启示录 7:5-7 RCUVSS

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 7:5-8

God will deal with Israel as a nation in the future (cf. Romans 11). Though an Israelite may not know from which tribe he or she comes, or even that he or she is an Israelite, God does. God, or His angelic agent, will select each person for sealing.There are at least 19 lists of Jacob’s sons in the Old Testament (Genesis 35:22-26; Genesis 46:8-25; Genesis 49:3-27; Exodus 1:2-5; Numbers 1:5-15; Numbers 2:3-31; Numbers 13:4-15; Numbers 26:4-51; Numbers 34:19-28; Deuteronomy 27:12-13; Deuteronomy... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 7:1-17

The RedeemedTwo visions interposed between the sixth and seventh seals. There are similar episodes between the sixth and seventh trumpets and bowls.1-3. Four angels are holding in check the four winds of God’s judgments (Revelation 7:1), and are ordered not to release them until God’s servants are sealed, i.e. marked as His: cp. Ezekiel 9:4; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 4:30; 2 Timothy 2:19; (Revelation 7:2.). These four winds may be the horsemen of Revelation 6:1. The meaning is, that Christians... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 7:1-17

The Saints of God (for All Saints' Day) Revelation 7:9 These are the saints of God. They have been men and women like ourselves. They were diverse in character, they had come from all nations, they were equally diverse in experience, they had had helps, but they had had trials and difficulties. Many of them had their faults, but they are the saints of God. They are one in this, that their testimony is to the triumph of the Lamb. I. All Saints' Festival. All of us have an interest in All... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:1-17

CHAPTER V.CONSOLATORY VISIONS.Revelation 7:1-17.SIX of the seven Seals have been opened by the "Lamb," who is likewise the "Lion of the tribe of Judah." They have dealt, in brief but pregnant sentences, with the whole history of the Church and of the world throughout the Christian age. No details of history have indeed been spoken of, no particular wars, or famines, or pestilences, or slaughters, or preservations of the saints. Everything has been described in the most general terms. We have... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 7:1-17

CHAPTER 7 Revelation 7:1-8 . This is the first parenthesis. It must not be taken chronologically. The six seal judgments extend over the entire period of the ending age. The rider upon the white horse will be on the scene to the end, wars will continue to the end, and culminate in the battle of Armageddon, and so do the famines and pestilences. And the sixth seal brings the end in view. We shall see the correspondence with the seventh trumpet and seventh vial later. The trumpet and vial... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 7:7

7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed twelve thousand. {6} Of the tribe of {b} Levi [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve thousand.(6) Here the tribe of Levi is listed with the rest, because all the Israelites were equally made priests with them in Christ by his priesthood Romans 12:1 1 Peter 2:9 Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10 . Dan is not mentioned, because the Danites long before forsaking the worship of God, were fallen away from the fellowship of... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 7:1-17

Two Intervening Visions This entire chapter intervenes between the sixth and seventh seals. Similarly, between the sixth and seventh trumpets, we shall see an even longer intervention (Revelation 10:1 -Revelation 11:14). The last seal will not be opened until it is made clear that divine sovereignty has decreed the salvation and preservation of a great number in Israel (represented by the 144,000) and a great number of Gentiles who will come out of the Tribulation with the blessing of God.... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:1-17

THE SEVEN SEALS This section might also be entitled “The things which shall be hereafter.” It is assumed that the true church is not upon the earth at the beginning of chapter 4, but that the translation of 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 has taken place. Christendom is here, but the church is with the Lord in the air. To some this may seem a bold assumption, but not to those who have pursued the study of the earlier books in this commentary. To them it will appear natural and proper that the church... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 7:4-8

(4) And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. (5) Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. (6) Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. (7) Of the tribe of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 7:1-8

1-8 In the figurative language of Scripture, the blowing of the four winds together, means a dreadful and general destruction. But the destruction is delayed. Seals were used to mark for each person his own possessions. This mark is the witness of the Holy Ghost, printed in the hearts of believers. And the Lord would not suffer his people to be afflicted before they were marked, that they might be prepared against all conflicts. And, observe, of those who are thus sealed by the Spirit, the seal... read more