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In the book of Revelation we are given very great evidence that there will be a large

number of saints who will NOT be kept from this hour of testing. Instead they will go
through this hour, and they will be cleansed and purified as they patiently endure, and even

give up their very lives, to purchase white robes of righteousness. Because they did not
voluntarily submit themselves to the purging and purifying of the cross in days prior to this

time of great trouble, they will have to be cleansed in the midst of great adversity.

Revelation 7:9-17
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could count,

from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne
and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation to our God who sits on the
throne, and to the Lamb." And all the angels were standing around the throne and

around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the
throne and worshiped God, saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and

thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever.

Amen." And one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are clothed in the
white robes, who are they, and from where have they come?" And I said to him, "My
lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great

tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of

the Lamb. For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day
and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle
over them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun

beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be

their shepherd, and shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall
wipe every tear from their eyes."

A central part of this passage is identifying who the people are who are being

described. John is pointedly asked in verse 13 by one of the elders around the throne,
"These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and from where have they come?"

The Father is taking pains to identify who they are because it is important to our
understanding.