Looking for Jesus according to Matthew

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- When we look at revelation chapter 7, we are told about two groups of people, a limited one and an unlimited one!

- The second one is about people who come out of the great tribulation!

- and the Lamb will be their shepherd!

 

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Revelation 7:4

4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:


Revelation 7:9,10


9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. 10And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation to our God,

who sits on the throne,

and to the Lamb!”


Revelation 7:13-17


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.

16‘Never again will they hunger,

and never will they thirst;

nor will the sun beat down upon them,

nor any scorching heat.’a

17For the Lamb in the center of the throne

will be their shepherd.b

‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’c

and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’d”

 

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- Right at the beginning of chapter 14, we are told that the Lamb will stand on mount Zion with the limited group!

- We are also told that they have been redeemed from the earth!

- They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the lamb!

- If there are firstfruits, it also means there are other fruits!

 

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- Then in Revelation chapter 20, we are told about those who are going to be priests of Christ and they are going to reign with him for a thousand years on his subjects who will live on the earth!

- At the end of the 1,000 years, the devil will be released and will deceive the nations of the four corners of the earth!

- He will assemble them for battle!

- It is said that as usual their number is like the sand of the seashore!

- They will try to destroy those who are faithful to Yah.weh!

- But they will be destroyed and so will be the devil!

- And the book of life will be opened and people will be judged!

- The faithful ones will live and the others will die!

- And after no more people will die!

 

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- As usual I have to add a text giving figures about the New Jerusalem to show that it has nothing to do with the Jerusalem in Israel!

• Revelation chapter 21: we are told about the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven out of God!
• It has nothing to do with the Jerusalem on earth!
• it shines with the glory of God!
• Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal!
• The dimensions of this celestial Jerusalem are equal in length and width and height!
• Hence, 12,000 stadia = @ 1,500 miles. “A city this size would occupy the entire Mediterranean world from Jerusalem to Spain” (Phillips, 644). You may recall that the Holy of Holies inside the tabernacle was a perfect cube as well (1 Kings 6:20).
• The city's wall is 144 cubits thick, which is about 216 feet or almost 66 meters. Generally, a wall is constructed to provide security and/or privacy. But most walls are only a foot (30 cm) or less thick. The massive size of these walls not only implies strength, it suggests the enormous scale of the rest of the city.
• The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone:

The first foundation was jasper,

the second sapphire,

the third chalcedony,

the fourth emerald,

20the fifth sardonyx,

the sixth carnelian,

the seventh chrysolite,

the eighth beryl,

the ninth topaz,

the tenth chrysoprase,

the eleventh jacinth,

and the twelfth amethyst.

21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.f 25Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.

 

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- Then if we go to Revelation 22:14, we are told again about the second group:

14Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

 

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Revelation 7:9


- wearing white robes (peribeblēmenous / leukas / stolas )

 

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After

Μετὰ (Meta)

Preposition

Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.


this

ταῦτα (tauta)

Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural

Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.


I looked

εἶδον (eidon)

Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular

Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.


and

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


saw

ἰδοὺ (idou)

Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular

Strong's 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!


a multitude

ὄχλος (ochlos)

Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

Strong's 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.


too large

πολύς (polys)

Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular

Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.


to count,

ἀριθμῆσαι (arithmēsai)

Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active

Strong's 705: To number, count. From arithmos; to enumerate or count.


from

ἐκ (ek)

Preposition

Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.


every

παντὸς (pantos)

Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular

Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.


nation

ἔθνους (ethnous)

Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular

Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.


and

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


tribe

φυλῶν (phylōn)

Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural

Strong's 5443: A tribe or race of people. From phuo; an offshoot, i.e. Race or clan.


and

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


people

λαῶν (laōn)

Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural

Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.


and

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


tongue,

γλωσσῶν (glōssōn)

Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural

Strong's 1100: The tongue; by implication, a language.


standing

ἑστῶτες (hestōtes)

Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.


before

ἐνώπιον (enōpion)

Preposition

Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.


the

τοῦ (tou)

Article - Genitive Masculine Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


throne

θρόνου (thronou)

Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

Strong's 2362: From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate.


and

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


before

ἐνώπιον (enōpion)

Preposition

Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.


the

τοῦ (tou)

Article - Genitive Neuter Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


Lamb.

Ἀρνίου (Arniou)

Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular

Strong's 721: (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. Diminutive from aren; a lambkin.


[They were] wearing

περιβεβλημένους (peribeblēmenous)

Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural

Strong's 4016: From peri and ballo; to throw all around, i.e. Invest.


white

λευκάς (leukas)

Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural

Strong's 3022: White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white.


robes

στολὰς (stolas)

Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural

Strong's 4749: A long robe, worn by the upper classes in the East. From stello; equipment, i.e., a 'stole' or long-fitting gown.


and [were holding]

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


palm branches

φοίνικες (phoinikes)

Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 5404: A palm tree, the date-palm. Of uncertain derivation; a palm-tree.


in

ἐν (en)

Preposition

Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.


their

αὐτῶν (autōn)

Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


hands.

χερσὶν (chersin)

Noun - Dative Feminine Plural

Strong's 5495: A hand.

