In Psalm 91 we read an explanation of why it is the
name of G-d that is uniquely made known in Israel, the name, יְ-ה-וָ-ה , becomes the threefold seal in the foreheads of all
the witnesses of G-d during the great tribulation that comes upon the earth, to
try all who dwell upon it.. To repeat,
as was said in the earlier post on Psalm 91+Revelation, those who overcome, who
call upon the name of יְ-ה-וָ-ה , will be
kept in the day of the great trial, just as we see demonstrated in the great
vision in chapter seven of the Revelation.
In Psalm 91 it is told to us that it is through the true name of G-d
that his servants will be sealed for salvation in the trial in the day when the
judgments come upon the earth. This
corresponds to the focus of Yehoshua's prayer recorded in John/Yochanan 17, and
to his promise given to the representative assembly at Philadelphia in the
introduction to the Revelation.
Revelation
7
5 12,000
sealed from the tribe of Judah, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from
the tribe of Gad, 6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe
of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh
7 12,000
from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe
of Issachar, 8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulon, 12,000 from the tribe of
Joseph, 12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.
9 After this
I looked1,
and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language,
which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They
were robed in white with palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud
voice:
Salvation belongs to
our God,
who is seated on the
throne,
and to the Lamb!
11 All the
angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures, and
they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying:
Amen! Blessing and
glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and
honour
and power and
strength
be to our God
forever and ever. Amen.
13 Then one
of the elders asked me, “Who are these people robed in white, and where did
they come from?”
14 I said to
him, “Sir, you know.”
Then he told me:
These are the ones
coming out of the great tribulation.
They 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 sanctuary.2
The One seated on
the throne will shelter them:
16 They will
no longer hunger;
they will no longer
thirst;
the sun will no
longer strike them,
nor will any heat.3
17 For the
Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them;
He will guide them
to springs of living waters,
and God will wipe
away every tear from their eyes.4
1 The house of Israel and the house of
Judah are already reunited here in the beginning measure that is required for
the preparation of the return of Mashiach. Twelve thousand from each tribe is
the representation of this measure. The order of the tribes as listed and the
invisibility of one tribe, here the tribe of Dan, has deep significance, which
will later be brought out. Those to be
sealed are sealed with the seal of G-d, and therefore they are revealed in one
picture, yet there unity will not be fully activated until they are in the
midst of the great tribulation. Now the
unfolding of time is to be looked at from a different perspective. Now we are shown a view from the heaven
beyond time looking back into time. We
see the multitude of the saved, those who have come through the great
tribulation.
2 These are the same addressed at
Philadelphia. Here they are said that they are present because they have washed
their robes in the blood of the Lamb.
Previously, it was said that they were sealed with the seal of G-d in
their foreheads. They are the same
because they are identified as those kept from or through the great
tribulation. The washing of their
garments in the blood of the Lamb and the sealing with the seal of G-d and the
merit of overcoming are all shown to be one thing in different aspects.
3 That these are preserved in the
tribulation of the world is a sign of salvation to come in the resurrection of
the dead, the transfiguration of Adam as Torah Israel.
4 The view of the redeemed from the
vantage point of heaven comes back to seeing them ultimately in heaven. The purpose of this view is ultimately to
show the true reader and hearer of the Revelation themselves in the Revelation.
As Paul said, "Seek those things that are above where you are seated with
Mashiach at the right hand of G-d."
It is
in this spirit that one becomes a witness of Hashem and is prepared to be
called to the witness stand. It is
living in this spirit that one serves in the work of turning the judgment from
absolute to mitigated, of saving the breath of the world.
