§90 - Footnotes

Revelation 7: The Restoration of the Gospel and Temple Work in the Sixth Seal

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

Footnotes for this section

  1. See Rev 4:1-2; and generally Rev 4:1-11: Overview of John’s Vision of “Heaven” [Paradise]. ↩︎
  2. See generally Rev 4:4: 24 Elders Sit on Thrones in Paradise. ↩︎
  3. See generally Rev 4:6-8: The Four Beasts Represent All Creation in Paradise. ↩︎
  4. See Rev 5:11; and generally Rev 5:11-14: Those in All Kingdoms of Glory Praise the Lamb. ↩︎
  5. See Rev 7:4; Donald W. Parry, UST, 90-91; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 7:9-17]; and generally Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎
  6. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 182; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 495; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 7:9-17]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 7:9]; Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 72. ↩︎
  7. See Rev 7:13-15; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 182; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 144; and generally Rev 7:13-14: One of the 24 Elders Explains the Great Multitude. ↩︎
  8. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 182; Seiss, ALBR, 176. ↩︎
  9. See Pett, PPCB [Rev 7:9]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 7:9]; Keener, IVPNT, 745; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 182. ↩︎
  10. See Rev 5:6, 9-10; and generally Rev 5:8-10: Saints Worthy of Exaltation Praise the Lamb. ↩︎
  11. See Seiss, ALBR, 171; Whedon, WCB [Rev 7:9]; Keener, IVPNT, 744. ↩︎
  12. See Ellicott, ECER [Rev 7:9]; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 7:9-17]; Millet, TLB, 34; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 681. ↩︎
  13. See generally Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎
  14. See generally The Status of Spirits Awaiting the Resurrection; The Status of Spirits in Spirit Prison [Hell]; Bridging the “Great Gulf” Between Prison and Paradise. ↩︎
  15. See generally Rev 6:11: The “Great Apostasy” During the Fifth Seal; Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal; The Urgency of Temple Work in the Sixth Seal; Limited Sealings of the 144,000 Began in the Fifth Seal; The 144,000 Become Saviors on Mount Zion. ↩︎
  16. See D&C 77:11; Wiersbe, WEONT, 816; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 182; and generally Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎
  17. See Rev 4:4; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 465; and generally Rev 4:4: 24 Elders Sit on Thrones in Paradise. ↩︎
  18. See D&C 77:5. ↩︎
  19. See generally The Place and Date of John’s Prophecy in the Book of Revelation. ↩︎
  20. See Rev 2:7; Rev 2:17; Rev 2:26-28; Rev 3:5; Rev 3:12; Rev 3:21; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 4; and generally Rev 2:7: Those That Overcome Eat from the Tree of Life. ↩︎
  21. See LeGrand Richards, CR, April 1980, “The Scriptures Speak”, 32; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 7:9-10]; and generally Rev 2:20-23: “Jezebel” and Great Tribulation; Rev 3:9-10: The Patient Are Promised Eternal Life. ↩︎
  22. See Rev 6:9, 11; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 83; Draper, OSS, 70-71; and generally Rev 6:9-10: Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal. ↩︎
  23. See Talmage, JC, 666; Nyman, JSTR, 261; and generally Overview of Jesus Christ’s Message to the Seven Churches. ↩︎
  24. See Mark E. Petersen, CR, October 1960, 82; Donald W. Parry, UST, 223; Pett, PPCB [Rev 7:9]; and generally Rev 7:15-17: The Blessed State of the Great Multitude. ↩︎
  25. See Rev 7:13-14; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 487; and generally Rev 7:13-14: One of the 24 Elders Explains the Great Multitude. ↩︎
  26. See Brewster, BICQ, 184-185; Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 156; Nyman, JSTR, 243; Doxey, DCS, Vol. 1, 461; and generally The Voice of Warning from Worldwide Calamities. ↩︎
  27. See Walvoord, BKCNT, 950; Nyman, GWI, 179; and cf. Rev 19:5-7; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 3, 61; and generally Rev 7:9: Second Vision of Paradise and the Great Multitude; Rev 19:4: The 24 Elders and Four Beasts Worship Jesus Christ. ↩︎
  28. See Rev 7:17; Pett, PPCB [Rev 7:9]; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 183; cf. Rev 5:6; and generally Rev 7:15-17: The Blessed State of the Great Multitude. ↩︎
  29. See Rev 3:21; Bruce R. McConkie, NWAF, 635; Millet, WBR, 113; and generally Rev 3:21-22: Those That Overcome Will Be as God Is. ↩︎
  30. See Matt 19:28; Matt 25:31; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 795-796; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 12-13. ↩︎
  31. See Whedon, WCB [Rev 7:9]; Seiss, ALBR, 174-175; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 365. ↩︎
