Revelation 7
1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
2And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3saying, “Do not hurt the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.
5Of the tribe of Judah were sealed 12,000, of the tribe of Reuben 12,000, of the tribe of Gad 12,000,
6of the tribe of Asher 12,000, of the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, of the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
7of the tribe of Simeon 12,000, of the tribe of Levi 12,000, of the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
8of the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, of the tribe of Joseph 12,000, of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed 12,000.
9After these things, look, I saw a great multitude from every nation, and tribe and people and language, which no one could count, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in long white robes and with palm branches in their hands,
10and they were crying out with a great voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
11And all the angels were standing around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
12saying, “Amen! The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, and the might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
13And one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These that are clothed in long white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”
14And I say to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are those who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his sanctuary, and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
16They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat,
17for the Lamb in the middle of the throne area will shepherd them and will guide them to springs of living waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”