The world’s greatest revival meeting

A man once testified in one of D. L. Moody’s meetings that he had lived “on the Mount of Transfiguration” for five years. “How many souls did you lead to Christ last year?” Moody bluntly asked him. “Well,” the man hesitated, “I don’t know.” … More

Witnessing

As we consider the last half of this 7th chapter, we see how God not only seals a remnant of Israel, but he also saves a redeemed company of Gentiles during the Great Tribulation period. This group of 144,000 select men from Israel, will fulfill the word of Jesus that this “gospel of the kingdom” will be preached in the whole world as a witness to all nations, and then the final judgments of God will come. This group proclaims the gospel during that seven-year period that we call “the last days” of this age. It is a band of Spirit-filled Jews, converted after the church has been taken out of the world. Like 144,000 Apostle Paul’s, they preach the gospel throughout the earth during the judgments of the end times. The world’s greatest revival meeting will take place during this time. There is a most extraordinary passage in the 10th chapter of Matthew which confirms this concept.

The Tribulation Saints (Gentiles) (7:9-17) - This group is made up of a multitude of people from every nation, tribe, people, and language (vv. 9-12). There are various opinions as to the identity of this group, but we can be confident that it is not the same group that is mentioned in the first part of the chapter. It is clearly stated that this group is from all the nations of the earth while the 144,000 is from one nation, Israel. It is also important to note that neither of these two groups represent the Church, the body of Christ in this present Age. The end of this chapter depicts a scene in Heaven which precedes the second coming of Christ to the earth (v. 13-17).

Application

It is not my desire to live on a mountain top in my Christian experience, in such a way, that does not motive me to be a witness for Jesus Christ.

Revelation 7:9-17 (English Standard Version)


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