Book of Revelation, The Seals

The book of revelation has been viewed by many over the past 100 years as a book which should be pushed off into a corner of the room, never to be discussed. I would even make the claim that some in the theological realm would like to tear it out and throw it away because it is one of the most controversial books within the scripture. The atheist and agnostics believe it's hype, fairy tale drama, and the christians believe it's a book for the atheists and agnostics, due to their lack of faith and belief in Christ, sort of a punishible by death saga for the evil bad guy in the movie.

The fact is it's one of the few books in the Bible that really tests your faith and or belief in God. The book was written for the christian, atheist and agnostic. The question is what part is written for whom? I claim the whole book was written for atheists, agnostics and numerous (more than 3 and less than 16) chapters where written for (church) christians. The book generates an abundance of questions, a few are;

1.What is the tribulation?
2.When does the tribulation occur?
3.How much suffering is there prior to or during the tribulation?
4.When is the church (christians) taken away?
5.What is Armaggedon?
6.What is the mark of the beast?
7.Who is the Anti-christ?
8.etc-etc.?

Now, let's examine several chapters of the book such as the SEAL judgements. I will use the main topic of the verse here, you should read the entire verse for yourself.

•Seal judgements begin in revelation (6:1) end in (8:1)

•First Seal (White Horse-Represent Anti-christ)
6 vs 1. Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see." (2) And I looked and behold, a white horse.

•Second Seal (Fiery Red Horse-Represent war)
vs 4. And another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another;

•Third Seal (Black Horse-Economic disaster)
vs 5. And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. (6) And i heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, a quart of wheat for a denarius.

•Fourth Seal (Pale horse-Death and Hades)
vs 8. And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him.

•Fifth Seal (Martyrdom)
vs. 9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.

•Sixth Seal (Fear upon all men)
vs 12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.

•Seventh Seal (Silence) The opening of this Seal is interesting, all of chapter 7 is skipped and this Seal is opened in chapter 8 vs
1 When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.

 

Now, I want to overlay a theology I believed and or have been taught by several ministers and or evangelists over the past twenty years; The seven seals are ORDERLY on how events will begin to unfold within revelation, and revelation is still to come.

I will first admint, maybe I MISUNDERSTOOD THEIR teaching, either way I want to clarify what I do not believe anymore, but what I have faith in.

I do not believe the Seven Seals are orderly and start with the opening of Seal One, yet I have faith in the Seals, and I factually have FAITH in this;

WE ARE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION NOW, THE SEALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROKEN.... They are not numerically opened, they are broken as the LAMB CHOSE to reveal HIS REVELATION TO JOHN, not in what order they will affect the earth.

Look at chapter 5 vs 1;

vs 1 AND I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. (2) Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose it's seals?"

Ladies and Gentleman, it is ONE SCROLL WITH SEVEN SEALS, not SEVEN NUMBERED SEALS, the seals are on ONE SCROLL. Secondly, when John used the word opened, He understood it has breaking it, snap it like a cookie...

Now let's go to chapter 6 vs 1;

vs. 1 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one OF the Seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud voice like thunder, "Come and see."

It's like saying I heard one of the four living creatures, John did not declare he heard the number one living creature, he claimed he heard one of them, same with the seals, one of them was broken, not the number one.

It was not the action of breaking the SEAL the living creature wanted John to see, it was the affect of breaking the seal the living creature wanted John to witness which released the judgements written (one scroll-seven affects) on the ONE SCROLL. The scripture is clear, He broke one seal then another, then another, there is nothing written where He broke SEAL NUMBER ONE, THEN SEAL NUMBER TWO etc-etc.

I have faith in the book of revalations and my faith assures me that we are under the judgement of the scroll. I have faith that Seal two, four and five have already been broken, and He has just snapped seal three, the seal of economic collapse.......

What do you have faith in?



Welcome to the revelation!!!

Next we will discuss the judgment trumpets, oh boy, this one is going to make blood vessels bust...

God Bless

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Barak, The Gentiles and Revelations

In a previous posting I talked about the possibility of living within the book of revelations at this very moment and all events within the Bible happening along the circular continuum of time. I've been studying revelations for many years and believe we are not only living within revelations but we are witnessing the breaking of the seals as described within chapter six.

I believe we just witnessed the breaking of the third seal, the seal of finance, economics, and lifestyle. I believe this seal was broken in 2007-2008 and we are experiencing the "birth panes" at this moment, the total collapse happening in the very near future. I believe the fourth seal of War was broken in the early 1900's which led to world war one followed by world war two, now leading us into world war three. I also believe the second seal of peace has been broken between man and we are witnessing this within the news across the world with the reports of family after family killing each other along with man killing man without consideration for life.

