The Seven Seals
Seals 4,5,6,7

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Sixth Seal

The sixth seal is the Second Coming. When this seal is broken, a glorious revelation of Jesus breaks out over the whole Earth! Let’s examine the Second Coming from three points of view:

 

1.   Revelation 6:    6^th seal – The glory of Jesus revealed

2.   Revelation 19: 144,000 – Victory over the enemies of love and truth

3.   Revelation 16: 7^th Bowl – Restitution extracted from the wicked    

 

1.   The Glory of Jesus Revealed

Revelation 6:12   I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,

 

Revelation 6:13   and the stars in the sky [meteorites] fell to earth, as late figs drop form a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.

 

Revelation 6:14   The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

 

Revelation 6:15   The kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves among the rocks of the mountains.

 

Revelation 6:16   They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb [who sits beside Him]!

 

Revelation 6:17   For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

 

Now that we have this descriptive scene in mind, let’s look at the same scene from another point of view! This is a good example of repetition and enlargement.

 

2.   The victory of Jesus over the enemies of love and truth

Revelation 19:11   I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.

Revelation 19:12   His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.

 

Revelation 19:13   He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.

 

Revelation 19:14   The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dresses in fine linen, white and clean. 

 

Revelation 19:15   Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule with an iron scepter.” He treats the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

 

Revelation 19:16   On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

 

Revelation 19:17   And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for a great supper of God,

 

Revelation 19:18   so that you may eat the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.”

 

Revelation 19:19   Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider of the horse and his army.

 

Revelation 19:20   But the [composite] beast was captured, and with him the false prophet [the lamb-like beast] who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

 

Revelation 19:21   The rest of them [the wicked] were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.  

 

Not a soul will be left standing. Now that we have this scene in mind, there’s one more point of view that we need to examine. Repetition and enlargement produces a dimension that would be otherwise impossible!

 

3.   Restitution Extracted from the Wicked

Revelation 16:17   The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

 

Revelation 16:18   Then came flashes of lightening, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake.

Revelation 16:19   The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.

 

Revelation 16:20   Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.

 

 Revelation 16:21   From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.

 

Earth will be left desolate of life when Jesus gets through with His enemies.

 

Again, notice how the sixth seal aligns with Revelation 19 and Revelation 16.

 

1.   Revelation 6:    6th Seal  --  The glory of Jesus revealed

2.   Revelation 19:  144,000  --  Victory over the enemies of love and truth

3.   Revelation 16:  7^th Bowl --  Restitution extracted from the wicked     

 

The Seventh Seal

We now come to the last seal. After this seal is broken open, then the contents of the book can be presented to the universe.

 

Revelation 8:1   When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

 

Do you remember Rule One that says that each apocalyptic prophecy has a beginning point in time and an ending point in time and the elements within the prophecy must occur in the order given?   

 

Ok, here’s a problem for some people. The sixth seal is located in Revelation 6, but the seventh seal is located in Revelation 8:1. The problem is that Revelation 7 is between Revelation 6 and 8. What does one do about this? The first eight verses in Revelation 7 concern the 144,000. Are they sealed AFTER the Second Coming?

 

No! Actually, a new apocalyptic prophecy begins because the chronological order established in Revelation 6 is broken. The 144,000 are NOT selected and sealed after the Second Coming; they are selected and sealed prior to the breaking open the 4^th seal.

 

So, according to Rule 1, Revelation 7:1-8:1 is another apocalyptic prophecy. There are three prophetic elements in this prophecy. Consider their location in time and their alignment with other prophetic elements in the chart below:

 

Rule One Produces This Chart:

 

 

 

                               Today    Seal                            Martyrdom       Second Coming

Revelation 6:1-17  ---X--------4----------------------------5------------------6—1000 Years

Revelation 7:1-8:1          A--------------------------------------------------------B-------------7

Revelation 8:2-9:21                 *1234--------------5------6-------------7  

 

A=The Selection and empower of the 144,000

B=A numberless group of saints gathered around the Throne after Second Coming

7=The breaking of the seventh seal

*1234=The seven trumpets     

 

Ok, Look at the second line above and find the letter A. The letter represents the selection and sealing of the 144,000. This process is described in Revelation 7:1-8 and it happens before the 4^th seal is broken. Now, look again at the second line and find the letter B. The letter B represents a glorious gathering of those who went through the Great Tribulation. As we will see, this numberless multitude gathers around Jesus AFTER the Second Coming. Now, look again at the second line above and find the number 7 at the end of the line. The “7” represents the breaking of the seventh seal which occurs at the end of the 1,000 years. 

 

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