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Revelation 6:1-7:17
Keys to the Text
The Seals: In chapter 5, Christ was the only One found worthy to open the little scroll - the title deed to the universe. As he breaks the seven seals that secure the scroll, each seal unleashes a new demonstration of God's judgment on the earth in the future tribulation period. These seal judgments include all the judgments to the end. The seventh seal contains the seven trumpets; the seventh trumpet contains the seven bowls.
Each of the scroll's seven seals represents a specific divine judgment that will be poured out sequentially on the earth. The seals encompass the entire seven-year period of the Tribulation, culminating with the return of Christ. It seems best to understand the first four seals as taking place during the first half of the Tribulation. The events of the fifth seal will mark the midpoint, and then the events of the sixth and seventh seals wills stretch into the second half of the seven-year period of the Tribulation.
Great Tribulation: A seven-year period of intense judgment on the earth. The exact phrase, "the great tribulation," is found only once in the Bible, here in 7:14. The Great Tribulation is to be distinguished from the general tribulation a believer faces in the world (Matthew 13:21; John 16:33; Acts 14:22). It is also to be distinguished from God's specific wrath upon the unbelieving world at the end of the age (Mark 13:24; Romans 2:5-10; 2 Thessalonians 1:6). The Great Tribulation fulfills Daniel's prophecies (Daniel 7-12). It will be a time of evil from false christs and false prophets, and natural disasters will occur throughout the world (Matthew 24:21; Mark 13:22). The second half of the Tribulation will feature the Day of the Lord, in which God unleashes His judgment and wrath on the earth in intensifying waves. Though it is a time of unparalleled judgment, it is also a time of unparalleled grace in salvation (see Matthew 24:12-14).
1. What are some of the ways God has demonstrated His judgments on the earth in times past? List verses with your answers.
2. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11. What truths do you find in this passage that secure your hope of not being present during the seven-year Tribulation period?
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1. The great flood, it was God's way of punishing people. Genesis 5-7
2. The passage says that the Lord will come down and take His church up with Him. After that is when the great tribulation will begin.
1. The rainbow after the great flood Genesis 9:13
2 The Lord will come then the tribulation.
1. -The Flood: God had a flood that flooded the whole earth for 40 days and 40 nights to wipe out the earth because of the sin that was in it.
Verses: Genesis 7:4;7:10-12;7:17-24
2. It says that we will be taken up with God when he blows the trumpet.
*************When i said "we" on the second question i meant to put those who have accepted Christ as their personal savior.*********************
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