'The Rapture – 6th Seal'
Rev 7:9,13-15 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands... Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?" And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them."
Brethren, these are the ones with one of the highest rewards, who will always be before the throne of God and God will dwell in their midst as their loving Father. These are really His beloved children and finally, possibly the sons of God or the bride of the Lamb in the new heaven and new earth. We thank God that He uses the great Tribulation to refine us and to wash our robe white with the blood of the Lamb.
Rev 19:6-7 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thundering, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
Heb 11:35-40 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
The prophets of old had to endure much greater sufferings by refusing deliverance in order to obtain a better resurrection similar to ours.
Rev 1:16-17 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
At the presence of God, all will automatically fall down to worship Him. Though John the disciple Jesus loved was a good friend of our Lord Jesus, he gave Him full honor and respect by falling at His feet to worship Him. Do we give our Lord Jesus similar honor when we call on His name in prayer or help?
