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THE FIRST SIX SEALS OPENED
REVELATION 6
Part 3
SEAL #4 DEATH (v. 7-8)
7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and
with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Without Jesus the RESURRECTION AND LIFE (11:25) – He provides us life and, apart from Him is only endless
dying.
With the breaking of this seal, one-fourth of the population of the World is going to die. As a green (
Greek chloros as in chlorine) horse: death, and Hades follows. Death receives the bodies and Hades the souls
of unbelievers. Death may refer to pestilence (Scott, Ironside, Gaebelein).
Beasties of Leeuwenhoek microscope. Think for a moment of the vast legions of deadly agents surrounding
you this morning:
TB: once thought conquered has re-emerged in highly resistant strains that have even known to piggyback
with HIV to be contagious in an airborne infection.
STAPH: causing a fifth of the hospital system’s two million infections a year has just shown up as
staphylococcus aureus, which is resistant to vancomycin, the final gun in the antibiotic arsenal. At present
60 to 80,000 die of staph annually but if aureus comes out it is so deadly that the numbers will skyrocket.
EBOLA: with a mortality rate of 90% + in less than a week, Ebola is horrible. Connective tissues of the
body liquefy and every orifice of the body bleeds as the infected individual convulses and splashes deadly
contaminated blood in every direction. There is no known cure, no treatment, in fact no awareness of how it
is transmitted. Chilling to say the least, if it started in a populated area.
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE: anthrax is a cheaply produced poor man’s atom bomb. Once infected the area is persistently
a problem for decades. If Berlin had been hit with anthrax in WWII it would still be uninhabitable today!
YURSINIA PESTIS: or to us non-doctor types Bubonic plague is (rod-shaped, non-motile, non-sporulating,
gram-negative, aerobic bacterium) in other words it killed tens of millions of Europeans in the Middle Ages
and it is being cultivated in laboratories of terrorist countries this morning! Black Death as it was called
in the 1400’s goes from rats to fleas to humans to hemorrhages, to suffocation and/or general toxemia.
BOTULINUM TOXIN: this is the most powerful poison known to man. Nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, respiratory
paralysis and death . . . all from a cultured bacteria called clostridium botulinum anyone can grow in their
home lab with $10,000 worth of equipment in a room 15 feet square. In 1986 Ma Anan Sheela confessed to growing
and spreading trillions of salmonella bacteria in four restaurant salad bars in Oregon as a biological terrorist.
750 people became seriously ill in that one town!
Up until 40 years ago there was no way anyone could kill one-fourth of the world. Today “beasts of the earth”
are multiplying by the trillions in laboratories, boiling in the cauldron of hatred in the Middle East, and before
long they will spill out into the deadliest hour of the planet. So deadly are these beasts that Jesus said in
Mark 13:20 “And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake,
whom He chose, He shortened the days.”
SEAL #5 MARTYRDOM (V.9-11) 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that
were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge
our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet
for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were,
should be fulfilled.
Without Jesus the LIGHT OF WORLD (8:12) – He illumines us and, apart from Him is only impenetrable darkness.
When the fifth seal is broken, martyrs who died because of their faith during the Tribulation are seen under
the altar in Heaven, praying for Christ to take back the Earth and avenge their blood.
These are the souls of those who are slain during the Tribulation period on account of their testimony to the
Word of God.
The terrible martyrdom of Rev. 6 is much clearer to us who have lived through or pondered the horrors of World
War II.
The atrocities of Nazi war criminals’ discrimination — ghetto concentration camps — mass extermination; in 10
years, 60% of Jews in Europe, 6 million, were butchered. G. M. Gilbert wrote in the “Nuremberg Diary”, his history
of the criminal trials of those involved, “…the torture, the starvation, the mass murder, the diabolical
experiments on live human guinea pigs. ‘History,’ he said, ‘does not record a crime perpetuated against so
many victims or ever carried out with such calculated cruelty.’ ‘Mass murder,’ he said, ‘was becoming a State
industry, with byproducts.’ That is only one page from the sordid story of modern persecution. There are many
pages more. The world is getting ready for the breaking of this seal.
What is shown here, under the breaking of the fifth seal, is elaborated further in chapter seven, where the
great tribulation is introduced. Here only a preview is given of the terrible persecutions which will engulf
the globe in a coming day.” What leads to such faithfulness even to death? One thing: Faithfulness to Christ
in life.
Jesus Christ calls all of us to walk in faithfulness to Him each day..In fact, we are called to be in living
crucifixion, Gal. 2:20, that equals:
Christ is our high priest and we are His priests (Heb. 8:1; Rev. 1:6 who offer Him:
1. Our lives as a daily sacrifice (Rom. 12:1; 15; 16; Darby);
2. Our devotion as continual burnt offerings (Mk. 12:33)
3. Our service poured out to Him as a drink offering (II Tim. 4:6, R. V. mgn; Phil. 2:17);
4. Our deeds as intentional spiritual sacrifices (I Pet. 2:5; Heb. 13:16);
5. Our prayers constantly ascending as an incense offering (Ps. 141:2; Rev. 8:3, 4);
6. Our earnest worship poured out at His feet as a praise offering (Heb. 13:15).
SEAL # 6 CHAOS (v. 12-17) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became
as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs,
when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and
island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains,
and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and
in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that
sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Without Jesus the GOOD SHEPHERD (10:11) – He cares for us and, apart from Him is only aimless wandering.
A great shaking; signs in the Heavens, terror on Earth.
This means earthquake, sun darkened, moon red as blood, meteors, disturbances in the atmosphere and on earth,
terror on rich and poor alike.
The great day of the wrath of the Lamb came; this clearly identifies the Tribulation period as the wrath of God.
In Revelation 6:15-17, John describes for us the greatest prayer meeting in the history of the world:
“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men,
and every slave, and every free man (that covers everybody) hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of
the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth
on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able
to stand?”
GOD HAS GIVEN TO US THE CONCLUSION TO HUMAN HISTORY- THE BIBLE! Trust Him completely.
If people are the only investment that lasts…. Invest heavily in disciple making.
GOD HAS GIVEN TO US A JOB TO DO FOR HIM WHILE HE IS AWAY- SOULWINNING! Therefore, obey
Him now. If you haven’t started to give out the good news, start today.
GOD HAS GIVEN TO US A WAY TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH HIM – TIME IN THE WORD! If you haven’t
started start daily contact in the word and prayer today!
GOD HAS GIVEN TO US A MEANS TO START AN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT IN HEAVEN – SACRIFICIAL GIVING!
Give sacrificially to support His church. God has indicated the earth is doomed so start today.
Pleasing God and making disciples must be a priority!
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
THE FIRST SIX SEALS OPENED REVELATION 6 Part 3
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