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John doesn’t know the answer to their identity, so the elder tells him. "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.”

Note, that as in the parable of the wedding supper, we have mention of garments here
again. These people are ones who had soiled robes and needed them washed. They were

once unworthy, but have washed their robes. The washing has taken place during the great
tribulation. The washing has come at great cost.

The statement, “they have made their garments white in the blood of the Lamb,” refers
to the necessity of their also having had to go the way of the cross, even to the point of

death. This is further borne out in the following passage.

Revelation 6:10-11
And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will

You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they

should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and

their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, should be completed
also.

The condition of the wearers’ garment reflects their worthiness before God. If they

have lived in an unworthy manner; a wood, hay, and straw manner before God, their robes
become soiled. Note that it is a great multitude that John sees before the throne. It was also
a great multitude that was found to be unprepared to attend the wedding feast of the king’s

son. Few were originally chosen from among all of those called to attend. This is reflected

in the words, ““For many [a multitude] are called, but few are chosen.”
All of those referred to in the above passage of scripture were given white robes.

Where were those who already had white robes? The Father had already made a separation
between them and those whose garments were soiled. They were kept from the hour of

testing that is to come upon the whole world.
Many Christians are counting on God to rapture them out of this world before the time

of tribulation. What will be the impact on the church when she finds that the rapture does
not occur as has been preached from a multitude of pulpits, as it has been depicted in