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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,'1-')">Revelation 6</a></h2>
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<h4>The Seven Seals</h4>
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<h5>Review</h5>
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<p>The worship in <a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,'1-')">Revelation 4</a> & <a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,'1-')">Revelation 5</a> is preparation for the wrath of God in Chapters 6-19. This may appear strange to us—that worship and wrath should go together—but this only because we do not fully comprehend the holiness of God or the sinfulness of man.</p>
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<p><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,1)">Rev 4:1</a>: “I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”</p>
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<p>Man tells us that the world is getting better;<br> <i>God say they will become increasingly worse</i> .</p>
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<p>Man says that peace among nations is close at hand;<br> <i>God says there will be wars and rumors of wars,<br> kingdom against kingdoms...</i> </p>
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<p>Man expects to win the battle against disease, famine, and hardship;<br> <i>God says there is to be fearful judgements of<br> disease, famine, and hardship.</i> </p>
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<h5>Background</h5>
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<p><a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,'1-')">Matthew 24</a>: Note its Jewishness—<a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,15)">Mat 24:15</a> points to <a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,'1-')">Daniel 9</a>. [See <i>Daniel’s 70 Weeks.</i> ]</p>
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<p>Christ’s unfulfilled mandate (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',61,'1-2')">Isa 61:1-2</a>) as our “Avenger of Blood” (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',61,2)">Isa 61:2</a>) is about to begin.</p>
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<p>[In no previous period of mankind have “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of the Lord and of His Christ.” (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,15)">Rev 11:15</a>)]</p>
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<p>As we embark on the next 14 action-filled chapters that detail the “70th Week” of Daniel, recognize that the style of communication has been engineered to provide a timeless message of truth to every generation, not just to those who are alive when these events occur (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,9)">Rev 13:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,15)">Rev 16:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,7,18,19,20)">Rev 22:7, 18-20</a> highlight the timelessness of the message).</p>
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<h5>Exposition</h5>
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<p class="hangIndent">[1] “And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see”: When the subject concerns heaven, the elders speak. When it concerns the earth, the living creatures speak.</p>
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<p>“Come” {<i>erkou’</i> }: Proceed. Ordered by one of the living creatures. Proceed: <i>erchomai</i> {er’-khom-ahee} The middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses; to come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used of persons arriving, to appear, make one’s appearance, come before the public; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence; be established, become known, to come (fall) into or unto; to go, to follow one.</p>
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<p>Horses = judgments (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',6,'15-18')">2Ki 6:15-18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',46,9,10)">Jer 46:9-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Joe',2,'3-11')">Joel 2:3-11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Nah',3,'1-7')">Nahum 3:1-7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',1,'8-11')">Zech 1:8-11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',6,'1-7')">Zech 6:1-7</a>).</p>
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<h5>1st Seal: The White Horse—The Overcoming Conqueror</h5>
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<p class="hangIndent">[2] “And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow...”: Bow: Darts, arrows (<a onclick="return mV('Eph',6,6)">Eph 6:6</a>) vs. sword (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,15)">Rev 19:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eph',6,16)">Eph 6:16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mat',10,34)">Mat 10:34</a>).</p>
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<p>1) Symbol of Nimrod the hunter?<br>2) Same word as signified the promise to Noah (this seems to be missed by most commentators)</p>
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<p>Hebrew: <i>qesheth</i> {keh’-sheth} (LXX) Greek: <i>toxon</i> </p>
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<p>1) bow; 1a) bow (for hunting, battle); 1b) bowmen, archers; 1c) bow (figure of might); 1d) rainbow.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent"><a onclick="return mV('Gen',9,13)">Gen 9:13</a></p>
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<p>I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a <b>token of a covenant</b> between me and the earth.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,25)">Dan 8:25</a></p>
