Too Many To Count!

"After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands." (Revelation 7:9 NIV)

Contrary to the belief of some, those who believe that only 144,000 will make it into heaven, we see in this verse--based upon John's vision--a great multitude--too many to count--from every nation, tribe, people, and language--standing before the throne of God and the Lamb. How awesome is that? The "remnant" is so many we can't be counted!

What's more important to understand about this particular verse is--those standing before the throne of God--were not there because of their religious affiliation to any specific denomination. They were not there because of their race, ethnic origin, geographic location, or economic status or educational background. No--they made it to the place of their desire because of their obedience to God and acceptance of His Son and the work on the cross. How simple is that?

So basically what this means is there should be no division between people earth on earth because there will be no segregation of those standing before God in heaven. All Believers--followers of Jesus Christ--should be able to come together in fellowship and not see anything other than the glory of God surrounding us. If we ever get the "in-fighting" stopped, thinking that one religious group is superior to another, then we'll be able to do what God has asked us to do, and when we stand before Him, we won't notice anything about anyone else other than--they made it!

What are we waiting for? His Hand to reach down and pull us together or spank us for disobedience? If we believe The Word of God, have an intimate Relationship with Him, then we should be able to do what He told us to do--go into all the world, preaching the Gospel and accepting all into the fold. If we can't accept all into the fold of Believers, then there really is no need for us to go into all the world because in the world--there are all types of people!

There are people of mixed ethnicity, different shades of black, red, brown, white; there are different cultures with different traditions and different celebrations and different ideas and thoughts, but if all the differences are set aside to believe in the Creator God, God the Son, and Holy Spirit---what then is the problem?

Since we create biases based upon racial differences, we need to stop thinking about ethnicity and think the human race. That is the only race that concerns God and it should be the only race of people concerning us. If we cannot treat all human beings well, we will never see the end result in heaven, but even so--there will be so many of us there--too many to count--and it is not His desire that any should be left out of that number.