One of the leaders asked me, “Who are these people wearing white robes, and where did they come from?”

     I [John] answered him, “Sir, you know.”

    Then he told me,

          “These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.
     That is why they are in front of the throne of God.
     They serve him day and night in his temple.

     The one who sits on the throne will spread his tent 

              over them.

      They will never be hungry or thirsty again.
           Neither the sun nor any burning heat will ever 

              overcome them.