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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b>E.
REVELATION 7:1-8 FOUR ANGELS HELP THE SEALING OF THE 144,000</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>A.
7:1 FOUR ANGELS AND THE FOUR WINDS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">MeTA TOUto EIdon TESsa-ras
agGElous heST<u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">tas </span></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>After
this I saw four angels standing </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ePI tas TESsa-ras g<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">NIas
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1137]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s g</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>at
the four corners of the earth,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kraTOUNtas <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2902]</font>
tou TESsa-ras aNEmous <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[417]</font>
t<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s g</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s,
HIna m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> PNE</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4154]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Ane-mos</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>holding
the four winds of the earth, that no wind</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ePI t<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
g</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s, M</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">te
ePI t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s thaLASs</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2281]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
M</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">te ePI pan
DENdron </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1186]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>blow
on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b.
7:2-3 ORDERS GIVEN TO THE FOUR ANGELS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai EIdon ALlon AGge-lon
a-naBAInon-ta <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[305]</font> aPO
a-na-toL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[395]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">LIou </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2246]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And
I saw another angel ascend from <i>the</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
sunrising,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Echon-ta sphraGIda <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4973]</font>
TheOU Z<u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ntos </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2198]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
kai Ekra-xen </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2896]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
ph</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
meGAl</span><u>e</u></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">having
</span><i>the</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> living God's seal:
and he cried with a great voice</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">tois TESsar-sin agGElois hois
eDOth<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1325]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
auTOIS</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>to the four angels to whom it
was given to [them]</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">a-diK<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">sai
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[91]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n g</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
kai t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n THAlas-san,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>to hurt the earth and the
sea, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">LEg<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n,
M</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> a-diK</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-te
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[91]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n g</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n,
M</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">te t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
THAlas-san, M</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">te ta
DENdra,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">3</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Achri sphraGIs<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-men
tous DOUlous </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1401]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
tou TheOU h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">M</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
ePI t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n meT</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">p</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3359]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
auT</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>till we shall have sealed the
bondmen of our :God on their :foreheads.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>c. 7:4-8 SEALING OF THE
144,000</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Kai <u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">kou-sa
ton a-rithMON </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[706]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
es-phra-gisMEn</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4972]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And I heard the number of the
sealed,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">he-kaTON tes-seRAkon-ta
TESsa-res chi-liAdes,</font></p>
<h1 class="western" style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>a
hundred </b></span><i><b>and</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>
forty-four thousand,</b></span></font></font></h1>
<h1 class="western" style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">es-phra-gisMEnoi
</font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4972]
</font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">ek PAs</font>es
phuLES [5449] huiON [5207] 'Is-raEL:</font></h1>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>sealed out of every tribe of
Israel's sons:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
'I-OUda D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes es-phra-gisMEnoi;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">5</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
Of Judah's tribe </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>were</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
sealed twelve thousand;</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek <span style="text-decoration: none;">phuL</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
'RouB</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Of Reuben's tribe twelve
thousand;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
Gad D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Of Gad's tribe twelve
thousand;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
A-S</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">R D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">6</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
Of Asher's tribe twelve thousand;</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
Neph-thaLIM D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Of Naphtali's tribe twelve
thousand;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
Ma-nasS</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Of Manasseh's tribe twelve
thousand;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
Su-me</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">7</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
Of Simeon's tribe twelve thousand;</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
LeuEI D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Of Levi's tribe twelve
thousand;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
Is-saCHAR D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Of Issachar's tribe twelve
thousand;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
Za-bouL</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">8</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
