18. (a) When the great tribulation breaks out, who will be safeguarded? (b) What happy proclamations will then be made?

¹⁸ When the angels release the winds of destruction referred to at Revelation 7:1, not only will the anointed “slaves of our God” experience the loving protection of Jehovah but so will the great crowd who have joined them in true worship. As the apostle John was told, those of the great crowd will “come out of the great tribulation” as survivors. What a shout of gratitude and praise they will give then as they declare: “Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb”!

Revelation 7:10