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<p>And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify [himself] in his heart, and by <b>peace shall destroy many:</b> he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.</p>
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<p>The rider is, indeed, the “Prince that shall come.” His career begins as a peacemaker, with the covenant of peace with Israel (<a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,26,27)">Dan 9:26-27</a>): He shall <b>confirm the covenant</b> with (the) many for one (the 70th) week, but in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease...</p>
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<p>“Crown”: <i>stephanos</i>, the victor’s crown, not a <i>diadem</i> . Christ will wear a <i>diadema</i>, the crown of a sovereign, reigning monarch (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,12)">Rev 19:12</a>).</p>
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<p>[Rider is NOT Christ: this guy keeps bad company. He will <i>resemble</i> Christ; it is interesting how many commentators are also fooled! Furthermore, this one is called by the living creatures; hardly fitting for Christ Himself.]</p>
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<p>“conquering, and to conquer” = overcoming, and to overcome: <a onclick="return mV('Eze',14,21)">Eze 14:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,5)">Mat 24:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mar',13,6)">Mar 13:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Luk',21,8)">Luk 21:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',14,16,17)">Isa 14:16-17</a>. Bloodless conquest. The blood comes soon after.</p>
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<p>White horse? <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',5,43)">Jhn 5:43</a>. (Overcomers? <a onclick="return mV('Mat',16,18)">Mat 16:18</a> vs <a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,21)">Dan 7:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,7)">Rev 13:7</a>.)</p>
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<h5>2nd Seal: Red Horse—War</h5>
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<p class="hangIndent">[3] “And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come and see”: The four horses and riders are each summoned by one of the four living creatures.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[4] “And there went out another horse [that was] red: and [power] was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword”: Red is associated with terror and death: the <i>red</i> dragon (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,3)">Rev 12:3</a>) and the <i>red</i> beast (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,3)">Rev 17:3</a>). Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,6,7)">Mat 24:6-7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mar',13,7,8)">Mar 13:7-8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Luk',21,9,10)">Luk 21:9-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,36)">Dan 11:36</a>.</p>
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<p>“Sword”: <i>(Machaira)</i> <a onclick="return mV('Eze',38,21)">Eze 38:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',25,'15-33')">Jer 25:15-33</a> (esp. <a onclick="return mV('Jer',23,29)">Jer 23:29</a>); <a onclick="return mV('Mic',7,'1-')">Micah 7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,33)">Dan 11:33</a></p>
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<h5>3rd Seal: Black Horse—Famine</h5>
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<p class="hangIndent">[5] “And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand”: Black is often connected with famine (<a onclick="return mV('Lam',4,'4-8')">Lam 4:4-8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lam',5,10)">Lam 5:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',14,1,2,')">Jer 14:1-2</a>).</p>
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<p>“To eat bread by weight” is a Jewish expression indicating that food is scarce (<a onclick="return mV('Lev',26,'25-33')">Lev 26:25-33</a>; Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Eze',4,10,11,16)">Eze 4:10-11, 16</a>).</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[6] “And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say, 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”:</p>
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<p>Choenix (2 pts): measure of wheat, for a full day’s work; Homer (Odyssey XIX:XXVIII). Herodotus (VIII:CLXXXVII), gives this as consumed by each soldier in the army of Xerxes.</p>
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<p>“Denarius”<b>:</b> <a onclick="return mV('Mat',20,2,9,10,11)">Mat 20:2, 9-11</a>; a day’s wage.</p>
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<p>“Oil and wine”: equivalent, in our culture, to toiletries, beauty aids and liquor. Luxuries. This is more than famine alone. It describes global rationing and controls. The Coming World Leader will control the economy (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,17)">Rev 13:17</a>). Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Amo',8,11)">Amos 8:11</a>.</p>
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<h5>4th Seal: Livid Horse (chloros, green)—Death</h5>
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<p class="hangIndent">[7] “And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come and see”:</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[8] “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him”:</p>
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<p><i>Chloros</i>, pale, ghastly green; from which we get chlorine. In Leviticus, the color of leprosy. Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Mar',6,39)">Mar 6:39</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',8,7)">Rev 8:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',9,4)">Rev 9:4</a>.</p>
