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Тайна за семью печатями значение: Как появилось выражение «За семью печатями»

Тайна за семью печатями — Радио ВЕРА

* Поделиться «И видел я в деснице у Сидящего на престоле книгу, написанную внутри и отвне, запечатанную семью печатями». Гравюра, 1674 год.

«И видел я в деснице у Сидящего на престоле книгу, написанную внутри и отвне, запечатанную семью печатями». Гравюра, 1674 год.

Когда мы говорим о чем-то скрытом за семью печатями, мы имеем в виду что-то недоступное. И действительно, в старину печати, которыми скрепляли документ, были как бы замками, скрывавшими его содержание. Чем больше печатей, тем недоступней тайна, скрытая в письме. Вот вроде бы и все объяснение этого крылатого выражения.

Но все не так просто. Образ книги запечатанной семью печатями происходит из самой таинственной части Нового Завета, из книги «Откровение» или по-гречески — «Апокалипсис». Его автор — один из ближайших учеников Христа — Иоанн Богослов.

Среди прочего в Апокалипсисе рассказывается о событиях, которые станут завершением мировой истории. Вот что пишет ее автор о посетившем его Откровении: «И видел я в деснице у Сидящего на престоле книгу, написанную внутри и отвне, запечатанную семью печатями».  Затем Иоанн говорит о том, что никто ни на небе, ни на земле не был достоин снять печати и заглянуть в эту книгу. Согласно имеющимся толкованиям, эта книга есть книга судеб Божьих, и снять печати с нее смог только Христос, которого Иоанн увидел в образе «закланного Агнца». Агнец постепенно снимал одну печать за другой и перед Иоанном открывались картины конца времен в их последовательности. Вот откуда происходит выражение о семи печатях, и о великой тайне, скрытой за ними. И действительно, что может быть для нас таинственнее, чем наши судьбы, находящиеся в руках Божьих.

Страшный Суд: Тайна КНИГИ за Семью Печатями —

… Приговор человеческим душам на Духовном Суде выносится по результатам Экзамена их носителей на знание ими сокровенных Тайн Мироздания, среди которых на особом месте стоит Тайна КНИГИ, находящейся в деннице Сидящего на престоле. Недавно эта прежде запечатанная Семью Печатями КНИГА была открыта. Структура мистической КНИГИ будет рассмотрена здесь с целью подготовки к суровой проверке на зрелость людей, искренно радеющих за свои вечные души. 

Продолжение темы начатой в статье: 

№1 Страшный Суд Произойдёт Менее, чем через Три Недели! — 

https://cont.ws/@7seals/152223… 

Суд/Экзамен пройдут экстерном те души, что будут осведомлены о трёх Тайнах Мироздания, первая из которых рассмотрена в Главе I НДУ

Глава I: Тайна Книги за Семью Печатями 

В Откровении 5:1-5 Иоанн Богослов повествует о мистической Книге: 

1 И видел я в деснице у Сидящего на престоле Книгу, написанную внутри и отвне, запечатанную Семью Печатями. 2 И видел я Ангела сильного, провозглашающего громким голосом: кто достоин раскрыть сию книгу и снять печати ее? 3 И никто не мог, ни на небе, ни на земле, ни под землею, раскрыть сию книгу, ни посмотреть в неё. 4 И я много плакал о том, что никого не нашлось достойного раскрыть и читать сию книгу, и даже посмотреть в неё. 5 И один из старцев сказал мне: не плачь; вот, лев от колена Иудина, корень Давидов, победил, и может раскрыть сию книгу и снять семь печатей её.

Кто б мог подумать, что испокон веков сия Книга, хоть и в свёрнутом виде, находилась у человечества перед глазами: ведь глядя вдоль оси перегиба на её S-образно скрученный лист, белый с одной стороны, чёрный с другой, люди видели… фигу. Пардон, символ: 

Так что же вписано внутри и отвне

свитка Книги в деснице* Сидящего на престоле?

