“And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, ‘Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!’ Revelation 8:13 NKJV Beginning with the blast of the fifth trumpet, the earth…
“When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.” Revelation 8:1 NKJV Why would God command silence in heaven for thirty minutes? As we saw in earlier chapters, heaven is loud with praise and worship to the Father and Son. During the sixth seal (click HERE to read), we…
Just as the audience at a Shakespearian tragedy would welcome a lighter scene to counter heavy drama, so does John after the sixth judgment. An interlude, devoid of judgment, occurs before the seventh seal judgment. “After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the…
“I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.” Revelation 6:12 NKJV The sixth seal judgment opens with severe cosmic disturbances that affect the earth. Following a great earthquake, the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon…
“When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.” Revelation 6:9 NKJV What happens to martyrs who would choose to die instead of renouncing their faith in Christ? The fifth seal judgment shows us a very special…
