DanielRevelationBibleStudies.com
css3menu.com

The Seven Seals

Seals 4,5,6,7

__________________

page l
1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l

-2-

 

Seal 5 – When the fifth seal is broken, millions of people will die as martyrs for Christ. Why does God permit so many of His people to die as martyrs? The blood of martyrs can speak more clearly than words. In other words, during the time of the fifth seal, most everyone will have taken a position on whom they will worship: The Lamb (Jesus) or the lamb-like beast (Lucifer). A few people will be in the valley of decision. In order to get these few people to consider the importance of worshiping Jesus, Jesus will sacrifice millions of His children. The blood of martyrs is a testimony that cannot be silenced. This drama that will unfold during the Great Tribulation…

 

Listen carefully: A martyr’s faith will be given when a martyr’s faith is needed. The bottom line in the fifth seal is that the love of Jesus will be powerfully demonstrated through the faithfulness of His saints.

 

Seal 6 – The sixth revelation of Jesus occurs at the Second Coming. When Jesus appears with the Father at the Second Coming, the whole universe will behold the awesome glory of Jesus that has been hidden from view since the dawn of time. Words cannot describe the amazing glory that will attend Jesus on that day.

 

Matthew 26:63   “But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, ‘I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.’

 

Matthew 26:64   “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. ‘But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.’”

 

The Father will come with the Son at the Second Coming and the Holy Spirit will be here too, sealed within the hearts and minds of the saints!

 

Seal 7 – The seventh revelation of Jesus occurs at the end of the 1,000 years. At that time, everyone who has ever lived on Earth will be alive and summoned to appear before the great white throne to behold the full and complete divinity of Jesus --- that Jesus is fully God and that Jesus was willing to cease to exist so that every sinner might have access to eternal life.

 

Everyone will behold that Jesus is from everlasting to everlasting, the Alpha and the Omega. The universe will behold the love, the character and faithful work of Jesus --- how He rescued repentant sinners from the penalty of sin and how He exonerated the Father’s government from Lucifer’s lies.

 

After showing the world the story of sin and salvation on a giant panoramic screen in the sky, all of God’s children will kneel before Jesus confessing that he is fully God – equal in every way with the Most High Father – and the ways of the Godhead are eternal, righteous and true.

 

After watching the Plan of Salvation story, everyone will marvel at the love of the Godhead. They will bow before a Jesus who willingly submitted His divine “rights” to the Father for the sake of having a large family. (We examined the Trinity and their subjugation of powers to each other in our last study.) The point here is that at the end of sin’s drama the whole story cannot be summed up! The love and heart of the Godhead is just too big!

 

The best the angels and the redeemed can do is sing endless praises to the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.

 

Ok, the breaking of each seal chronologically moves everyone in the universe toward a brighter and bigger understanding of who Jesus really is. Now you know why the last book in the Bible is called “The Revelation of Jesus Christ!”

 

Here’s a thought that I want you to carefully consider: Most people think the book of Revelation is scary and foreboding

 

--- they have heard about the beast that has seven heads and the mark of the beast

 

--- they have heard about persecution and Armageddon

 

--- they have heard about Babylon and the great harlot

 

--- but what they haven’t heard about is the Revelation of Jesus Christ!

 

Here’s why: The intended meaning of Revelation cannot be determined without the four rules that come from the book of Daniel – the book of Daniel was sealed up until the appointed time of the end. This means the intended meaning of Daniel and Revelation could not be known until the appointed time of the end!

 

After addressing the seven churches of Revelation that confront all Christians, the apocalyptic portion of the book of Revelation begins with the seven seals because the seven seals are the first thing a person needs to understand about the end-time story! The seven seals explain the revelation of Jesus!

 

If the seven seals are not properly understood, there is no revelation of Jesus! If the revealing of Jesus (all that he is) isn’t first understood, the rest of Revelation’s story becomes scary and foreboding – a depressing and scary scenario about the end-times.

 

But…. When the revealing of Jesus is properly understood in the seven seals, the rest of Revelation’s story becomes a powerful drama revealing how wonderful Jesus is and how horrible sin really is.

 

Man’s greatest problem is sin.

God’s greatest problem is sin.

And only Jesus can resolve both problems!

 

Revelation’s story was written in advance because God wants the final generation to understand how Jesus is going to bring an end to the sin problem! The father predetermined long ago that at the end of sin’s drama, during the judgment of the living, Jesus would bring about a certain sequence of events that will cause every honest person on Earth to consider the curse of sin and need of a Savior.

 

This is a truth that the world will soon experience.

 

 The book of Revelation explains the revelation of Jesus because mankind desperately needs a Savior – but most of the world’s population does not understand their need of a Savior! And, to make matters worse, you can’t convince most people of their need of a Savior because of arrogance and ignorance.

 

So, Jesus will impose His wrath on mankind (when He breaks the fourth seal) and His 144,000 servants will inform the world of His truth. And, one of the most interesting developments in Revelation’s story is that Jesus will use the opposing efforts and forces of evil men and Lucifer to press home man’s need of a Savior! This explains why the behavior of the wicked is given so much attention in the book of Revelation.

 

Let me say this again: Jesus will use the behavior of wicked man and angels to bring about such desperate circumstances that every honest person will realize His need of Jesus and His Savior!

 

The point here is that Jesus will deliberately impose His wrath on the whole Earth to get a global response from the leaders of the world. The 144,000 will be empowered at this point in time to present the everlasting gospel and the opposing efforts and forces of wicked people and Lucifer will put honest hearted people in a situation where they will be able to realize their need of a Savior! How clever!

 

God News! A numberless multitude will discover their need for Jesus, and they will accept his generous terms and conditions for salvation, and they will rejoice to know and receive Jesus as their Savior – persecution notwithstanding.

 

 


page l
1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l

-2-

 

[TOP]




Copyright © Daniel Revelation Bible Studies. All Rights Reserved...............................................................Gabriel Web Designs..
 


The Christian Counter