"A Great Multitude, which no Man could Number." Rev. 7:9.
By John Matteson
TO NUMBER, is to count, one by one. Num. 1: 2, 3. How many can a man number in 60 years? Allowing him to count 60 in a minute, it would make 3,600 in an hour. Working 10 hours per day makes 36,000 in a day, multiplied by 365—13,140,000 in a year, multiplied by 60—788,400,000 in 60 years. According to this a man could not number the people living upon this earth at present, though he should do nothing else his whole lifetime. And when we get into the kingdom it is not likely that any one of the saints would spend 60 or 100 years of his existence to do nothing else but number. This is, then, an indefinite expression for a large multitude. Heb. 12: 22: “An innumerable company of angels.” Greek: “Myriads of angels.” A myriad is 10,000.