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The Revelation of Jesus Christ This is a millennial scene, and the multitude will be serving Him in a world where He is reigning and ruling. The temple referred to is the earthly temple which will be set up. (See Ezekiel 40: 1-44:8.) But the church, the body of Christ, will have a place in a more celestial city, a city where there shall be no night and no temple; where "they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever." 2. "These ... Have Washed Their Robes . .. in the Blood of the Lamb." The words of John here are full of meaning: "And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them '-Vhite in the blood of the Lamb." Do you see, my friend, that even in that day, as in past ages, God will have just one way of saving people? The blood of the Lamb is the only way. Those who believe in Him have their robes washed white in His blood. If you ever expect to be in the right relationship to God, you must be "washed in the blood of the Lamb" which was shed for the whole world. And that includes you and me. "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any' more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat." During the reign of the Beast, no man will be able to buy or sell without the mark of the Beast upon him. That will be a time when those who believe in God and His Christ will go hungry and thirsty. But that condition will not last always. The day will dawn when they shall be hungry and thirsty no longer. During the reign of the Antichrist the very heat of the sun will be intensified. But after the tribulation, when the Son of God sets up His throne upon a redeemed earth, "neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat." "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." 3. No Revival for Apostate Christendom. There are some people who teach that after the church has been translated. there will be a great revival in Christen dom; that there will be multitudes of people in professing Christendom saved. The Word of God does not say so. It does tell us that Christendom-that part of it that is spewed
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