Between the opening of the 6th seal in chapter 6 and of the 7th seal in chapter 8 John sees 2 visions in chapter 7 with the first being of 4 angels and the second being of a great multitude. "I saw 4 angels standing at the 4 corners of the earth... holding back the 4 winds of the earth... then another angel came from the east having the seal of the living God... and he told the 4 angels that had been given power to harm land and sea to not harm anything before they had put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of God... and 144,000 were sealed with 12,000 being from each tribe of Israel... then John saw the 2nd vision of a great multitude which no-one could count... from every nation, tribe, people and language... standing before the throne in front of the Lamb wearing white robes and holding palm branches crying out... salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb... and the angels fell down in worship to God saying... praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honour, power and strength be to our God forever... then one of the elders asked who the multitude was... and I told him he knew... and he said these are those who came through the great tribulation and have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb... they are before the throne and serve God day and night... and never again will they hunger or thirst... and the Lamb will be their shepherd... leading them to springs of living water... and God will wipe all tears from their eyes".
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