Of Zebulun's tribe twelve thousand;</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ek
phuL</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S 'I</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">PH
D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka chi-liAdes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Of Joseph's tribe twelve
thousand;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ek phuL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S
Be-niaMEIN D</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">de-ka
chi-liAdes es-phra-gisMEnoi.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">Of
Benjamin's tribe </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>were</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
sealed twelve thousand.</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>F. 7:9-17 MARTYRED SAINTS
FROM TRIBULATION AND THEIR SERVICE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>1. 7:9-12 PRAISE: THE TASK
OF A GREAT MULTITUDE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a. 7:9-10 ASCRIPTION OF
PRAISE BY A GREAT NUMBER</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">MeTA TAUta EIdon, kai iDOU,
OCHlos <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3793]</font> poLUS,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">After
these </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> I saw,
and lo, a great multitude,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">hon a-rithM<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">sai
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[705]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
auTON ouDEIS </span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">DUna-to
ek panTOS ETHnous </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1484]</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>which no one could number
[it] out of every nation</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai phuL<u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5443</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kai la</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2992]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kai gl</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">sS</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1100]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">and
of </span><i>all</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> tribes and
peoples and tongues,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">heST<u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">tes
eN</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">pi-on tou
THROnou </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2362]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kai eN</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">pi-on tou
arNIou </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[721]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>standing before the throne
and before the Lamb,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">pe-ri-beb-l<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">MEnous
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4016]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
stoLAS </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4749]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
leuKAS </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3022]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
kai PHOIni-kes </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5404]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
en tais cherSIN </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5495]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
auT</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>arrayed in white robes, and
palms in their :hands;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai KRAzou-si <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2896]</font>
ph<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
meGAl</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">, LEgon-tes,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">10</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
and they cry with a great voice, saying,</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">H<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
s</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">RIa
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4991]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> The</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">M</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> ka-th</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">MEn</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
ePI t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> THROn</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
kai t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> arNI</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[721]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>The salvation to our :God who
sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 7:11-12a THE RESPONSE OF
ANGELS, ELDERS AND LIVING BEINGS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai PANtes hoi AGge-loi
hiST<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">kei-san </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2476]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
KUKl</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> tou THROnou,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And all the angels were
standing round the throne,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai t<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
pres-buTEr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4245]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kai t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n tesSAr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
Z</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2226]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and the elders and the four
living beings;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai Epe-son eN<u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">pi-on
tou THROnou ePI ta PROs</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-pa
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4383]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
auT</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N, kai
pro-seKUn</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">san
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4352]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> The</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and fell before the throne on
their :faces, and worshipped :God,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">LEgon-tes, A-M<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N:
h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> eu-loGIa </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2129]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
kai h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> DOxa </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1391]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
kai h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> soPHIa
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4678]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">12a</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
saying, Amen: The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom,</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai h<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
eu-cha-risTIa </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2169]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
kai h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> tiM</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5092]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
kai h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> DUna-mis
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1411]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and the thanksgiving, and
the honor, and the power,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai h<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
isCHUS </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2479]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> The</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">M</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
