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But after the apostles died, a change came. Faith grew cold, and the predicted days of “falling away” came (2 Thessalonians 2:3). The next seal flashes a sad picture on the screen of prophecy. 2. The second seal: a red horse. “When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’.
The seventh seal, naturally then, must reveal the second advent itself or some result of it. We read in Matthew 25:31 that when our Savior comes, all the holy angels come with Him. So there is silence in heaven during their absence. A half-hour of prophetic time would be about seven days. The seven seals bring us to the second coming of Christ.
The first seal can be found in Revelation 6:1-2 and reads as follows... “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, ‘Come and see.’. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out ...
The fifth seal can be found in Revelation 6:9-11 and reads as follows…. “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. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on ...
The second seal can be found in Revelation 6:3-4 and reads as follows…. “When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’. Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to ...
The sixth seal can be found in Revelation 6:12-17 and reads as follows…. “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. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty ...
The third seal can be found in Revelation 6:5-6 and reads as follows…. “When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come and see.’. So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ‘A quart of ...
The fourth seal can be found in Revelation 6:7-8 and reads as follows…. “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation 6:8).
Written when Christians were persecuted for their faith, Revelation reminds believers that Jesus Christ will one day defeat Satan. Evil will end, and God’s people will live with Jesus Christ forever in an earth made new. So the last two chapters of the Bible are a fitting climax to Scripture. They picture the eternal world of the saints who ...
The meaning. The meaning of the phrase mene mene tekel upharsin is as follows: Mene = God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it (Daniel 5:26). Tekel = You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting (Daniel 5:27). Upharsin = Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:28).