Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Revelation 6

Here in chapter six we reveal six out of the seven seals opened by Jesus Christ, the victorious savior.

No one is worthy but him to open the seals. The first four are the four horsemen on different colored horses who go to the four winds to administer judgment. After the fifth the martyrs are given white robes and told to wait until the rest of the those killed for the faith join them. They are promised that they will have judgment.

When the sixth seal is opened the whole earth will shake and all will cower in fear from the poorest to the greatest. They (we?) will be so scared they will wish they were dead!

So judgment will come. God is great and he will show his greatness more openly. To those with faith we already see his greatness and his righteousness. We also see his loving mercy. But this section isn't emphasizing that so much.

But it is important that we share with people and tell them acknowledging God as savior and God is serious. So many people think they can acknowledge God and somehow ignore Jesus. They cannot. We must not gloss over that. It is watering down the truth.

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