Revelation 7 - Introduction

What About the Saints?

Revelation Seven

Revelation chapter six provided an announcement of the terrible judgment that was to come on the Roman Empire. The natural question would be “what will happen to those that have faithfully served God? Will they escape the judgment or will they also face destruction? "For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Revelation 6:17)

God has provided for the protection of His faithful servants. The forces of destruction were held in restraint until God's servants had been sealed. The sealing applied to all Christian, not just Jewish Christians. "Seal" was very similar to Ezekiel 9:4-6 where the seal meant safety in time of trouble. "And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house."

After the Devil had tried his best to destroy the people of God a great multitude, which no man can number, is seen before the throne in heaven. God's faithful people were victorious! They can now stand in the presence of the Almighty because their sins have been washed in the sacrificial blood of the Lamb!