14. And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell over them.
16. They shall no more hunger nor thirst, neither shall the sun fall on them, nor any heat.
17. For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne., shall rule them, and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
9. Many Jews accept the Gospel of Christ, but the Gentiles who flock to His fold from every nation and tongue form so vast a multitude that no man can number them. "There shall come from the east and the west, the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God." [1] These elect shall be saved by purity of life symbolized by the white robes of innocence an innocence obtained through the merits of Christ's death. Many shall also receive the glorious crown of martyrdom.
10-12. All join in one great hymn of praise and thanksgiving to God and to the Lamb who is worthy to receive divine honors.
With this vision persecutions cease; the Church comes forth triumphant from her long conflict with pagan
- ↑ St. Luke xiii, 29.