Лев из Откр 5:1-5 (515 – вестник из Божественной Комедии Данте, Чистилище XXXIII 43) раскрыл эту тайну:

– в поле Книги вводятся адреса 64! ||Миров, за Переменами в которых наблюдает Всевышний

— Вид на микрочип КНИГИ с обеих сторон и в проекции. В гибкое плато прямоугольного чипа вставлено 384 сквозных переключателя, объединённых в 64 гексаграммы. Чёрные направляющие переключателей выделены красным цветом, белые – синим; передвижные цилиндрические стержни – серым. 

* В левой руке у Него находится зеркальный дублет этой Книги. На Синае, увы, на короткое время жрец Моисей получил оттиск обеих Книг на [перфорированной] паре скрижалей. 


Адрес нашего ||Мира – классический [у нас] набор гексаграмм Книги Перемен (в каждом мире своя последовательность линий Ицзин) вводится в Книгу следующим образом: 

                   ЗАЗЕРКАЛЬЕ             РАЗВОРОТ          ВИДИМЫЙ МИР 

— Запись на тёмной и светлой сторонах листа КНИГИ адресов окружающего нас мира и его зазеркалья 

В дублете Книги, что ближе к сердцу, хранится адрес Эдемского сада Всевышнего, куда из событийных миров отбираются лучшие души. В настоящее время с кодом Эдем в очном порядке знакомятся носители ценных душ, сводимые волей Судьбы с вестником – 515, индифферентно дожидающимся их реакции мандату его залётной этому миру души.

Подтверждением факта раскрытия Книги служит введённый в поле её переключателей текст [на Иврите] Повторного Завета (Исход 34:11-26), который Моисей записал под диктовку на второй паре скрижалей, вытесанных им собственноручно по образу первой пары разбитых [сокрытие лукавым¹ народцем скрижалей с исходным текстом Завета усиливает недоверие ко всему их изТОРЫческому эпосу]: 

— Текст договора [меж беглой ордой рабов фараона и Ревнителем] состоит из 2х24х16 букв и скреплён 21 буквой подписи приданного им в поводыри б-жьего Ангела (подмена² Сущего демиургом произошла в Исх 33).


В дословном переводе подпись Ангела означает: 

б-жьего храма козлёнка не вари в молоке его матери

Переставив букву «וֹ» из конца в начало строки подписи, имеем: 

и б-жьего храма козлёнка не вари в молоке человеческом

Если же кому ещё не понятно, кто не желает иметь ничего общего ни с породившим его кланом изгоев, ни с другими земными народами, то поясню: имя козлёнку тому – Сатана.

Не удивительно, что, обращаясь к жестоковыйным сородичам, Иисус говорил (Иоанн 8:44): 

“ваш отец Диавол”; уж он-то доподлинно знал, кого был послан спасать! 

И в завершение запись [на Русском] Завета

поверх [парных] направляющих переключателей Книги: 

4х384 букв текста Завета (с подписью) целиком* уместились в поле 2х24х16х2 направляющих по обеим сторонам Книги; при этом в нём ровно** 64 знака препинания (Синодальный перевод Библии МП 1956-68гг.)

¹ как же без исключений из правил…

² Неужели кто-то всерьёз полагает, что, поведшись на стенания Моисея, демиург мог забросить дела всей галактики и сорок лет самолично шататься по пустыне с наспех собранным сбродом? Если так, то твёрдое царское слово для вас – пустой звук, и, скорее всего, вы не нянчили капризных детей. 

* из 64 строк по 24 буквы этого текста убраны все знаки препинания; кроме того, следуя Иудейской традиции, опущены

12 букв «о» в словах с корнем «БОГ»; а ввиду того, что в русском обычае не принято якать, отсутствуют 3 буквы «Я» (любому славянину и без того ясно, Кто к кому обращается).

