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, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” Revelation 7:9-10
Some like a bit of company for dinner, but imagine a great multitude which no one could number arriving at your house just in time for the meal! This is the promise of our Lord: Heaven and a multitude. Loneliness will not be a problem in the hereafter.
When it seems that your efforts to spread the good news of Jesus are going nowhere, think on this passage of scripture. It is not just a great crowd of great people saved by the Lamb, but they are from all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues. No doubt there were missionaries who despaired of anyone being saved from a particular tribe who seemed to hate anyone and everyone. Some Christians may think Peter and Paul did all the saving, or maybe it was Billy Graham, but even those great preachers of the word didn't reach all nations. We all have a part in it, but we also know who does all the saving.
The great multitude has no doubt of the source either: "Salvation belongs to our God...and to the Lamb!"
Rejoice in the Lamb!Bucky
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