DAILY TEXT, Today Monday April 11, 2022, Keep doing this (1 Cor. 11:25).

DAILY TEXT, Today's Monday, April 11, 2022

Let's Examine the Scriptures Every Day 2022

Monday, April 11, 2022 

Keep doing this (1 Cor. 11:25).

Most of those who attend the Memorial hope to live on Earth. So why do they go? For the same reason many people go to a friend's wedding. They do it because they want to show their love and support for the couple getting married. Similarly, those of the other sheep attend the Memorial because they want to demonstrate their love and support for Christ and the anointed. In addition, in this way they show their gratitude for the sacrifice of Jesus, which makes it possible for them to live forever on Earth. Another important reason the other sheep attend the Memorial is to obey Jesus' command. When he instituted this supper with his faithful apostles, he told them, “Keep doing this in remembrance of me” (1 Cor. 11:23-26). So the other sheep will continue to attend the Lord's Supper as long as there are anointed ones on Earth. w21.01 17, 18 paras. 13, 14

According to Revelation 7:9, 10, whom did John see, and what were they doing? (See cover drawing.)

After mentioning the 144,000 kings and priests, John sees something exciting: a "great crowd" surviving Armageddon. Unlike the first group, this second group is much larger and it is not known exactly how many they are (read Revelation 7:9, 10). They are “dressed in long white robes,” indicating that they have kept themselves “unspotted from the world” of Satan and have been loyal to God and Christ (Jas. 1:27). They cry out with a loud voice that they owe salvation to what Jehovah and Jesus, the Lamb of God, have done. In addition, they carry palm fronds in their hands as a sign that they gladly accept Jesus as the King whom Jehovah has appointed (compare John 12:12, 13).

What does Revelation 7:11, 12 say about Jehovah's heavenly family?

Read Revelation 7:11, 12. What was the reaction of Jehovah's heavenly family? Juan sees that everyone is beaming with happiness and praising God when the great crowd appears. Jehovah and his heavenly family will be very happy to see the fulfillment of this vision when the great crowd survives the great tribulation.

According to Revelation 7:13-15, what is the great crowd already doing?

Read Revelation 7:13-15. John says that the members of the great crowd “have washed their long robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” This means that they have a clear conscience and that they have Jehovah's approval (Isa. 1:18). They are dedicated, baptized Christians who have strong faith in Jesus' sacrifice and are friends of Jehovah (John 3:36; 1 Pet. 3:21). For all this, they can be before the throne of God giving him "sacred service day and night" in the earthly courtyard of his spiritual temple. In fact, they already enthusiastically do most of the preaching and disciple-making work, putting Kingdom interests above their own.​—Matt. 6:33; 24:14; 28:19, 20.

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