Bible  Study Notes – The Remnant In The Tribulation

Why Are The Tribal Names Different In Revelation 7 Than The Original Names?

 

I. The Doctrine of A Remnant Is Under Attack By Two Opposite Groups

A. Until Recently, All Camps Believed There Was Going To Be A Remnant

B. The Ammillenialist Attacks The Doctrine Of The Remnant

1. He Thinks The Church Is Fulfilling The Covenants

2. He Thinks No Further Fulfillment Is Possible

C. The Post Tribulation Rapturist Attacks The Doctrine Of The Remnant

1. He Thinks The Church Is Going Through The Tribulation

2. He Thinks The Church Will Be The Witnessing Remnant

II. The Remnant Is Necessary – To The Unconditional Covenants God Made With Israel

A. The Abrahamic Covenant – Basis Of The Whole Prophetic Question

1. Sited In Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:4-21; 17:1-8; 22:17-18

2. Promises – Universal And Eternal

a. Land

b. Seed

c. World-Wide Blessing

3. This Covenant Shows The Need Of A Remnant

a. A Remnant Must Be The Promised Seed

b. A Remnant Must Occupy The Land

c. The Promised Blessing Must Come Through The Seed

B. The Palistinic Covenant

1. Established By God - Deuteronomy 30:1-9; Jeremiah 32:36-44; Ezekiel 11:16-21; 36:21-38

2. Establishes The Basis On Which Israel Will Occupy The Land Given In The Abrahamic Covenant

3. The Doctrine Of The Remnant Is Necessary To Receive The Promised Land Inheritance

C. The Davidic Covenant

1. Also Unconditionally Established By God – II Samuel 7:10-16, Jeremiah 33:20-21, Psalms 89

2. Promises To The Seed Of Abraham

a. A King

b. An Everlasting Earthly Kingdom

c. Throne

3. A Remnant Is Necessary So The Promises Of The Davidic Covenant Can Be Fulfilled.

D. The New Covenant

1. Unconditional – Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ezekiel 16:60, Isaiah 59:20-21, Hosea 2:14-23

2. Promises

a. Israel's Restoration As A Nation

b. The Forgiveness Of Her Sins

c. The Cleansing Of Her Heart

d. The Im­plantation Of A New Heart On The Basis Of Regeneration

3. There Must Be A Continuing Remnant Of Israel So God Can Fulfill His Word

E. God Made Every Promise Unconditional

1. God Is Not A Liar

2. God Will Fulfill His Word To The Remnant

 


III. The Remnant In Revelation

 

Romans 11:25  For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

 

A. Israel’s Blindness Is Temporary

B. Because The Nation Of Israel Is Blinded Now, God Doesn’t Have A Remnant Now In Israel

 

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Romans 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

 

C. Before This Paul Said That God Is Not Numbering All The Physical Seed Of Abraham

D. The Promises Are To Those Who Are In Faith

 

Romans 9: 6 ¶ Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

 

E. So, ‘All Israel’ Refer To The Believing Remnant

F. The Remnant In The Tribulation

 

Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

 

1. Satan Is Cast Out Of Heaven

2. Satan Wants His Vengence On The People That God Is Dealing With On Earth

3. The Church Has Been Raptured

4. Satan Attacks The Nation Of Israel

5. This Nation Is Regathered But In Unbelief – Must Flee The Satanic Attack

6. This Remnant Is Who God Is Preparing For The Fulfillment Of Israel’s Promises

a. Israel Still In Unbelief When Antichrist Makes A 7 Year Covenant With Them – Daniel 9:27

1. Daniel’s 70th Week Is For Israeli Nation To Come Back To God

2. Daniel’s 70th Week Is To Prepare For The King

b. The Gospel Of The Kingdom – requiring Repentance -  Will Be Preached

c. The Remnant Will Be The Preachers

1. The 144,000 Sealed Of Israel of Revelation 7

2. The 2 Witness of Revelation 11

d. There Are Also Signs On Earth To Bring Individuals To Repentance

e. All Israel Will Be Saved At The Second Coming

 

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Romans 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

 

e. These Witnesses Were Saved During The Tribulation

 

Revelation 12:10  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.


 

f. The Restrainer Of II Thessalonians 2:7 Is Not The Holy Spirit – The Holy Spirit Has Not Departed

 

Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

 

g. Speaking About The 144 K – John Wrote:

 

Revelation 7:7 15  Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

Revelation7:16  They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Revelation 7:17  For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

 

g. They Are Also Seen Before The Throne:

 

Revelation 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty  and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

Revelation 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

 

IV. The Sealing Of The 144,000

 

Revelation 7:1 ¶ And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

Revelation 7:2  And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Revelation 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Revelation 7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

Revelation 7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

Revelation 7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

Revelation 7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

 


A. God Had A Remnant Of 7000 That Did Not Bow To Baal – I Kings 19:18

B. There Is And Will Be A Remnant According To The Election Of Grace

 

Romans 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

Romans 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

 

C. God Will Have A Remnant Of 144,000 That Will Not Bow To The Antichrist

1. The Holy Spirit Will Seal Them With Name Of Their God

2. They Will Be 144,000 Earthly Israel – 12,000 From Each Tribe

a. The Literal Seed Of Abraham Living At The Time

b. Not A Mystical Or Spiritual Israel

D. God Knows The Geneology Even If The Jews Don’t – Will Seal 12K From Each Tribe

 

IV. Why Different Names - Tribes In Revelation 7 And The Original?

 

A. Revelation 7 – The Names Of Dan And Ephraim Omitted – Joseph & Levi Inserted

B. The Man, Woman, Family Or Tribe That Brings Idolatry Into Israel

1. Will Have His Name Blotted Out From Under Heaven

2. Will Be Separated Out Of The Tribes Of Israel

 

Deuteronomy 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Deuteronomy 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Deuteronomy 29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

 

C. The Tribes Of  Dan & Ephraim Did Bring Idolatry Into Israel

1. They Allowed Jeroboam To Set Up Golden Calves To Be Worshipped

2. One Set Up In Dan – In The Tribe Of Dan

3. The Other In Bethel – In The Tribe Of Ephraim

 

I Kings 12:25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

I Kings 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

I Kings 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

I Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

I Kings 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

I Kings 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

 


C. The Tribes Of  Dan & Ephraim Were Guilty Of Bringing Idolatry Into Israel

1. They Allowed Jeroboam To Set Up Golden Calves To Be Worshipped

2. One Set Up In Dan – In The Tribe Of Dan

D. So, The Tribes Of Dan & Ephraim Omitted In Revelation 7

E. The Tribes Of Dan & Ephraim Do Occupy The Land In The Millennium

 

Ezekiel 48:1 ¶ Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

Ezekiel 48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.

Ezekiel 48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

Ezekiel 48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

Ezekiel 48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

Ezekiel 48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.

Ezekiel 48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.

 

Ezekiel 48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.

Ezekiel 48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

Ezekiel 48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.

Ezekiel 48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.

Ezekiel 48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.

Ezekiel 48:28  And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

Ezekiel 48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.

 

D. So, The Sealing Is Mostly To Preserve The Remnant To Go Into The Millennium

E. So, The Sealing Of The Tribes Is Not To Keep Them From An Earthly Inheritance

F. They Are Later Seen With The Lamb On Mount Zion

 


Revelation 14:1 ¶ And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

Revelation 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

Revelation 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty  and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

Revelation 14: 5  And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

 

F. So, The Tribes Of Dan & Ephraim Must Go Through The Trib Without Being Sealed

G. The Members Of Dan & Ephraim Who Repent Have There Inheritance In The Millennium