There Is A Difference Between Going Through and Getting Stuck In

Revelation 7:14 – I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 7:14 – “Sir,” I answered, “you must know.” Then he told me: “These are the ones who HAVE GONE THROUGH the great suffering. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and have made them white.(Contemporary English Version)

Revelation 7:14 – “I don’t know, sir. You do,” I answered. He said to me, “These are the people who HAVE COME SAFELY THROUGH the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.(Good News Transition)

John the Revelator sees a vision of 144,000 people being sealed. Sealing is a preparation for eternal life. They are from the twelve tribes of Israel. Are they the only ones to be saved? No! There will be people from all nations who having accepted Christ they also get counted as spiritual Israel. Salvation is not for Israelites alone, it is for Israelites and the whole world.

Revelation 7:4 – Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

Revelation 7:9 – After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

Immediately after this vision of 144,000 being sealed. John saw another multitude who had been saved in heaven. A multitude that nobody could count. A multitude from every nation, tribe, language and people. That confirms that more than the 144,000 will be saved.

The 144,000 are part of the people to be saved or are representative of the countless number of people who will be saved. That is the best biblical interpretation of the 144,000. Any interpretation that suggests that only the 144,000 will be saved is heretic and contradicts the text that talks of the countless numbers who will be saved. 

An Elder who stays around the throne tells John that the innumerable saved people that he is seeing are the saved saints of all time. They have come out of the great tribulation. That caught our attention. They have gone through great tribulation.

Going through means you did not stop, you came in from one end of tribulation, got in the middle of it and kept going until you are out of tribulation. There is a difference between going through and being stuck in the tribulation.

Other versions tell us that these are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. That means they went in and are now out. They came out, they did not go in and stayed there, they are out.

There is a difference between going through and being stuck in tribulation. There is a difference between coming out of tribulation and staying inside the tribulation. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

All those who will be saved will have gone through tribulation. No one who will be saved will be stuck in tribulation. We must strive to go through instead of getting stuck. Whenever challenges come, do not rejoice and gladly report that its been a long time and you haven’t recovered from this or that. Going through means picking the pieces quickly and recovering. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

Are you in tribulation? Keep going do not entertain anything that wants you to hang around. Don’t stay back, you will get there if you keep going. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

The tribulation could be persecution because of our faith. Going through is remaining faithful to the point of death. Getting stuck is giving up on faith. Persevere and go through. God will help us go through. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

1 Corinthians 10:13 – No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

God will help us to go through. God will create a way out so that we can endure. So that we can make it past the problem. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

Go through grief, try and do your best to get out. Love for the deceased was already demonstrated when he or she was live. After death there is no more love or hatred. May God help us to go through! There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

Go through pain of failure. Go through rejection. Go through lingering sickness. Go through disappointment. Don’t get stuck. Those who go through get saved. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

Sometimes going through requires counseling. Sometimes going through requires seeing a psychiatrist. Sometimes going through requires speaking out about your problems and struggles. Whatever it takes go through don’t get stuck. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

Drug abuse may seem like it helps you go through, but in reality it keeps you stuck in trouble. Avoid drug abuse. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

Ask yourself am I stuck or am I moving on while in this distress? Seeking help is not bothering people. Seeking help is not embarrassing anyone or yourself or family. Seeking help is ensuring you are not stuck in a situation that gets worse. There is a difference between going through and being stuck!

May God help us to go through and never get stuck. May God give us wisdom to know when we are getting stuck. In Jesus’s name, Amen!

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