THE SAVING OF TWO THRONGS - CH 7

The Saving of Two Throngs During Judgment - Chapter 7

 

Introduction:

1.    Sixth seal: The opening of the sixth seal brings men to the recognition that God is sitting in judgment upon the earth. This seal is the announcement of the day. The seventh seal ushers the day of wrath into the fullness of its force upon mankind.

2.    Intervention: Between these two seals judgment is arrest­ed to reveal grace in the midst of judgment. While no saved person can come into judgment, God can save men in the midst of judgment.

3.    Inset: Here is the first inset of the book. The events of these parenthetical insets are not always chronological restricted to the main sequence of events which preceded and follows. They reach forward and backward. That is true here.

Outline:

1. The sealed servants: God's discrimination in the midst of judgment (7:1-8)
2. The saved saints: God's salvation in the midst of judgment (7:9-17)

The Sealed Servants: God's Discrimination in the Midst of Judgment 7:1-8

"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." "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," "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." "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." "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." "Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand." "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." "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."

Israel is back in the picture after 2000 years. 144,000 are saved for purposes of evangelism. 12,000 from each tribe. God keeps good records and spared families from the likes of Hitler.

Outline:
1. The judgment. 7:1
2. The sealing. 7:2-3
3. The identity. 7:4-8
4. The purpose. 7:4-8