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The 1st Vision of Revelation : Chapters 1-3 Jesus is among His Churches And He knows us Let Us Overcome. The 2nd Vision of Revelation : Part 1 – Chapters 4 & 5 God is on His Throne and The Lamb Rules from Heaven Let us Praise and Worship them. The 2nd Vision of Revelation :
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The 1st Vision of Revelation: Chapters 1-3 Jesus is among His Churches And He knows us Let Us Overcome
The 2nd Vision of Revelation: Part 1 – Chapters 4 & 5 God is on His Throne and The Lamb Rules from Heaven Let us Praise and Worship them
The 2nd Vision of Revelation: Part 2 – Chapters 6 & 7 The 7 Seals and The Sealed Saints
I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!“ Revelation 6:1 (NIV)
The Rider on the White Horse: Conquest/Tyranny
The Rider on the Black Horse: Famine/Scarcity
The 4 Riders together represent Our suffering in a Fallen World
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" Revelation 6:9-10 (NIV)
Even though we all live in a fallen world, those who follow the Lamb will face persecution because of their faith.
They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?" Revelation 6:16-17 (NIV)
"Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God." Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. Revelation 7:3-4 (NIV)
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." Revelation 7:9-10 (NIV)
Though we live in a fallen world and are persecuted because of Christ, we stand secure in Christ and have no reason to fear.
How Should We Respond to the Truth of what we have Seen in the 7 Seals?
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21