Chapter Seven 

Resurrecting the Tribulation Saints

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When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. 

Revelation 6: 9-11, NKJV

Those martyred for the sake of Christ before the Rapture will be raptured as members of the Body of Christ. The martyrs at rest and awaiting the resurrection from their fleshly death in the above verse died during the Tribulation. These are the martyrs under the altar, the Souls of those who were slain for the word of God and for the testimony[1]. They were given white robes and would be awakened during the Second Coming of Christ. How beautiful, how wonderful the mercy of God. That time has not come yet.

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 

Revelation 20:4-5, NKJV

[1] Revelation 6: 9-11, NKJV

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