  32. See Draper, OSS, 86; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 183; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 7:9]. ↩︎
  33. See Whedon, WCB [Rev 7:9]. ↩︎
  34. See generally Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints. ↩︎
  35. See Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 881; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 230; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 98. ↩︎
  36. See D&C 29:13; D&C 133:56; Millet, PWBOM, 171; Berrett, TDC, 197; Doxey, DCS, Vol. 1, 169; and generally Overview of the First Resurrection and the Last Resurrection; Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints. ↩︎
  37. See Ellicott, ECER [Rev 7:9-10]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 7:9]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 7:9]; Youngblood, NBD, 882; cf. Rev 14:6; and generally Rev 14:6-7: The First Angel Proclaims the Everlasting Gospel. ↩︎
  38. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 182-183; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 3, 1799. ↩︎
  39. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 183; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2319. ↩︎
  40. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 183; Youngblood, NBD, 1261; Unger, UBD, 1294. ↩︎
  41. See 3 Ne 28:27-29; D&C 107:35; Watt, JD, Vol. 14, 61; Watt, JD, Vol. 16, 352. ↩︎
  42. See Oscar W. McConkie, ANGL, 114-115; Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 69; Donald W. Parry, UST, 189; and generally Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000. ↩︎
  43. See Moses 6:66-68; : Joseph Fielding Smith, AGQ, Vol. 1, 137; Bruce R. McConkie, SWBM, 29. ↩︎
  44. See D&C 138:12-14, 16; Joseph Fielding McConkie, ASA, 120; Millet, SWRM, 251; Bruce R. McConkie, PM, 361; Skinner, GT, 55. ↩︎
  45. See D&C 133:54-55; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 273; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 639; and generally The Ancient History of the Sealing Ordinance; Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints. ↩︎
  46. See 3 Ne 8:2, 5; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 61; and generally Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints. ↩︎
  47. See Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 881; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 84; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 183; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 7:9-10]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 7:9]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 7:9]; Seiss, ALBR, 177. ↩︎
  48. Rev 7:14; see also Isa 1:18; 1 Ne 12:10; Alma 5:21; Alma 13:11-12; Andrus, PP, 198; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 429. ↩︎
  49. See Young, DBY, 98; Stuy, CD, Vol. 5, 235-236; Watt, JD, Vol. 26, 369; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 3, 367. ↩︎
  50. See Rev 4:4; Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 235; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 7:9]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 7:9-10]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 7:9]; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 809; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 84; and generally Rev 4:4: 24 Elders Sit on Thrones in Paradise. ↩︎
  51. See Draper, OSS, 85; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 183-184; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 98; Draper, RJA, 296. ↩︎
  52. See Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 7:9]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 7:9]; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 98; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 98. ↩︎
  53. See Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 495-496; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 7:9-10]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 7:9]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 7:9]; Seiss, ALBR, 177; and generally The Feast of Tabernacles Foreshadows the Sixth Seal Paradise. ↩︎
  54. See Matt 21:8; John 12:12-13; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 681; Michaelene P. Grassli, CR, October 1988, “Children at Peace”, 93; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 1, 577. ↩︎
  55. See Harold B. Lee, CR, April 1955, 17; Cowan, AQDC, 128; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 552-553; Lundquist, BSBF, Vol. 2, 236. ↩︎
  56. See Draper, 1989 Sperry, 215-216; Proctor, SL, 141, 207. ↩︎
  57. See Rev 19:16; Brewster, DCE, 409; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 681; Jackson, SS, Vol. 4, 296; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 1, 578; and generally Rev 19:4: The 24 Elders and Four Beasts Worship Jesus Christ. ↩︎