Great Crowd
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Are the Great Crowd the same as all the people in Paradise Earth?
Just as the Anointed 144,000 (the Little Flock) are selected “out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation” (Rev 5:9 NWT), so are the Great Crowd (Rev 7:9). Neither of these two groups are the world, but they are both taken “out of” the world. This larger group (the world) from which these…
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The 144,000 and the Great Multitude
There are two groups shown in Matthew chapter 25: 1-13, similar to the two groups of Christians depicted in Revelation chapter 7. There are some very familiar symbols in the Matthew description, which make it easier to interpret who is being described and provide a good starting place to consider these two groups of Christian.…