Vast Host
Reading: Revelation 7
My Verse: "After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count , [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. In loud voice they cried, saying, [Our] salvation is due to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb [to Them we owe our deliverance]!" (7:9,10).
I love this passage, LORD God. Not only because there will be such a diverse multitude that will stand before You in heaven but that there are so many! It is so encouraging that so many will be there, so many will have turned to You, so many will have acknowledged You as Lord of their lives! Yes, it will be "a vast host . . . which no one could count"!
These hosts will be "attired in white robes." What does this signify? Rev. 3:4-5 says, "but you have a few people in Sardis who have not defiled their clothes, and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy. In the same way, the victor will be dressed in white clothes."
Rev. 3:18 You say this. "buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, and white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed . . ."
Another place that speaks of proper clothing is the parable You told of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22:1-14. A person was thrown out because he was not properly dressed, he refused to wear the white robes provided all guests.
It seems counter intuitive but verse 14 says these robes have been "washed . . and made white in the blood of the Lamb." Only through You, LORD God, through what You did on the cross can we be saved. Only through the blood of the cross can we be made clean and be able to wear the robes of white.
These hosts will also be holding "palm branches in their hands." I am not a great scholar, LORD God, but I know there is a rich history of the use of palm branches. They signify Your peace and fulfilled promises. I like what Psalm 92:12-14 says on this. "The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in their old age; they are ever full of sap and green."
I look forward to praising You in the midst of the vast hosts that will stand before You, one day.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
Reading: Revelation 7
My Verse: "After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count , [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. In loud voice they cried, saying, [Our] salvation is due to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb [to Them we owe our deliverance]!" (7:9,10).
I love this passage, LORD God. Not only because there will be such a diverse multitude that will stand before You in heaven but that there are so many! It is so encouraging that so many will be there, so many will have turned to You, so many will have acknowledged You as Lord of their lives! Yes, it will be "a vast host . . . which no one could count"!
These hosts will be "attired in white robes." What does this signify? Rev. 3:4-5 says, "but you have a few people in Sardis who have not defiled their clothes, and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy. In the same way, the victor will be dressed in white clothes."
Rev. 3:18 You say this. "buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, and white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed . . ."
Another place that speaks of proper clothing is the parable You told of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22:1-14. A person was thrown out because he was not properly dressed, he refused to wear the white robes provided all guests.
It seems counter intuitive but verse 14 says these robes have been "washed . . and made white in the blood of the Lamb." Only through You, LORD God, through what You did on the cross can we be saved. Only through the blood of the cross can we be made clean and be able to wear the robes of white.
These hosts will also be holding "palm branches in their hands." I am not a great scholar, LORD God, but I know there is a rich history of the use of palm branches. They signify Your peace and fulfilled promises. I like what Psalm 92:12-14 says on this. "The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in their old age; they are ever full of sap and green."
I look forward to praising You in the midst of the vast hosts that will stand before You, one day.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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