THE SIXTH SEAL continued “The chapter division obscures the connection of Chapter 7 to what has come just before at the end of Chapter 6. It is VERY IMPORTANT to our understanding to see this connection. Rev 6:12-17 has just shown the terrible troubles of the French Revolution period. These troubles could have spread. But it was not yet time for the general Time of Trouble. Only 1/10th of the city was to fall during the sixth period of the…
THE SIXTH SEAL continued Revelation Chapter 6 VERSE 14 “Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.” THEN THE SKY RECEDED AS A SCROLL WHEN IT IS ROLLED UP: HEAVEN WAS SPLIT (DEPARTED). Translators seem to disagree on the meaning of the word. Strong’s seems to define it as a splitting rather than a departure. NAS translates it SPLIT. Split seems preferable when we look…
The Sixth Church is the Church of Philadelphia, meaning “brotherly love”. Since we have already covered this church and its history in detail, we will move on to the Sixth Seal here, however if you have not seen this study on the Sixth Church or if you simply feel you need a review, you can view it here: The Sixth Church, Revelation Chapter 3: 7-13. This is an important part to our study and understanding of the history of the…
HOW THE SIXTH CHURCH ANTICIPATES THE SEVENTH The relationship between the sixth and seventh stages of the Church seems unique. In all of the chapters dealing with the sixth Church, the sixth Seal, and sixth Trumpet, there are fingers pointing forward to the seventh or last stage of the Church. This is likely because the Time of the End begins in the sixth stage and continues into the seventh. Even though the seventh introduces many new things, it must also…
THE FIFTH TRUMPET continued VERSE 10 “They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.” THEY HAD TAILS LIKE SCORPIONS . . . TO HURT MEN FOR FIVE MONTHS: The tail of the scorpion is the part containing the stinger. The tail symbolizes the LAST PART of something. The point here is that, if the Sardis period had to rely on the Lollard’s to keep up the work, it…
THE FIFTH TRUMPET continued As stated in our last post, the Renaissance was blossoming; people were reasoning; they would love to be free. Hence: VERSE 6 “In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.” IN THOSE DAYS MEN WILL SEEK DEATH: “Men” (nominal Christians) will seek death (separation from Papacy) — a repudiation of their lives as Roman Catholics. They were tired of serving an…
THE FIFTH TRUMPET continued VERSE 3 “Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.” THEN OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS CAME UPON THE EARTH: Here again we can learn through a comparison with the Egyptian plagues. “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and…
THE FIFTH TRUMPET In short, the Fifth Trumpet details how the truths brought forth by Wycliffe and his followers successfully caused commotion in the world of Papal teachings. The result was that many WANTED to be free from Papal domination but could not accomplish that freedom yet. It had to wait for the days of Luther. Revelation Chapter 9 VERSE 1 “Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was…
THE FIFTH SEAL continued. Revelation Chapter 6 VERSE 11 “Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while (A MICROCHRONOS) longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.” SARDIS A.D. 1371 is as obvious a date in the history of John Wycliffe as A.D. 1160 is in the history of Peter Waldo. In…
THE FIFTH SEAL continued. Revelation Chapter 6 VERSE 11 “Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.” THEN A WHITE ROBE WAS GIVEN TO EACH OF THEM: This is a repeated (and thus important) symbol in Sardis. These white robes were promised to the…