“They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.”
They will hunger no more, and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat — the eschatological blessings negate earthly deprivation: no hunger, no thirst, no scorching heat. These negations reverse both creation's curses (Genesis 3:19, sweat and toil) and the wilderness's trials, assuring the faithful of eternal provision.
Church Fathers on Revelation 7:16
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man was able to number, of every nation, tribe, and people, and tongue, clothed with white robes.” What the great multitude out of every tribe implies, is to show the number of the elect out of all believers, who, being cleansed by baptism in the blood of the Lamb, have made their robes white, keeping the grace which they have received.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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