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Heaven: The Great Multitude of Gentiles
Monday, January 13, 2025 – Day 9
Read Revelation 7:9-17
Key Verse:
“They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any
heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living
fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Revelation 7:16-17 (NKJV).
Key Reflection:
The great multitude of which no one could number is comprised of all nations, tribes, people and
tongues. No one race is celebrated above another. Here we see the truth. Race is a human sociological
concept of separation. Yet in the eyes of God, all have the ability to be in the great multitude. The
requirement to be in this number is to have your robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. The ones who
will come out of the wrath are those who serve, worship and believe that Jesus is the Christ by
surrendering their lives unto Him. These are the ones who have resisted the pressure to conform to the
world.13 These are the ones who have been granted the privilege to worship God in eternity.
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Thought:
Heaven is not a segregated society. All those who make it have one thing in common. They have washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. It does not speak to skin pigmentation,
economic statues or social identification. All that matters is that they have a life that testifies to cry of
their hearts: Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (vs. 10). This is the
requirement for heaven. The believer in Christ must be those who worship with active perseverance
that enables the righteous to stand before God’s throne day and night in the temple of heaven.14 Jesus
is in their midst eternally just as Christ is in the midst of us now. He is the One who will wipe every tear.
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Prayer:
Lord, I long to be among the number of those who will sing praise and honor to your name forever. I
willingly offer myself to you as one who is surrendered to your will. Help me to see you in every part of
humanity and not create division in my worship of you. Write your name on my heart so that I may
enter into your divine presence forever. Every nation is represented in heaven. Let it be so on earth as
we serve you in your house of prayer for all nations. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Question:
1. How can you persevere to be faithful in your service to Christ in 2025?
13
Christopher C. Rowland, The Book of Revelation: The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary, vol. XII (Nashville:
Abingdon Press, 1998), p. 624.
14
Ibid., p. 624-625.
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