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Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:6

Revelation 7:6 The Servants of God Sealed. I. The passage from the book of Revelation selected as the Epistle for All Saints' Day, while it carries our thought onward to the glories of the world to come, is a most striking reminiscence of old Hebrew history. The constitution of the twelve tribes, the names of the sons of Jacob, come into view once more, as it were, on the threshold of eternity, even as the memory of childhood often grows wonderfully fresh again when an old man is about to pass... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:9

Revelation 7:9 The Festival of All Saints. The Festival of All Saints is related in conception to, yet distinct from, the Festival of All Angels. For while the latter speaks of angelic victory, the former speaks only of human victory over evil. It was considered to be the feast of the glorification of human nature by Christ. Now what is it which glorifies human nature? It is expressed in the name of this festival: it is saintliness. I. There are many associations into which to enter is fame:... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:13

Revelation 7:13 Heavenly Raiment. I. Here, in the text, we are presented to a great, victorious company. These pure, victorious ones are as numerous as they are beautiful; from all nations they come; all languages have they spoken; yet have they all been beaten and bruised with the tribulations of the world, and they have come not only out of affliction, but out of great affliction. They were cleansed; their hearts were cleansed, and their garments too. Often in the world they were dressed in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:13-15

Revelation 7:13-15 Who are Saints? I. Notice what we certainly do not mean when we speak of men being saints of God. (1) I find no warrant for believing that the asceticism which appears to have so strange a charm for some minds is pleasing to God, and I find a great deal to convince me that it is even contrary to the spirit of Christian liberty. (2) As self-imposed pain, or discomfort, or poverty does not in any way make a man a saint, so neither is it necessary that there should be any pain... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:14

Revelation 7:14 We owe very little debt to those who take this out of the grand signification, and say that it belongs to the "multitudes" of Constantine, or the "Constantine age." I would far rather keep to the simple ideas of my childhood, and see in it nothing but a beautiful description of the saints in heaven. Now of all these beautiful words perhaps the most important, certainly the most instructive, is the word "therefore." For this is what we want to know, not, Are they happy? or, What... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:16

Revelation 7:16 "No More" and "More.". There are four things asserted here: I. All need is supplied: "They shall hunger no more, for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them." (1) Look at the source of the supply. This is sixfold: ( a ) love which passeth knowledge; ( b ) power to which nothing is hard; ( c ) wisdom Divine and infinite; ( d ) providence minute and universal; ( e ) oneness of feeling without check; ( f ) closeness of relationship. (2) Mark the character... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 7:9-12

DISCOURSE: 2509THE WORSHIP OF HEAVENRevelation 7:9-12. After this, I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 7:14-17

DISCOURSE: 2510THE FELICITY OF THE GLORIFIED SAINTSRevelation 7:14-17. These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne... read more

C.I. Scofield