** в это число не входят: 4 пары скобок, 3 тире, пара кавычек, да ненужная в конце подписи точка


продолжение следует: https://cont.ws/@7seals/152491…

Тайна тайн Или что спрятано за семью печатями

Что хранится за семью печатямиТайна за семью печатями. Что рисуется перед глазами? Что-то необыкновенно таинственное, почти мистическое, может даже сказочное.

— Сейчас я тебе покажу фотки, — Настя суетилась, пытаясь устроить меня поудобней.

— Ты знаешь, я так еще никогда не отдыхала. Мне казалось, надо обязательно, чтоб было комфортно. Подальше от этих кухонных забот…

Она придвинула к себе ноутбук и пощелкала клавишами:

— Как же тут…. Вот черт, что ж он паролей то наставил…

Я наблюдала за ней. После отпуска Настя похорошела, посвежела. Все-таки человеку отдых просто необходим. Я бы Нобелевскую премию выдала тому, кто придумал выходные и отпуск.

Ведь половина врачей останется без работы, если мы будем вовремя отдыхать.

— Так, я сейчас позвоню Сережке и узнаю пароль. А то он тут все держит за семью печатями, чтоб Лиза не лазила. А то сейчас такое влияние этих соц. сетей на ребенка, что становится страшно…

За семью печатями

Что же за тайна такая, которую надо было запечатывать таким образом? Давайте разбираться вместе.

Вариантов, как всегда, несколько. Но уж если существует несколько подтверждений правильности такого действия, значит, какая-то сермяжная правда в этом есть.

  • Итак, вариант первый.

В откровениях Иоанна Богослова есть такие слова:

«И видел я в деснице у Сидящего на престоле книгу,
написанную внутри и отвне,
запечатанную СЕМЬЮ печатями.»

Как утверждают знатоки, за этими семью печатями скрыты семь явлений мироустройства. Такие знания всегда во все времена хранили, как зеницу ока. Доступ к этим знаниям имели только посвященные.

Цифра семь во все времена считалась божественным числом. Т.е. ее понимание подвластно только Богу. Даже в нумерологии 7 – это число удачи, везения. Т.е. кого наградит удачей это число неизвестно, потому что оно непредсказуемо и подчиняется только божественному началу.

Считалось, что если на что-то наложить семь печатей (обычно каждую печать накладывал отдельный человек), то именно число семь накладывало уже на эти печати еще одну… божественную.

Что же хранилось за такими печатями? Не иначе, как тайные знания. Поэтому и добраться до них было совершенно невозможно простому смертному.

  • Второй вариант вытекает, наверное, из первого.

У человека, по восточному учению, существует семь основных чакр, через которые он получает из космоса энергию.

И человек состоит из семи тел, которые для нас невидимы. Мы можем наблюдать только физические тела, так уж мы устроены. Мы живем в трехмерном мире, и для нас все остальные наши тела являются загадкой. Мы можем только интуитивно что-то чувствовать.

Но ведь, как утверждают посвященные, таких тел семь. Они окутывают наше физическое тело, как кокон. Хотя сейчас уже существуют такие приборы, которые могут фиксировать энергии, окутывающие человека.

Но, если хорошо подумать, человек является именно той самой тайной тайн. Вот что мы о себе знаем? Для ученых, несмотря на все их дипломы и ученые степени, человек все равно является загадкой, скрытой за семью печатями своих энергетических слоев.

И даже, если нам кажется, что вот уже сургучная печать на этой тайне сейчас сломается, это только так нам кажется. Потому что главная печать, которая хранит все эти семь печатей, божественна.  Не зря ведь мы верим, что в каждом из нас есть божественное начало. Так получается именно мы сами от себя и храним эту тайну под названием ЧЕЛОВЕК.

Очень правильно придумано, не находите? Ведь сказано же, для того, чтобы что-то спрятать, надо это положить на самом видном месте.

— Нет, ну ты представь, какой пароль…. «Анастасия». Вот я дура, — Настя положила трубку и набрала буквы на клавиатуре.

Я придвинулась ближе, нам предстояло окунуться в прекрасный мир беззаботного отпуска.

