One of the twenty-four “elders” interpreted the vision of the innumerable saints standing before the Lamb and the throne – Revelation 7:13-17.

We have reached the point where the two questions have been answered – How long must the martyrs wait for vindication, and “who is able to stand” before the “wrath of the Lamb” and he “who sits on the throne.” Having been sealed, numbered, and assembled, John has witnessed all the saints “standing” before Jesus and his Father in victorious worship.

John saw an innumerable multitude of men and women from every nation standing before the Lamb and the Throne – Revelation 7:9-12.

The saints have been “sealed” before the unleashing of the “four winds of the earth.” Next, they were assembled for the coming sojourn and John “heard” their “number,” 144,000 “males” from the “twelve tribes of Israel.” Now, he will “see” the assembly of the saints as it arrives at its destination, a multitude so vast that “no man could number them.”

144,000 males from the tribes of Israel are numbered and assembled for the journey to the city of New Jerusalem – Revelation 7:4-8.

The “servants of God” have been “sealed” against the onslaught of the “four winds of the earth,” but now they must be “numbered” to ensure that no member of the covenant community is lost in the coming “tribulation.” The full complement of “witnesses” must be assembled to witness the “day of the wrath of the Lamb.”