BOOK OF REVELATION 6 9-17

Weekly Book of Revelation CU Studies Journal

Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

9 - When the “as though slain” lamb, opened the fifth seal upon the scroll (of the vision) I (John) saw {as} under the altar, souls who had been slain for the word of God and their testimony. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign LORD! Holy and true! How long before you’ll judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?!”

     11 They were each one given a white robe and told - to rest - a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers and sisters should be complete who were to be killed as they themselves had been. {Like the blood of Abel crying out to God? Fifth seal (element) is martyrdom, and it continues.}

     {I think it’s important to be able to see how the seals - described at the beginning of the vision - as their fuLL and entire effects - first to very last - veils what they are, and much of the vision. Which we, in turn have tried to force into a box labeled “7 years only” or “70 CE only”. Or, the seal descriptions are a blend of their first effects, and their last, full effects?}

     12 When he broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and behold there was a great earthquake! The sun became dark as sackcloth [sakkos - gauze, worn as a sign of grief]. The full🤔 moon became like blood {reflecting?}. 13 All the stars of the heavens fell to earth - LiKe - the fig tree throws out its winter fruit - when shaken, and - blown - by a strong wind.

     14 The sky departed {rolled/scrolled? “apochórizó”} like a scroll being rolled. And every mountain and island was shaken! {Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4! Zech.14:4 at last occurrence, Rev.10/4, yes 7 in the vision.}

     15 Then the kings of earth, the great ones, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us! And hide us from the face of he who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” {Even at 1st occurrence, some of us are old enough to remember the idea of  “bomb shelters” which idea was around for quite a while.

     “..The ancient of days took his seat” Dan.7:9. “All the world’s a stage” - Shakespeare.}

Next week - 7:1-17

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….Because the vision is actually told three times, 13:13 is also the 1st seal 6 event.. carried out by an office, not yet pinpointing a final a.c. And after that is 7:1,3, where we’ve been for some time. More on this later.

     Are there one or two biggest ‘signs’ to “watch” for?

BOOK OF REVELATION - 6 5-8

Weekly Book of Revelation CU Studies Journal, Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

5 - When the Lamb (as slain) opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider carried a pair of scales. 6 I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but don’t harm the oil and wine!” {Riches preserved for some, scarcity for the rest.}

     7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed. {Originally, of course, sheol - where there’s no awareness or doing, Eccles.9:10. What is partner to death? The grave. JN.5:28 - “all.. will come forth from the tombs/graves.” Hebrew sheol is translated into greek hades, “not seen” state of being gone, the word without the Greek myth.} And death and its partner/place (the grave/sheol) were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine, with pestilence (including manmade?) and by wild beasts of the earth. {Note: chem warfare began in WW1. Wild beasts may include rogue/violent nations? The one fourth is from its first occurrence to it’s very last? A way of describing the seals that veils the vision.}

Next - 6:9-17

BOOK OF REVELATION 6 1-4

 Weekly Book of Revelation CU Studies Journal, Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

Revelation/Apocalypse 1:1-3 — The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that need be occurring in quickness [tachos - speed, swiftness, quickness]. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John {the disciple, a “son of Zebedee” and fisherman with his brother James, also a disciple. John wrote the “Gospel of John” and we have three short letters he wrote.}

     2 And John bore witness to the message of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one reading or hearing the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things in it having been written for (the) time (is) near [eggus - near, close, nearby, nearer, ready]. {Having been written for the near time? Like Daniel 12:9?}

THE vision 1 - Now I {disciple/apostle John} was watching as the Lamb [Jesus] opened one of the seven seals upon the scroll, and I heard one of the four {majestic} living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked! And there, was a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came riding forth conquering, and to conquer. {This white horse may be two things? The gospel riding forth into the age (of our Lord, A.D.) “openly victorious over powers and principalities” Colossians 2:15. And, or, it may be an empire of Satan that finally sweeps the world. Patterns in prophecy do repeat? And logically, both will escalate, gather momentum toward gallop, in late days and ‘last’ hour.}

     3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” {“Seconds” - Father is veRy organized?} 4 And out came another horse. This one was fiery [pyrros] red and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth - so that people slay one another - and he was given a long sword (Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4). {Obviously war. And war is given a megas - a great, large, mighty sword. Second of the four horsemen of the apocalypse is mankind’s response to the good news? Psalm 2. And the global sweeping power causes much war and the last war. As it comes into possession of the mega ‘sword’?}

Next - 6:5-8