Revelation 7

₁After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. ₂Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: ₃‘Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ ₄Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

₉After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no-one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. ₁₀And they cried out in a loud voice:

₁₃Then one of the elders asked me, ‘These in white robes – who are they, and where did they come from?’

₁₄I answered, ‘Sir, you know.’

And he said, ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ₁₅Therefore,