WHERE DID THEY COME FROM,  AND WHO ARE THEY ?...........

All of a sudden, a huge crowd, from every nation on earth, appears in heaven :

Revelation 7:9 “I beheld, and lo, a great multitude which no man could number , of all nations...........stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed in white robes with palms in  their hands."

       

This sudden event, in heaven,  causes the following question to be asked: 

In Revelation 7:13 “Who are THESE who are arrayed in white robes, and where did THEY come from ?"

Next, in Revelation 7:14-15 the question is answered ,  "These are THEY which CAME OUT of great tribulation,  and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, THEY are before the throne of God .... "

The ONLY GROUP , in all of Scripture, who "have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb" is the Body of Christ Church. THEY are described as being "before the throne of God", in heaven,  Therefore, THEY are the RAPTURED Body of Christ Church now present in heaven.  The Scripture also states that, "THEY CAME OUT of great tribulation" , which is God's judgment upon the whole world. Therefore, THEY are NOT IN the great tribulation occuring on the earth, at the time,  because THEY are RAPTURED OUT of it BEFORE it begins upon the whole world. The two-word phrase "came out" , in the Scripture, means 'raptured out' . 

Revelation 7:13-15 is referring back to the RAPTURED Body of Christ Church spoken of previously in Revelation 7:9 that describes the RAPTURED Body of Christ Church as the "GREAT MULTITUDE before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands." 

SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT:

Revelation 7:9 through Revelation 7:15 describes the freshly RAPTURED Body of Christ Church as the "GREAT MULTITUDE” in heaven which is RAPTURED OUT of the great tribulation occurring on the earth , therefore THEY are now  " before the throne of God and before the Lamb" in heaven because THEY "have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." We now know who "THEY" are and where "THEY" came from .  

According to Your Holy Word,  come quickly Lord Jesus !