 

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Revelation 7:13

These in white (leukas) robes (stolas)

 

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“These

Οὗτοι (Houtoi)

Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.


in

περιβεβλημένοι (peribeblēmenoi)

Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 4016: From peri and ballo; to throw all around, i.e. Invest.


white

λευκὰς (leukas)

Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural

Strong's 3022: White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white.


robes,”

στολὰς (stolas)

Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural

Strong's 4749: A long robe, worn by the upper classes in the East. From stello; equipment, i.e., a 'stole' or long-fitting gown.

 

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Revelation 7:14

- They have washed their robes (stolas) and made them white (eleukanan)

in the blood of the lamb

 

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“These

Οὗτοί (Houtoi)

Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.


are

εἰσιν (eisin)

Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.


the ones

οἱ (hoi)

Article - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


who have come

ἐρχόμενοι (erchomenoi)

Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 2064: To come, go.


out of

ἐκ (ek)

Preposition

Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.


the

τῆς (tēs)

Article - Genitive Feminine Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


great

μεγάλης (megalēs)

Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular

Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.


tribulation;

θλίψεως (thlipseōs)

Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

Strong's 2347: Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure.


they have washed

ἔπλυναν (eplynan)

Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 4150: To wash. A prolonged form of an obsolete pluo; to 'plunge', i.e. Launder clothing.


their

αὐτῶν (autōn)

Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


robes

στολὰς (stolas)

Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural

Strong's 4749: A long robe, worn by the upper classes in the East. From stello; equipment, i.e., a 'stole' or long-fitting gown.


and

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


made them white

ἐλεύκαναν (eleukanan)

Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 3021: To whiten, make white. From leukos; to whiten.


in

ἐν (en)

Preposition

Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.


the

τῷ (tō)

Article - Dative Neuter Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


blood

αἵματι (haimati)

Noun - Dative Neuter Singular

Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.


of the

τοῦ (tou)

Article - Genitive Neuter Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


Lamb.

Ἀρνίου (Arniou)

Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular

Strong's 721: (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. Diminutive from aren; a lambkin.

 

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Revelation 22:14

- Those who wash their robes (stolas) so that they may have the right to the tree of life

 

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Blessed [are]

Μακάριοι (Makarioi)

Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 3107: Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off.


those who

οἱ (hoi)

Article - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


wash

πλύνοντες (plynontes)

Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural

Strong's 4150: To wash. A prolonged form of an obsolete pluo; to 'plunge', i.e. Launder clothing.


their

αὐτῶν (autōn)

Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


robes,

στολὰς (stolas)

Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural

Strong's 4749: A long robe, worn by the upper classes in the East. From stello; equipment, i.e., a 'stole' or long-fitting gown.


so that

ἵνα (hina)

Conjunction

Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.


they

αὐτῶν (autōn)

Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


may have

ἔσται (estai)

Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular

Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.


the

ἡ (hē)

Article - Nominative Feminine Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


right

ἐξουσία (exousia)

Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular

Strong's 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence.


to

ἐπὶ (epi)

Preposition

Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.


the

τὸ (to)

Article - Accusative Neuter Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


tree

ξύλον (xylon)

Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular

Strong's 3586: From another form of the base of xestes; timber; by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance.


of life

ζωῆς (zōēs)

Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.


and

καὶ (kai)

Conjunction

Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


may enter

εἰσέλθωσιν (eiselthōsin)

Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural

Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.


the

τὴν (tēn)

Article - Accusative Feminine Singular

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


city

πόλιν (polin)

Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular

Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.


by [its]

τοῖς (tois)

Article - Dative Masculine Plural

Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


gates.

πυλῶσιν (pylōsin)

Noun - Dative Masculine Plural

Strong's 4440: From pule; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule.

 

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Genesis 3:22


- The tree of life

 

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Then the LORD

יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


God

אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


said,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ (way·yō·mer)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say


“Behold,

הֵ֤ן (hên)

Interjection

Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!


the man

הָֽאָדָם֙ (hā·’ā·ḏām)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being


has become

הָיָה֙ (hā·yāh)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be


like one

כְּאַחַ֣ד (kə·’a·ḥaḏ)

Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular

Strong's 259: United, one, first


of Us,

מִמֶּ֔נּוּ (mim·men·nū)

Preposition | first person common plural

Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


knowing

לָדַ֖עַת (lā·ḏa·‘aṯ)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 3045: To know


good

ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good


and evil.

וָרָ֑ע (wā·rā‘)

Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 7451: Bad, evil


And now,

וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ (wə·‘at·tāh)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb

Strong's 6258: At this time


lest

פֶּן־ (pen-)

Conjunction

Strong's 6435: Removal, lest


he reach out

יִשְׁלַ֣ח (yiš·laḥ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out


his hand

יָד֗וֹ (yā·ḏōw)

Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 3027: A hand


and take

וְלָקַח֙ (wə·lā·qaḥ)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 3947: To take


also

גַּ֚ם (gam)

Conjunction

Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and


from the tree

מֵעֵ֣ץ (mê·‘êṣ)

Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood


of life,

הַֽחַיִּ֔ים (ha·ḥay·yîm)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


and eat,

וְאָכַ֖ל (wə·’ā·ḵal)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 398: To eat


and live

וָחַ֥י (wā·ḥay)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 2425: To live, to revive


forever...?

לְעֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·lām)

Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always