We must look at the SEALS along a circular continuum of time, not a straight line of time. The seals when broken will overlay other seals and not be in any single order. If we look at the seals as being on a straight line continuum then we would need to see one seals revelation start and end before the next seal could be broken, however, if we understand the seals are broken on a circular continuum of time it's possible to be under the seal of war, while the seal of finance is broken etc. There is NO DEFINITIVE starting and stopping point with the seals being broken. The seals are broken by Christ and He could have started breaking them 200 or 2000 years ago.

I want to bring to your attention the fact that the first 11 chapters of revelations are between Christ and the Church (gentiles). The chapters 12-19 are between God and the Jews, with Christ returning to battle Satan in verse 11-21 of chapter 19. The second coming of Christ is not until verse 11 of chapter 19, however, many believe Christ returns in an early chapter of revelations which is not true. He will call His church up into the heavens to be with Him which is called the rapture, however, Christ does not physically return to battle against satan until Chapter 19. The fact is;

Christ is dealing with the Church (gentiles) within the first 11 chapters of revelations and not the Jews. The seal judgements are broken by Jesus against the church and not the Hebrews. God is dealing with the (non-believing) gentiles / Jews within chapters 12-19 and not the church. The bowl judgements are poured out by God against the (non-believing) gentiles /Jews and not the church.

We can then begin to understand the fact that Christ is married to the Church and God is married to the Jews and each will bring judgement unto their bride, Jesus for the Church from Revelations 1-11 and God for the Jew from Revelations 11-19 culminating in the righteous gentiles and righteous Jews being saved and satan being bound for 1000 years as stated in revelations 20.

In reviewing revelations I believe there will rise an anti-Christ for the gentiles (church) and an anti-Christ for the Hebrews. We must remember the word anti-Christ means "one in opposition to Christ" or "one against Christ. I believe there will be ONE anti-Christ who rises on the world scene and will be the TRUE full spirit of satan within the form of man as the Bible declares within revelations chapter 13 and this will be the Hebraic Anti-Christ. This individual will usher into the world Armageddon, however, there is an anti-Christ which I believe is a prelude to the last one and I believe this is the gentile (church) anti-Christ of revelations chapter 6 which reads;

Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see" (2) And I looked, and behold, a white horse. And he who sat on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

The history of America is not perfect, by far, yet within our faults greatness has arose and America is the greatest gentile nation to have ever existed. The greatest economy the world has ever witnessed, superpower military, powerful democracy, and a proliferater of Judeo-Christian principles throughout the world. If the Hebraic anti-Christ is going to arise on the seen as described within the scriptures the greatest gentile nation to ever exist would have to be destroyed or incapacitated because this (people) nation would not allow this evil dictator to do what he will do to the middle east and Israel.

I believe America's defeat is ushered in by the anti-Christ of chapter 6, riding in on a white horse and carrying a bow. I believe this leader will arise on the seen as a person of change and peace as signified by the white horse, however, will be destructive to our country both in laws and legislation. I believe his bow is a tool of stealth and quietness, yet, destructive in battle. The world (gentile) sits at the feet of America in military power, economic power, and democracy, yet, within the past year our foundation has been devastated by President Obama's agenda, both politically and spiritually. If we fall ALL democracies across the world fall.

Let's look at the facts about President Obama;

• father was a muslim
• step-father was a muslim
• uncle was a muslim
• raised in Indonesia which is a muslim country
• came on the scene as a person of change and peace
• would sit down across from our enemies
• declared America is at peace with Islam
• will never be at war with Islam
• a proliferator of anti-christian values
• did not celebrate the national day of prayer
• destroying all of America's capitalistic industries
• exploding the national debt
• demoralizing our military troops
• pro-abortion agenda
• pro-homosexual agenda

I want to make it very clear; I'm not anti-Islam . I believe all free loving peoples of the world have the right to worship as they want, however, there is a fanatical side to Islam that must be watched and challenged if it rises in opposition to freedom and democracy. I believe there is a spirit of anti-Christ within Mr. Obama and he is on the verge of destroying this great country, ushering in a spiritual attack on our Judeo-Christian values and a military attack on Israel by Iran and it's coalitions.

In closing;

Barak was the name of Mohammad's white stallion, and Hussein was the name of the founder of the Shiite branch of Islam. Is Mr. Barak Hussein Obama the anti-Christ of revelations chapter 6 who rides in on a white horse speaking change and peace to the gentile nations /church, yet conquers and conquers? I think it's interesting the scripture uses the word conquer and conquer. Could this be alluding to conquering the gentile democracy and the gentile church, only time will tell.

I pray I'm wrong and Mr. Obama turns towards America and defends our Judeo-Christian heritage and democracy. I urge each of you to pray for Mr. Obama, the administration and our country as we move into 2010. Welcome to the revelation..

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