John wrote:
>Are they without number or not?
Not. The passage only says that no man could number them, meaning, that if a man looked at them all, there were so man that a man could not assign a specific number to them. Surely you would agree that God can number them.
I see no point in your question. If you agree or believe that God wrote Rev. 7:9 -- well, you are kind of stuck, David. The passage says that no one can number them. Regardless of whether we begin the major in minor process at this point, the point is that when we look, we see a crowd of people from among all nations that is beyond what we can consider, in size.
In the Revelation, the "forces of evil" and the "forces of good" are hugh.
Christ's comments regarding the "few who shall be saved" speak of those from physical Israel. Do we agree with that? And isn't that the case today -- at least from appearances?
I see no reason not to rejoice in the numbers of those who will be saved.
JD
