ACC ~ Revelation 7 v9a

ALL GENTILES WHO RECEIVED FAITH STAND BEFORE THE FATHER’S THRONE. OECUMENIUS: [He sees] the countless thousands from the Gentiles who, having received faith and having attained the blessed portion, have been allotted a place in the glorious choir and stand before the Lord and the throne of his Father. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 7.9-17.

THE ELECT ARE BY RIGHT CALLED SONS OF ABRAHAM. PRIMASIUS: By the sign of the sacred number he signifies the multitude of the elect, “whom God foreknew and predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.” For those who come from the nations are made to be Israel and so by right are called sons of Abraham,not by flesh but by faith in that seed which is Christ, the cornerstone, of whom the apostle said, “He is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in the place of two, and so make peace, and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 7.9.

BY BELIEVING, ALL NATIONS ARE GRAFTED INTO THE ROOT. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: He did not say, “After this I saw another people,” but “I saw a people,” that is, the same people that he had seen in the mystery of the 144,000, which he now sees as without number from every tribe and tongue and nation. For by believing, all nations have been engrafted into the root. In the Gospel the Lord showed forth in the [figure of the] twelve tribes the whole church both from the Jews and from the Gentiles. He said, “You will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 7.9, HOMILY 6.

FROM EVERY TRIBE AND TONGUE. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: These are the ones of whom David spoke: “I shall number them, and they will be more than the sand.” Namely, these are those who long ago struggled as martyrs for the sake of Christ and those from every tribe and tongue who will fight valiantly at the end of time. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 7.9-10.

JOHN RECALLS THE SALVATION OF THE NATIONS. BEDE: This can be interpreted to mean that when the tribes of Israel to whom the gospel was first preached have been named, [John] then wishes to recall the salvation of the nations. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 7.9.

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