REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Seventeen - A White Robe

 After documenting the faith integrity keepers of ancient times, the apostle Paul said: "And all these, although they had witness borne to them through their faith, did not get the fulfillment of the promise, as God saw something better for us, in order that they might not be made perfect apart from us." (Hebrews 11:39, 40)  What is that "something better that Paul and other anointed Christians anticipate? John sees it here in vision: "And a white robe was given to each of them; and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the number was filled also of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they also had been." (  Revelation 6:11)   Their receiving "a white robe" has to do with their resurrection to be immortal spirit creatures.  No longer do they lie as slaughtered souls underneath the altar, but they are raised to be part of the group of 24 elders that worship before the heavenly throne of God. There, they themselves have given thrones, showing that they are "dressed in white outer garments," signifying that they have been adjudged righteous, worthy of an honored place before Jehovah in that heavenly court.  This is also in fulfillment of Jesus' promise to faithful anointed Christians in the congregation in Sardis:  "He that conquers  will thus be arrayed in white outer garments." -REVELATION 3:5; 4:4; 1 PETER 1:4.

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