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<p>Death: Devil <a onclick="return mV('Heb',2,14)">Heb 2:14</a> (vs. <a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,18)">Rev 1:18</a>). Two personages. Death claims the body; Hades claims the soul. John saw these enemies going forth to claim their prey, armed with the weapons of the sword, hunger, pestilence (death) and wild beasts.</p>
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<p>“Beasts”: not <i>zoa</i>, but <i>therion</i>: 1) an animal 2) a wild animal, wild beast, beast 3) metaph. a brutal, bestial man, savage, ferocious. (Remember, the most dangerous beasts are microscopic.)</p>
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<p>When civilization crumbles, mankind’s defenses against disease crumble as well: no sanitation, safe drinking water, etc., diseases like cholera, typhoid, dysentery, spread like a consuming fire. Other viruses—<i>ebola,</i> HIV, et al; biological warfare...Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Jer',15,2)">Jer 15:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',24,10)">Jer 24:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',14,21)">Eze 14:21</a>.</p>
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<p><a onclick="return mV('Rom',1,'1-')">Romans 1</a> declares that God will “give them over” to their own evil passions. God confronts us with the unpleasant truth about ourselves by giving us what we demand. If we demand lies, he sill send the “powerful delusion” of the Antichrist himself. (<a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,'1-')">2Th 2</a>). If we seek to kill and destroy, we will inherit anarchy and mob rule. If we live by greed and avarice, He will give us economic upheaval and inflation. If we seek power and control, he will give us murder, intrigue, and slavery.</p>
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<p>These four judgments are also mentioned in <a onclick="return mV('Eze',14,21)">Eze 14:21</a>. All these are but “Beginnings of Birthpangs.” (Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Isa',13,'6-13')">Isa 13:6-13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zep',1,'14-18')">Zeph 1:14-18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Th',5,1,2,3)">1Th 5:1-3</a>.)</p>
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<p>The Great Tribulation itself has yet to begin. (There are 7 Trumpets and 7 bowls of wrath still to be poured out.)</p>
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<p>Remember <a onclick="return mV('Jer',30,7)">Jer 30:7</a>: Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.</p>
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<p>There are two responses to the opening of the seals: one in heaven and the other on earth.</p>
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<h5>5th Seal: Martyrs</h5>
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<p class="hangIndent">[9] “And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held”: Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,'9-26')">Mat 24:9-26</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mar',13,'9-20')">Mar 13:9-20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Luk',21,'12-24')">Luk 21:12-24</a>.</p>
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<p>Greek word, <i>martus</i>, gives us our English word <i> martyr</i>, which means “witness.” (The “Word of God” is also a synonym for Christ.)</p>
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<p>“under the altar”: It is in heaven (<a onclick="return mV('Heb',9,23,24)">Heb 9:23-24</a>). Note “bottom of the altar” in <a onclick="return mV('Exo',29,12)">Exd 29:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lev',4,4,17,18,25,30)">Lev 4:4, 17-18, 25, 30</a>.</p>
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<p>[Their murderers are still alive on earth, so these martyrs lost their lives under the first 4 seals, in the early part of the Tribulation. This group also are part of the great multitude in <a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,'9-14')">Rev 7:9ff. Note: some believe they are the Old Testament saints, resurrected later (<a onclick="return mV('Dan',12,1)">Dan 12:1</a>).]</p>
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<p>Souls are conscious (not “sleeping”): <a onclick="return mV('1Th',4,'14-16')">1Th 4:14-16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Co',5,8)">2Cr 5:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Phl',1,23)">Phil 1:23</a>.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[10] “And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”</p>
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<p>Vengeance? vs. Stephen. This signals a change of dispensation: from grace to judgment.</p>
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<p>“How long, O Lord?” has been the cry of God’s suffering people throughout the ages (Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,9,10)">Psa 74:9-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',79,5)">Psa 79:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',89,46)">Psa 89:46</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',94,3,4)">Psa 94:3-4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Hab',1,2)">Hab 1:2</a>). “Thy kingdom come” echoes their petition. Blood of Abel? (<a onclick="return mV('2Ch',24,22)">2Ch 24:22</a>); Song of Moses (<a onclick="return mV('Deu',32,43)">Deu 32:43</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ki',9,7)">2Ki 9:7</a>).</p>
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<p> “Lord” = <i>despotes</i> . The ancient Greeks used this word politically to refer to people who intruded into a land already occupied by someone else in order to take possession of it, and also to refer to an absolute ruler who had an unlimited possibility of the exercise of unchecked power. (<i>Theological Dictionary of the New Testament</i>, Vol II, ed. By G. Kittel, Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1964, p.44)</p>
