1. The great multitude in white robes stood before the in.
Revelation 7:9 “9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”
to question 1.
2. Could this great multitude be numbered?
Revelation 7:9 “9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”
to question 2.
3. Was this great multitude from one race of people?
Revelation 7:9 “9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”
to question 3.
4. Were this great multitude in Heaven angels or people?
Revelation 7:9 “9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”
to question 4.
5. The people who were praising God were in.
Revelation 19:1 “1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:”
to question 5.
6. Our flesh (body) is the clothing of our soul. A soul without his body is .
2 Corinthians 5:3-4
"3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life."
to question 6.
7. When a saved person dies, his body is and the take the soul and spirit to .
Luke 16:22
"22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;"
to question 7.
8. When a soul goes to Heaven it will have the robe of .
Isaiah 61:10
"10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."
to question 8.
9. That robe of righteousness is the righteousness of
.
Philippians 3:9
“9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:"
to question 9.
10. Before first coming of Christ every soul is naked (without their resurrected bodies) in heaven and clothed with the robe of righteousness of Christ except for two people.
Who are the two people in Heaven that were not naked, but had their
transfigured bodies before the first coming of Christ?
A. Who walked with God to Heaven?
Genesis 5:21-24
"21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him."
Hebrews 11:5 "5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God."
to question 10 A.
B. Who was taken up to Heaven by a whirlwind?
2 Kings 2:1
"1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal."
2 Kings 2:11 "11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven."
to question 10 B.
11. Which people in Heaven have their resurrected bodies after the first coming of Christ?
A. Michael the archangel was sent to get the body of
.
Jude 1:9
“9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee."
to question 11 A.
B. The bodies of the firstfruits (tithe 10%) of the Old Testament
were raised the resurrection of Jesus.
Matthew 27:50-53
“50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many."
1 Corinthians 15:21-23 "21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
to question 11 B.
12. When will the rest of the people in heaven receive their resurrected bodies?
A. At the the souls in Heaven will with and receive their bodies.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
"13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
to question 12.
