v7:14 The implication is that their robes were defiled and needed to be washed. The world and the religious system must be removed from our “robes.” w7:14 Or “the great [or ‘major’] oppression [persecution, tribulation].” Each of the white-robed saints had to pass through tribulation. This phrase “great tribulation” occurs twice in the book of Revelation and refers only to believers, never to the world. It is the true followers of the Lamb who pass through this “tribulation.” This comes from the Latin word tribulum, a hollowed-out rock that was used to separate wheat (or other grains) from the
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