216
edits
Seven Seals: Difference between revisions
Expanded
ComingAgain (talk | contribs) (Created the page) |
ComingAgain (talk | contribs) (Expanded) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
As the Lamb opens four of the seals, out come the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. When the fifth seal is broken, John sees a vision of the Christian [[Martyr|martyrs]]. When the sixth seal is broken, destruction reigns on the earth and causes immense suffering. When the seventh seal is broken a few chapters later, we are told there was a "silence in heaven". | As the Lamb opens four of the seals, out come the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. When the fifth seal is broken, John sees a vision of the Christian [[Martyr|martyrs]]. When the sixth seal is broken, destruction reigns on the earth and causes immense suffering. When the seventh seal is broken a few chapters later, we are told there was a "silence in heaven". | ||
The vision of the seven seals continue a pattern in the [[Bible]] and especially the rest of the Book of Revelation of visions coming in sevens. Other examples include the epistles to the seven churches of Asia, the [[seven trumpets]] and [[vials]], the seven days of [[creation]] etc. | |||