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<p>It is not personal revenge they seek, but vindication of God’s holiness and the establishment of God’s justice.</p>
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<p>Today it appears that the enemy is winning; but God will have the last word. [Hatred of the world: <a onclick="return mV('Rom',8,7)">Rom 8:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,15)">Gen 3:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,'1-')">Rev 12</a>] Intolerance by the ungodly is increasing, especially among the so-called “liberals.” In seeking to be abreast of the times they have adopted the oldest errors with the most recent masks. The challenge, “Yea, Hath God Said?” echoes still. The ungodly are united with Cain in their hatred of a sacrifice of blood. God announced in Eden, “I will put enmity between... thy seed and her seed...” (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,15)">Gen 3:15</a>).</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[11] “And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled”: Others will join them (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,7)">Rev 11:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,11)">Rev 12:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',14,13)">Rev 14:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',20,4,5)">Rev 20:4-5</a>).</p>
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<h5>6th Seal: Day of Wrath</h5>
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<p class="hangIndent">[12] “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood”: First of three earthquakes (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,12)">Rev 6:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,13)">Rev 11:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,18,19)">Rev 16:18-19</a>). Literal earthquakes (<a onclick="return mV('Exo',19,18)">Exd 19:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Exo',20,18,19)">Exd 20:18-19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Ki',19,11)">1Ki 19:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mat',27,'51-52')">Mat 27:51-52</a>).</p>
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<p>Earthquakes (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,7)">Mat 24:7</a>); earthquakes and sun turning dark (<a onclick="return mV('Joe',2,2,10,30,31)">Joel 2:2, 10, 30-31</a>; Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,39)">Mat 24:39</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mar',13,24,25)">Mar 13:24-25</a>).</p>
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<p>There are other cosmic disturbances which will also occur after the 6th seal (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',8,12)">Rev 8:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',9,1,2')">Rev 9:1-2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,8,9)">Rev 16:8-9</a>). <a onclick="return mV('Joe',3,2,'9-15')">Joel 3:2. 9-15</a> describes the sun, moon, and stars darkened, etc., when the armies of the nations gather in Israel for war. <a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,29,30)">Mat 24:29-30</a> describes similar signs <i>after</i> the Great Tribulation.</p>
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<p><a onclick="return mV('Luk',21,25)">Luke 21:25</a> (<i>seismos</i> = shaking): <a onclick="return mV('Isa',24,1,3,4,19,23)">Isa 24:1, 3-4, 19, 23</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',34,'2-4')">Isa 34:2-4</a>—(11: waste and void Cf. Gap theory);—<a onclick="return mV('Psa',148,'3-6')">Psa 148:3-6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Heb',12,'26-29')">Heb 12:26-29</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Hag',2,6)">Hag 2:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Joe',2,1,10,11,12,30,31)">Joel 2:1, 10-12, 30-31</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Joe',3,15)">Joel 3:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zep',1,15)">Zeph 1:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',13,9,10)">Isa 13:9-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',34,'2-4')">Isa 34:2-4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',32,7,8)">Eze 32:7-8</a>.</p>
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<p>Moon = blood: <a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,29)">Mat 24:29</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Joe',2,'31')">Joel 2:31</a>. “Nuclear winter”?</p>
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<p>[We will see more of “the wrath of God”: <a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,18)">Rev 11:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',14,10)">Rev 14:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,19)">Rev 16:19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,15)">Rev 19:15</a>. We are not appointed to the “Day of wrath”: <a onclick="return mV('1Th',5,9)">1Th 5:9</a>] <a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,'1-')">Psa 2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Heb',10,'26-31')">Heb 10:26-31</a>.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[14] “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places”: <a onclick="return mV('Nah',1,5)">Nahum 1:5</a>. Heavens departing as a scroll: <a onclick="return mV('Isa',34,4)">Isa 34:4</a> (Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Isa',13,'6-13')">Isa 13:6-13</a>); Heaven “stretched”: <a onclick="return mV('Isa',40,22)">Isa 40:22</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',42,5)">Isa 42:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',44,27)">Isa 44:27</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',45,12)">Isa 45:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',51,13)">Isa 51:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',10,12)">Jer 10:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',51,15)">Jer 51:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',12,1)">Zech 12:1</a>). </p>
