B. 5d,§6(8)10
Boek Openbaring §6,(8,)10, Zegels in het algemeen: Backgrounds in the Book Revelation
Shalom!
^ From the church ages come the Seals, from the Seals the Trumpets, and from the Trumpets the Bowls. One creates light for the other (0b_SumBR).
Finally, the entire Revelation unfolds wide-angled in front of our wondering eyes. And we, who have been uplifted and purified, are prepared by the Spirit for His glorious appearing, so our Lord and Saviour, the only One True God, Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:1aa).
Prayer of the servants/slaves of Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:1ab), Bert:
Such a thing must be absorbed as the apostle John had to do:
¤ Revelation chapters 1-3 are the chapters of the seven churches.
1-7S: After that, heaven opens in the chapters 4 and 5. There is seen the moment when the Scroll sealed with Seven Seals was passed to the Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, to open the seals.
1-6S: After that, only of the first six seals is seen symbols (Rev. 6).
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¤ Next, the sealing of 144,000 Israelites is told about (3f§12, Rev. 7:1-8).
It will end when the Church of the Bride is raptured, and the time of the greater tribulation begins. Thus we see the reception of the raptured saints before the Throne of God (3f§12, Rev. 7:9-17).
7S: In the next chapter, the Lamb opened the last seal of the Scroll seen in Revelation 5, Rev. 8:1, <When he [the Lamb] opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.>
The silence of half an hour is a secret period when no one speaks in heaven. A very special event, because silence is not normal in heaven (cf. Rev. 4:8).
¤ In the same way, nothing has been announced of the day of the Coming/Presence of the Lord Jesus in the air. Even Jesus Himself did not know when it would happen (Mat. 24:36-44; 4a§1317, 1The. 4:15b).
Later, the apostle Paul said that the becoming imperishable of the Bride believers is a secret that happens when the last, i.e. the seventh, trumpet sounds (1Cor. 15:51-52; Rev. 11:15-19).
¤ Similarly, at first only the symbols of the first six trumpets are found (Rev. 8:2 – 9:21).
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