The seven seals of Revelation 6-8

Posted by: bible11vern on: March 13, 2009

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note-   {There are different opinions as to the meaning of the seals mentioned in Revelation. As for the horses, I personally have not studied them enough to know where I stand. But this is one of the propositions that have been made… and as for the fifth through the seventh seal, im really not sure.)

In Revelation chapter 6 there are seven seals…

    The first seal is pictured as a white horse. The second seal is pictured as a red horse. These horses represent the protestants of 1844.

  “I heard, as it were the noise of thunder” (thunder delineates the events of the first and second angel’s messages.

     The first beast spoke with a voice of thunder. Upon his cry, the white horse went out as conqueror.   The white represents the white garment that is given at the marriage- which is at the end of the kingdom of grace. The white horse is receives a crown at the marriage. (We get an abstract crown at the marriage, as opposed to a concrete crown at the kingdom of glory.) The white horse is riding forth to conquer the advent people. They are God’s people who go out at the first and second angel’s messages.  These two messages were a call to go from the holy place in preparation for the third angel’s message. The third angel’s message was a call to go into the most holy place for Christ’s final atonement work for His people.

    Pause for a moment and picture a race track. The white horse is on one and the red horse is on the other.  Some people may have their feet on the white horse, but their heart may be on the red horse.  Sometimes we say one thing but do another.

    The red horse, on the other hand, represents those who received the truth but rejected it. They are falling progressively and they become the black horse. They rejected the first angel’s message. They are becoming BABYLON. The black represents their absence of truth. It relates to the second angel’s message- “Babylon is fallen.”  The rider of this  black horse holds a pair of balances. A voice says, “a measure of wheat or three measures of barley for a penny. This represents the scarcity of the truth of the three angel’s messages. But the voice also says, “Don’t hurt the oil and the wine.” The wine representing Christ’s atoning blood. His mediatorial work for us is still going on.

     This black horse then becomes pale at the Sunday law.  He has died spiritually, and his  rider’s name is death. He is going along with hell, and  is headed for the second death. The falling of Babylon is now complete.

  note-   {There are different opinions as to the meaning of these horses. I personally have not studied this topic enough to know where I stand. But this is one of the propositions that have been made… As for the fifth throught the seventh seal, my opinion is as I wrote.}

    “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:”    “…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.”

     After that John saw that the fifth seal was opened.  He saw that the souls who had been slain for Christ were judged, and then rested a little longer until some living saints were persecuted and killed. After the fifth seal comes the final warning of Revelation 18:1-4.

     The sixth and seventh seal are both about the second coming. Christ’s second coming completes the redemption plan. The sixth seal shows the wicked’s response to Christ’s coming; while the seventh seal shows the righteous’ response to Christ’s coming…

     Then he saw the sixth seal was opened…

And the earth was terrified. The powers of Heaven were shaken. Thee sun was darkened, the moon became as blood, there was an earthquake, and the stars  fell from Heaven. “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.” And all the mighty men, and kings of the earth, and bond man and free cried to the mountains and rocks to fall on them and hide them  from the face of him that sat on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

     “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”

    After the year 1844, there was no more prophetic time. When this says half an hour, it means an actual half an hour. God’s people cry out and ask who shall be able to stand (in the sight of a holy God). The angels that were previously singing now hush their voices- and there is an aweful silence…

   But praise God that Jesus assures us, “My grace is sufficient for you.”! All the sin we’ve ever committed, all the trials we’ll ever endure, all the heartache that has ever shattered our fragile souls will all dissapear. Everything that we went through will be well worth it. We will find that the price was cheap enough when we see Jesus coming in the clouds of glory.