Started: Sun 2021.09.26 Updated: Mon 2021.09.27
Seven Seals Introduced 5:1 - 14
I wrote briefly on this on 2021.09.19 in my blog post:
The Lamb broke the First Seal 6:1 - 2
- first living creature said, "Come!"
- a horseman riding on a white horse, given a crown and holding a bow, going
out to conquer
The Lamb broke the Second Seal 6:3 - 4
- second living creature said, "Come!"
- a horseman riding on a red horse, holding a large sword, given power to
bring war on earth
The Lamb broke the Third Seal 6:5 - 6
- third living creature said, "Come!"
- a horseman riding on a black horse, holding a pair of scales,
- voices from the four living creatures uttered, "A measure of wheat for a
penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil
and the wine." (6:6)
The Lamb broke the Fourth Seal 6:7 - 8
- fourth living creature said, "Come!"
- a horseman name Death, riding on a pale horse, with Hades following close
behind
- given power to kill a quarter of the earth by war, famine, disease, and
animals.
The Lamb broke the Fifth Seal 6:9 - 11
- under the altar appeared the souls of those who were killed for the word of
God, and for the testimony which they held
- they cried loudly, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and
avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" (6:10)
- every one of them were given white robes,
- they were told to rest "yet for a short season, until their fellow-servants
also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be
fulfilled." (6:11)
The Lamb broke the Sixth Seal 6:12 - 17
- a great earthquake; sun became black , moon became like blood
- stars fell to the earth, like unripe figs from a fig tree shaken by a mighty
wind
- the heaven disappeared like a scroll rolled up, every mountain and island
was displaced
- everyone, kings and commoners, great and small, rich and poor, slave and
free, hid themselves in dens and rocks in the mountains, asking the rocks to
fall on them and hide them from "him that sitteth on the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb" (6:16)
- by this Sixth Seal, the "great day of His wrath" has come (6:17)
More visions under the Sixth Seal 7:1 - 17
(A) The sealing of the 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel (7:1 - 8)
- four angels held back the four winds from the four corners of the earth,
- they were given power to harm the earth and sea
- another angel appeared from the rising of the sun, holding the Seal of the
Living God, calling to the four angels, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or
the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
(7:3)
- 144,000 children of Israel were sealed, 12,000 from each of the 12
tribes
- N.B. The tribe of Dan is not included in this list of 12 tribes, being
replaced by the tribe of Levi. Also the tribe of Ephraim (one of the two sons
of Joseph) is listed as tribe of Joseph. See link below for explanation:
(B) A great multitude in white robes (7:9 - 17)
- then appeared a great and uncountable multitude of people from every nation
on earth, all clothed in white robes, holding palm branches - standing before
the throne of God and before the Lamb
- crying out loudly, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and
to the Lamb!” (7:10)
- all the angels around the throne of God fell on their faces, worshipped God,
saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and
power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen.” (7:12)
- one of the 24 elders explained to John about the multitude clothed in white
robes: (7:14b - 17)
- "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in
his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his
presence.
16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; the sun shall not strike
them, nor any scorching heat.
17For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will
guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from
their eyes.”
The Lamb broke the Seventh Seal 8:1 - 2 → Reveals the Seven Trumpets
- there was silence in Heaven for half an hour
- seven angels appeared, given seven trumpets
- another angel with a golden censer stood at the altar offering the incense
of the prayers of the saints, "and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers
of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel." (8:4)
- then he filled the censer with fire from the altar and threw it on the
earth, "and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and
an earthquake." (8:5)
- after that, the seven angels prepared to blow their trumpets
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