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Triumph of the Elect. After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches[a] in their hands.

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  1. 7:9 White robes…palm branches: symbols of joy and victory; see note on Rev 3:5.

14 I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress;[a] they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)

15 “For this reason they stand before God’s throne
    and worship him day and night in his temple.
    The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.
16 They will not hunger or thirst anymore,
    nor will the sun or any heat strike them.(B)
17 For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them
    and lead them to springs of life-giving water,[b]
    and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:14 Time of great distress: fierce persecution by the Romans; cf. Introduction.
  2. 7:17 Life-giving water: literally, “the water of life,” God’s grace, which flows from Christ; cf. Rev 21:6; 22:1, 17; Jn 4:10, 14.