"After this I looked. and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands." Revelation 7:9 (NRSV)
"'These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'" Revelation 7:14 (NRSV)
Gay people have been through a great ordeal.
AIDS and the accompanying violence and hate have subjected all gay people to intense suffering.
And they have washed their robes white.
Therefore they will be blessed and honored in Heaven for Eternity.
"'and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'" Revelation 7:17 (NRSV)
[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.]
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