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"Tribe" in the Bible: Revelation 7:9
In the seventh chapter of Revelation, John looks out into a huge crowd and sees people from every nation, tribe, people and language. They were all standing before the lamb.
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A fellow Christian said that the Book of Revelation should not be taken literally, and that there will be no nations or ethnicities in heaven. He said we will all be like Jesus and we won’t have bodies that resemble our cultures. If what he says is true, then how does a Christian interpret this scripture?
Understanding Apocalyptic Literature?
Daniel and Revelation are not Puzzles!
In Matthew 24, when Jesus tells us about the last days, He is as clear as can be! So, what is the problem? Why do so many people get Revelation wrong or have crazy ideas or contradictory theories? Basically, it is because (to say this bluntly), they have not read it! It amazes me how some pastors and Bible teachers can go to a text and not “read it,†but can be really good at “reading into it.†That is, instead of reading what is there, in its context, what the words say in the original languages and culture, we read in our theological ideas, frameworks, and presumptions, and thus totality miss what God is actually saying to us! The other problem is the type of literature in which Revelation is written; many of us just do not understand its type because it is alien to our language, training, and culture; thus, we ignore it or misuse it or look at it as something else. Apocalyptic genre (literature) has a clear meaning most of the time, when we realize what it is and how it operates.
BTW, Tribe: This passage in context, comes to us like a “parenthesis,†a seemingly addendum or digression in the midst of the context of judgment. However, it is not some detour or distraction. Rather, it is a telling of God’s mercy and love (Rev. 10:1-11:13). This passage is about hope and a reason for us to persevere in whatever we may face, both now and/or in the future. This is a respite in judgment and a look at what lies ahead.
· A great multitude / tribe. These people may be a different group of people from those in the previous passage, or perhaps a different depiction of the same grouping, a common Jewish use of expression. Some have suggested these are the martyrs from chapter six (Gen. 41:25-27; Rev. 5:9; 6:11; 7:1-8; 10:11; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6. 17:15).
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