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Book Of Revelation

• Chapters 4-8
• The Seven Seals

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Main Events

• Chapter 4 The Throne of God
• Chapter 5 Worthy is the Lamb
• Chapter 6 The First Six Seals
• Chapter 7 Gods Sealing of the 144,000 The
  Great Multitude in Heaven
• Chapter 8 The Seventh Seal the First Four
  Trumpets

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The Throne Scene (41-11)

• 411 Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to
  receive glory and honor and power for You
  created all things and because of Your will they
  existed, and were created.

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Only The Lamb Is Worthy (51-14)

• 59-10 Worthy are You to take the book and to
  break its seals for You were slain, and
  purchased for God with Your blood men from every
  tribe and tongue and people and nation. You have
  made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God
  and they will reign upon the earth.
• Each seal brings judgment. The 7th seal brings 7
  trumpets, the last of which announces the
  complete fulfillment of Gods plan in the
  establishment of His eternal kingdom (Rev.
  1115-19).

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The Four Horsemen (61-8)

• The first four seals reveal forces God would use
  in carrying out His judgments.
• White (Military Conquest) ...a crown was given
  to him...
• Red (War) ...it was granted to the one...
  there was given to him...
• Black (Famine) ...a voice in the midst of the
  four living creatures saying
• Pale (Death Hades) ...power was given to
  them...

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The Fifth Seal (69-11)

• I saw underneath the altar the souls of those
  who had been slain because of the word of God,
  and because of the testimony which they had
  maintained and they cried out with a loud voice,
  saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, will
  You refrain from judging and avenging our blood
  on those who dwell on the earth?
• No need to limit this to NT saints.Matthew
  2329-39

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The Sixth Seal (612-14)

• These are symbols God repeatedly uses for
  judgment.
• Isaiah 1310,13 (re Babylon) For the stars of
  heaven and their constellations will not give
  their light the sun will be darkened in its
  going forth, And the moon will not cause its
  light to shine. Therefore I will shake the
  heavens, And the earth will move out of her
  place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts And in
  the day of His fierce anger.
• Isaiah 296 (re Jerusalem) You will be
  punished by the LORD of hosts with thunder and
  earthquake and great noise, with storm and
  tempest and the flame of devouring fire.

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The Sixth Seal (612-14)

• Jesus used these same words about the destruction
  of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
• Matt. 2429 Immediately after the tribulation
  of those days the sun will be darkened, and the
  moon will not give its light the stars will fall
  from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will
  be shaken.
• See also Ezekiel 3817-23
• See also Joel 228-32

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The Sixth Seal (615-17)

• Jesus used these same words about the destruction
  of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
• Luke 2330 Then they will begin to say to the
  mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover
  us!

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The Sixth Seal (615-17)

• Similar words are used against any nation that
  is about to be destroyed.
• Isaiah 219 (re Babylon) They shall go into
  the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the
  earth, from the terror of the LORD and the glory
  of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth
  mightily.
• Hosea 108 (re 10 tribes of Israel) the sin
  of Israel shall be destroyed. they shall say to
  the mountains, Cover us! And to the hills,
  Fall on us!

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Sealing of the 144,000 (71-8)

• Can the servants of God withstand the judgments
  of the Seven Seals?
• 71-4 The 7th Seal is not broken until the
  servants of God are sealed on their foreheads
  (protection ownership). See Ezekiel 94-5
• 12 x 12 x 1,000 from every tribe (but not
  Ephraim Dan 2 golden calves)
• Spiritual Israel! see Gal. 616

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The Great Multitude (79-17)

• This same group of faithful Christians is now
  pictured in heaven.
• 79 from every nation and all tribes and
  peoples standing before the throne and before
  the Lamb
• 710 they cry out Salvation
• 714 these come out of the great tribulation
  have washed their robes in the blood of the
  Lamb. See Matt. 2421

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7th Seal 7 Trumpets (81-13)

• Silence in heaven for half an hour shows the
  gravity of the judgments to come.
• 81-5 Taking fire from the altar of incense and
  throwing it to earth shows the connection between
  the martyred saints and the wrath of God their
  blood is being avenged. See Rev. 69
• Trumpets were used to sound the alarm and prepare
  the people for trouble.

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7th Seal 7 Trumpets (81-13)

• 87 The First Trumpet Brings Partial
  Destruction Upon Israel
• Hail and fire, mixed with blood bloodshed of
  unrighteous Jews being returned upon their own
  heads? (see Matt. 2334-35)
• Earth often refers to the land of Israel.
• 1/3 of the earth - Vespasian destroyed Galilee
  first as he came toward Jerusalem in A.D. 69.

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7th Seal 7 Trumpets (81-13)

• 88-9 The Second Trumpet Brings Partial
  Destruction Upon The Heathen Nations
• Mountains are symbolic for kingdoms (Jer. 5125)
  and the Sea is symbolic of the heathen nations
  (Dan. 72).
• God cast the burning mountain (Rome) into the sea
  (nations). Many neighboring nations were
  destroyed during the Roman Civil War of A.D.
  68-70.

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7th Seal 7 Trumpets (81-13)

• 810-11 The Third Trumpet Brings The Bitterness
  of Idolatry Upon Many Peoples
• Falling stars symbolize the fall of a king or
  ruler (Isa. 1412). Waters are peoples,
  nations, multitudes, and tongues (Rev. 171,15).
  Wormwood is nearly always associated with
  idolatry (Deut. 2819 Jer. 915 2315) and its
  consequences (Amos 56, 612).
• The fallen star is probably the Roman empire, as
  it enforced idolatry (emperor worship) upon the
  peoples of the world, including Israel.

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7th Seal 7 Trumpets (81-13)

• 812 The Fourth Trumpet Casts The Nations Into
  Darkness
• Light from the sun, moon and stars signifies
  happiness, truth, wisdom, joy and salvation.
• The darkening of the skys lights symbolize
  judgment as God pours forth his wrath upon Israel
  and surrounding nations. (Isa. 1310 Joel 315
  Amos 89)

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7th Seal 7 Trumpets (81-13)

• 813 Three Woes Remain
• The first 4 trumpets are broad in nature,
  proclaiming Gods judgment in four ways
• Destruction among cities of Israel (Earth)
• Destruction among Heathen Nations (Sea)
• Bitterness of Idolatry (Wormwood)
• Darkness Upon All Nations (Judgment)
• The remaining 3 blasts will specifically affect
  those upon the earth (Israel).

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Will You Become A Christian?
Hear the Gospel (Romans 1017) Believe that
Jesus is the Son of God (Mark 1616) Repent of
Your Sins (Acts 1730) Confess that Jesus is
the Son of God (Rom. 109) Be Baptized for
Forgiveness of Sins (Acts 238) Live Faithfully
until You Die (Rev. 210)