[§90] Rev 7:9: Second Vision of Paradise and the Great Multitude

This podcast interprets and explains the imagery and symbolism of John's second vision of celestial paradise found in Revelation 7:9. This second vision comes after his first vision of celestial paradise in Revelation 4 and 5. In John's first vision of paradise he saw conditions in "heaven" as they existed at the time of his vision in 96 AD. Thereafter, he saw the sealing of the 144,000 Servants and their work as saviors on Mount Zion primarily during the sixth seal to bring as many as would come to the church of the Firstborn. John's second vision of paradise depicts the successful work of the 144,000, when he sees a great multitude of exaltation-worthy spirits in paradise that no man could number. John's second vision of paradise occurs in time at the end of the sixth seal and start of the seventh seal as the Second Coming approaches. Thus, John sees the great multitude in white robes. They are waving palm branches to herald and welcome Christ as the King of kings, which is an antitypical image for the same scene that played out on Palm Sunday when Christ entered Jerusalem in triumph.