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<p><b>“Mountain”: </b> <b>a symbol of government: <a onclick="return mV('Isa',14,13,14)">Isa 14:13-14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',2,35)">Dan 2:35</a>.</b></p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[15] “And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains”:</p>
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<p>The martyrs cry, “Avenge us!” The unbelievers on the earth say, “Hide Us!”</p>
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<p>Kings hide in caves: <a onclick="return mV('Isa',2,'10-19')">Isa 2:10-19</a>; (<a onclick="return mV('Jos',10,16)">Josh 10:16</a>: The Book of Joshua appears to be a model of the Book of Revelation. See notes on Chapter 8.)</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[16] “And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb”: Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Luk',23,30)">Luke 23:30</a>.</p>
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<p>Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved; but there is no promise made to those who call upon rocks, mountains, crystals or Mother Gaia! [There is a Rock to which we can still come for refuge.]</p>
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<p>“Wrath of the Lamb” sounds like a paradox. (Can you see a bumper sticker: “Beware of the Lamb”?) God’s wrath is the evidence of His holy love for all that is right and His holy hatred of all that is evil. He will not compromise.</p>
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<p>It is the end of civilization. We see it beginning in our abandonment of the even the secular truths of Western Civilization, the age of deceit, and the adoption of relativism. (Alan Bloom, <i>The Closing of the American Mind</i>.) <a onclick="return mV('Isa',2,21)">Isa 2:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',26,10)">Isa 26:10</a>.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[17] “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” Rank and wealth will not deliver anyone.</p>
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<p>The people here are <i>impenitent</i> . They would rather hide than run to Him in faith. They are proof that judgment by itself does not change the human heart. They will not only seek to hide from God, but will blaspheme Him as well (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,9,11,21)">Rev 16:9, 11, 21</a>).</p>
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<p>Later, they will take up arms against the Lord at Armageddon.</p>
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<h5>Summary</h5>
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<tr><td><b><a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,'1-')">Revelation 6</a></b></td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td><b><a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,'1-')">Matthew 24</a></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td>White horse rider (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,1,2)">Rev 6:1-2</a>)</td><td>False Christs (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,4,5)">Mat 24:4-5</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Red horse - war (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,3,4)">Rev 6:3-4</a>)</td><td>Wars (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,6)">Mat 24:6</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Black horse - famine (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,5,6)">Rev 6:5-6</a>)</td><td>Famines (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,7)">Mat 24:7a</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Pale horse - death (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,7,8)">Rev 6:7-8</a>)</td><td>Death (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,7,8)">Mat 24:7b-8</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Martyrs (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,'9-11')">Rev 6:9-11</a>)</td><td>Martyrs (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',24,9)">Mat 24:9</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Worldwide chaos (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,'12-17')">Rev 6:12-17</a>)</td><td>Worldwide chaos (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,'10-13', 29)">Mat 6:10-13, 29</a>ff)</td></tr>
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<p><a onclick="return mV('Isa',23,9)">Isa 23:9</a>: The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, [and] to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.</p>
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<h5>Our Response</h5>
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<p>We should be inspired with the urgency of our witness to the world: Do you want our friends, our neighbors, to go through the terrible scenes here described? Are you withholding the truth from those whose eternity can yet be altered? (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',3,36)">Jhn 3:36</a>)</p>
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<p><a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,14)">Matthew 24:14</a> introduces the preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom throughout the world, and this brings us to <a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,'1-')">Revelation 7</a>. God will “seal” 144,000 Jews to share His Word with the world. The world will then witness the greatest revival ever yet seen.</p>
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