eis tous ai</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">nas
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[165]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n ai</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and the strength, unto our
:God unto the ages of the ages.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">c.
7:12b </span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">AMEN.
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">aM</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">E</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">N.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>2. 713-17 THE STATE OF
THOSE OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a. 7:13 JOHN QUERIED RE THE
MULTITUDE BEFORE THE THRONE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai a-peKRIth<u>e</u> heis ek
t<u>o</u>n pres-buTEr<u>o</u>n, LEg<u>o</u>n moi,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And one of the elders
answered, saying to me,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">HOUtoi hoi pe-ri-be-bl<u>e</u>MEnoi
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4016]</font> tas stoLAS <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4749]</font>
tas leuKAS <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3022]</font>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>These arrayed in the white
:robes,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">TInes eiSIN, kai POthen <u>E</u>Lthon?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>who are they, and from where
have they come?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 7:14a JOHN'S RESPONSE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai EIr<u>e</u>-ka auT<u>O</u>,
KUriE mou, su OIdas.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And I said to him, My Lord,
YOU know.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>c. 7:14b THE ANSWER OF THE
ELDER</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai EI-PEN moi,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And he spoke to me,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">HOU-TOI ei-sin hoi erCHOme-noi
ek t<u>e</u>s THLIpse-<u>o</u>s <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2347]</font>
t<u>e</u>s meGAl<u>e</u>s,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>These are they that come out
of the great :tribulation,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai Eplu-nan <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4950]</font>
tas stoLAS <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4749]</font> auT<u>O</u>N,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and they washed their :robes,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai eLEUka-nan <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3021]</font>
auTAS en t<u>o</u> HAIma-ti <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[129]</font>
tou arNIou <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[721]</font>.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>d. 7:15 THE HEAVENLY SERVICE
OF MARTYRS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">diA TOU-TO ei-sin eN<u>O</u>pi-on
tou THROnou tou TheOU</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Therefore are they before the
throne of :God</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai laTREUou-sin <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3000]</font>
auT<u>O</u> h<u>e</u>MEras kai nukTOS en t<u>o</u> na<u>O</u> <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3485]</font>
auTOU:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and serve him day and night
in his :sanctuary:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai ho kaTH<u>E</u>me-nos ePI
tou THROnou sk<u>e</u>N<u>O</u>sei <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4637]</font>
ep' auTOUS.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and who sits on the throne
shall tabernacle over them.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>e. 7:16-17 THE HEAVENLY
STATE OF MARTYRS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ou peiNAsou-sin <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3983]</font>
Eti, ouDE diPS<u>E</u>sou-sin <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1372]</font>
Eti;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>They shall hunger no more,
nor thirst any more;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ouDE m<u>e</u> PEs<u>e</u>
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4098]</font> ep' auTOUS ho
H<u>E</u>li-os <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2246]</font>,
ouDE pan KAUma <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2738]</font>:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>neither shall the sun strike
upon them, nor any heat:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">HOti to arNIon to aNA MEson tou
THROnou poi-maNEI <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4165]</font>
auTOUS,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">17</span></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
because the Lamb that is amidst the throne shall shepherd them,</span></span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai ho-d<u>e</u>G<u>E</u>sei
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3594]</font> auTOUS ePI z<u>o</u>-<u>E</u>S
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2198]</font> p<u>e</u>GAS <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4077]</font>
huDAt<u>o</u>n <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[5204]</font>:</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and guide them unto fountains
of waters of life:</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai e-xaLEIpsei <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1813]</font>
ho TheOS pan DAkru-on <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1144]</font>
ek t<u>o</u>n oph-thalM<u>O</u>N <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3788]</font>
auT<u>O</u>N.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and :God shall wipe away
every tear from their :eyes.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">7:1-8
shows God's care for His own. All who profess Him are not necessarily
“possessors” of God's grace. Jesus at the close of the Sermon on
the Mount is very careful to point out that it is </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">doers</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of His Word that count with Him - not just the hearers. His own in
this passage are the elect from the nation of Israel. Later on in
this Revelation we see the saved ones from the Gentile nations - many
more! Angels seal on their foreheads those of the 12 tribes of
Israel, the 144,000 (probably a symbolic number) before the 4 angels
are released with the 4 winds of judgment. Some who have a spiritual
identification with the tribe of Dan - John/Luke
(Choleric-Melancholic) - have been disturbed that Dan is not
mentioned here as one of the 12 tribes being sealed. This may be
because of the way Dan brought idolatry through the northern golden
calf of Jeroboam in a stronger measure than did the other tribes,
especially when they marched north as recorded in the book of Judges.
However, when we read of the 12 foundation stones in the walls of the
New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:19-20, the “beryl” is here
recorded, which is the stone identified with the tribe of Dan!</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">In 7:9-12 we read of the great
multitude from Gentile nations before the Throne. What marvelous
praise and blessing they offer up to God for His grace and goodness
and blessing!</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7:13-17 identifies this great
multitude as those who came out of Great Tribulation, probably
through martyrdom. This accords strongly with the insights used by
Corrie Ten Boom in her teachings, as one who came out of a Nazi
prison camp for loving Jews. God Himself shall comfort them for what
they suffered for Jesus' Name's sake while still down here on earth.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Spirit through Paul says,”Prove </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">all</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
things! Hold fast that which is good. It is the Word - the Bible -
that judges human teaching, not the Teaching that interprets the
Bible. We must learn to let the Bible mean what it wants to mean, if
denominational and church teaching does not always accord with God's
sacred pages. J.A.W. </span></span></span></font></font>
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