| THE SEVEN SEALS OF THE REVELATION | |||||
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| Seal | Text | WHAT THE PROPHET JOHN SAW | THE MEANING | Related Texts | |
| 1 | Rev. 6:2 | A WHITE HORSE | Its rider carried a bow and went forth conquering and to conquer. | This seal portrays the going forth of
 's (Yahweh's) Warning Truth concerning
COUNTERFEIT: Baptisms, Sabbath Days, Feasts, Messiahs and Bibles. |
Jer. 29:17-18 Matt. 24:4-5 Luke 21:8 |
| 2 | Rev. 6:3-4 | A RED HORSE | Its rider was given a great sword and proceeded to take peace from the earth. | This seal tells of wars, revolutions and bloodshed on an unparalleled scale. The great sword symbolizes world wars involving many nations. | Matt. 24:6 Luke 21:9-10 Jer. 25:27-38 |
| 3 | Rev. 6:5-6 | A BLACK HORSE | Its rider held a pair of scales and weighed out food at extremely high prices. (e.g. a whole day's wages for two measures of wheat). | This seal brings to view world-wide famines when prices for even the barest of life's necessities will spiral out of control. | Matt. 24:7 Luke 21:11 |
| 4 | Rev. 6:7-8 | A PALE, SICKLY HORSE | Its rider's name was Death and Hell followed him. | This seal symbolizes pestilence and disease epidemics of various kinds which will lay low millions of people. | Matt. 24:7 Luke 21:11 |
| 5 | Rev. 6:9-11 | SOULS UNDER THE ALTAR | Souls were heard crying for justice. They were told to wait for a while till a further martyrdom took place. | This seal reveals a further persecution of
's people, a persecution
as intense as any which occurred in the past. |
Matt. 24:9-10 Luke 21:12-19 |
| 6 | Rev. 6:12-17 | CELESTIAL SIGNS |
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These are literal signs in the physical universe. When they
occur fear and
panic will overtake the inhabitants of the world.
Note: The Messiah does not return to earth during this seal. |
Matt. 24:29 Luke 21:25-26 Jer. 4:23-28 |
| Revelation chapter 7 is inserted between Seals 6 & 7 | THE SEALING OF YAHWEH'S SERVANTS | By divine authority the devastation of the earth, the sea and the trees was delayed till the 144,000 servants of God were sealed in their foreheads and right hands. | The Signature of the
God of Israel is the Sabbath days in his calendar which includes the seventh
day and the seven annual Sabbaths proclaimed in Leviticus 23. Each one is a
sacred memorial of a divine achievement in the plan of Salvation.
seals his people with obedience. |
Eze. 20:12&20 Exodus 13:9 Exodus 31:13- 17 Ezekiel 9 |
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THE SEVEN TRUMPETS OF THE REVELATION |
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| 7 | Rev. 8:7 | Trumpet 1 |
A third of the earth, a third of the trees and all the green grass were burned. | This damaging of the earth, the sea and the
trees will only take place after the sealing is completed (Rev. 7:3). The Trumpets
cannot commence their destruction until after the144,000 are sealed. When the Trumpets eventually do sound, a time of great devastation will begin on earth. The terms earth, sea, trees, grass, fish, ships etc. may have symbolic as well as literal meanings. |
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| Rev. 8:8-9 | Trumpet 2 |
A third of the sea became like the blood of a dead man. A third of the fish perished and a third of the ships sank. | |||
| Rev. 8:10-11 | Trumpet 3 |
A third of the rivers of water were made bitter and many people died. | |||
| Rev. 8:12 | Trumpet 4 |
The sun, moon and the stars were then darkened by a third. | |||
| Rev. 9:1-12 | Trumpet 5 FIRST WOE! |
The Bottomless Pit was then opened and an evil host led by Abaddon king over those in the bottomless pit came forth. They proceeded to torture all mankind for five months - all except those who had received Yahweh's Seal at the time of the sealing. These believers were supernaturally protected from Abaddon's power. | The Bottomless Pit is where
has imprisoned a host
of evil angels. Abaddon is a evil king of great depravity. At this
Trumpet, he is given leave to torture and brutalise mankind for 5 months: all except the 144000 servants of the Most High who
accepted the Seal of in their
foreheads and right hands at the time of the sealing. |
Luke 8:30-33 2 Peter 2:4 Jude 6 |
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| Rev. 9:13 to Rev. 11:14 |
Trumpet 6 SECOND WOE! |
Four mighty angels were then loosed from the Great River
Euphrates. Aided by a force of 200,000,000 they killed ONE THIRD OF MANKIND.
At this time the holy city is trampled under foot for a period of 42
months. 's two Witnesses
preach to the world during this 3-1/2 year period. At the end of this
woe the Beast who ascends from out of the Abyss will kill the Two Witnesses;
but after 3½ days they are resurrected and carried to great glory. |
During this Seal and Trumpet, one third of mankind will die. The Beast, who we are told also rises from the Abyss.The two Witnesses which proclaim the truth for 42 months before being killed. They arise and are called by a great voice "Come up hither". | Daniel 7:25 Daniel 12 Rev. 12:6-14 Rev. 13 Zech. 14:1-2 2 Thess. 2:1-17 |
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| Rev. 11:15 | Trumpet 7 THIRD WOE! |
This is a time for 's anger, his judgement of the nations and the
rewarding of his saints. At this Trumpet the kingdoms of this world will
pass to their rightful ruler, the Messiah of Israel. |
Y'shua, the Son of , will return to earth at this Last Trumpet. The Beast will vainly attempt to make war with the returning Christ, but he will perish in the attempt. The Messiah's millennial reign of peace will then begin. |
Matt. 24:30 Rev. 19:11-21 1 Thess. 4:14-17 |
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