Lamb."
11 And all the angels were standing around the
throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they
fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
12 saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and
wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God
forever and ever. Amen."
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me,
"These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where
have they come from?"
14 I said to him, "My lord, you know."
And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great
tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb.
15 "For this reason, they are before the
throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He
who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
16 "They will hunger no longer, nor thirst
anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat;
17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be
their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life;
and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
