Revelation 7-God will wipe away every tear!

13Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.”

So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15For this reason,

‘They are before the throne of God

and serve Him day and night in His temple;

and the One seated on the throne

will spread His tabernacle over them.

16Never again will they hunger,

and never will they thirst;

nor will the sun beat upon them,

nor any scorching heat.

17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd.

He will lead them to fountains of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

The multitude (was)too large to count and because they are mentioned after the 144,000, some believe that the 144,000 were evangelists who reaped a great harvest.

“They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Not one of them became white through his tears of repentance, not one through the shedding of the blood of bulls or of goats. They all wanted a vicarious sacrifice, and for none of them was any sacrifice effectual, except the death of Jesus Christ the Lord. They washed their robes nowhere but in the blood of the Lamb.” (Spurgeon)

“made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

Isaiah 1:18 (NKJV)

18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord,

“Though your sins are like scarlet,

They shall be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They shall be as wool.

“Never again will they hunger,

and never will they thirst;

nor will the sun beat upon them,

nor any scorching heat.”

“Affliction of itself does not sanctify anybody, but the reverse. I believe in sanctified afflictions, but not in sanctifying afflictions.” (Spurgeon)

“Heaven is not only a place of rest from earthly toil but also a place of privileged service.” (Walvoord)

I don’t know about you but I would rather be in a place of privileged service than earthly toil!

David says it best,

Psalm 27:4 (NKJV)

4 One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the Lord,

And to inquire in His temple.

“The true Christian life, when we live near to God, is the rough draft of the life of full communion above. We have seen the artist make with his pencil, or with his charcoal, a bare outline of his picture. It is nothing more, but still one could guess what the finished picture will be from the sketch before you.” (Spurgeon)

Our church on occasion has a artist who works with chalk. It’s specialty chalk like his art. He draws a picture that appears to be one thing but when hit with a black light it represents Jesus in the clouds looking gown on us with His heavenly love.

His art is only a glimpse at what heaven will be for us.

“Now, how is this? If you will tell me, I shall be glad, for I cannot tell you. I do not believe that there will be one atom less tenderness, that there will be one fraction less of amiability, and love, and sympathy – I believe there will be more – but that they will be in some way so refined and purified, that while compassion for suffering is there, detestation of sin shall be there to balance it, and a state of complete equilibrium shall be attained. Perfect acquiescence in the divine will is probably the secret of it; but it is not my business to guess; I do not know what handkerchief the Lord will use, but I know that he will wipe all tears away from their faces, and these tears among them.”

“ I do not know what handkerchief the Lord will use”, but what a handkerchief it will be!

Blessings, David