Hunger and Thirst No More Revelation 7:16

After the worship scene in heaven where “the Lamb” of God received the “scroll” in God's right hand, the beginning of the tribulation to come upon the earth began and John the apostle saw the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and the sixth seals were opened and great troubles came upon the earth with each of them. He continued to write, “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, and all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and from where did they come? And I said unto him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, 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 are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.” In chapter seven and verse sixteen the “elder” told John “they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more” where we read:

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

The verse reads, “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;” John began with the words, “they shall hunger” which means “these who came out of great tribulation will not be hungry, suffer want, crave ardently or seek with eager desire” “no more” which means “any further”, “neither” or “not and in no way” “thirst” which means “suffer from thirst and want of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported and strengthened” “any more” or “any further”. The “elder” shared with John how the people who came out of “great tribulation” shall never again experience “hunger or thirst”.

The verse goes on to say, “neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.” John added the word, “neither” which means “not and in no way” “shall the sun light” which means “will the sun descend or be thrust down” “on them” or “upon the ones who came out of great tribulation”, “nor any heat” which means “nor will any burning heat descend upon them”. The “elder” also shared how the “sun light nor the burning heat” would descend upon the people who came out of the “great tribulation”.

When we meditate upon John's words in this verse, we see the blessings shared by this multitude of people who are dressed in “white robes” and “came out of great tribulation”. God desires to have a relationship with people through His Son Jesus, and the “hunger, thirst and burning heat” of life will be relieved when this time comes. Let all who read these words submit their lives to Jesus Christ who is able to remove all “hunger, thirst, burning sun and heat”.

Next time we John shares how , “the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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