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«За семью печатями» — значение и происхождение фразеологизма с примерами?

Можно сказать, что в сейфе.

Это та тайна, которая спрятана и хранится очень надежно. Это как несколько замков и ключей. Многоуровневая система защиты. Если все опечатать всего лишь одной печатью, то это тайна и ключ к ней только в руках одного товарища, — ненадежно. А вот если их сразу семеро и у каждого кусочек своего пазла.

Вот издревне и опечатывали важные государственные тайны и сокровища несколькими печатями. И сломать все печати незаметно было не возможно, это надо было что-бы их хранители были в сговоре друг с другом.

И опять здесь таинственная цифра семь, которая несет сакральный смысл.

Семеро одного не ждут
До порога одна дорога, а за порог — семь дорог.
Для друга и семь верст не околица.
Где Макар побывал, семь лет рыба не ловится
.Загадка, разгадка, да семь верст правды.
За семь вёрст киселя хлебать
Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь
Один пашет, семеро руками машут.
Семь пятниц на неделе
Деревня на семи кирпичах построена.
Житье хорошее: семерых в один кафтан согнали
Седьмая вода на киселе
Семь бед – один ответ
Дожидай год и семь суббот.
Рубить семерым – а топор один.
Семья – семь я.

Видимо считалось, что если будет именно семь печатей, то это самый надежный и к том уже мистический способ защиты.

Сейчас значение выражения несет более метафорический смысл, что-то не понятное для нашего сознания, что не раскрыть, не понять, не изучить.

Если вам понравилась эта статья, предлагаю заглянуть еще и сюда:

Синонимы к словосочетанию ТАЙНА ЗА СЕМЬЮ ПЕЧАТЯМИ

ТА́ЙНА, -ы, ж. 1. То, что скрывается от других, что известно не всем; секрет. Военная тайна. Тайна переписки. Тайна вкладов.

Все значения слова «тайна»

ТА́ЙНЫЙ, —ая, —ое. 1. Представляющий тайну для кого-л., скрываемый от кого-л., известный немногим. Тайный договор. Тайное свидание.

Все значения слова «тайный»

СЕМЬ, семи́, твор. семью́, числ. колич. Число 7.

Все значения слова «семь»

СЕ́МЬЮ, нареч. Взяв семь раз (об умножении). Семью пять — тридцать пять.

Все значения слова «семью»

СЕМЬЯ́, -и́, мн. се́мьи, семе́й, се́мьям, ж. 1. Группа людей, состоящая из мужа, жены, детей и других близких родственников, живущих вместе.

Все значения слова «семья»

ПЕЧА́ТЬ, -и, ж. 1. Прибор с вырезанными знаками для оттискивания их на чем-л. (на бумаге, сургуче, воске и т. п.). Гербовая печать.

Все значения слова «печать»
  • Слова моей матери остались для него тайной за семью печатями.

  • А уж эта копна каштановых волос, отдающая медью на солнечном свете, — тайна за семью печатями, и открывать их она не собиралась никому.

  • Как и почему они остались вместе, было для неё вообще тайной за семью печатями.

(все предложения)
Книга за семью печатями — это… Что такое Книга за семью печатями? 
Книга за семью печатями
Книга за семью печатями

Из Библии. В Новом Завете, в Откровении Святого Иоанна Богослова (Апокалипсисе) (гл. 5, ст. 1—3), сказано: «И видел я в деснице у Сидящего на престоле книгу, написанную внутри и отвне, запечатанную семью печатями. И видел я Ангела сильного, провозглашающего громким голосом: кто достоин раскрыть сию книгу и снять печати ее? И никто не мог, ни на небе, ни на земле, ни под землею, раскрыть сию книгу, ни посмотреть в нее».
Иносказательно: о чем-то недоступном для понимания.

Энциклопедический словарь крылатых слов и выражений. — М.: «Локид-Пресс». Вадим Серов. 2003.

Книга за семью печатями
Выражение, возникшее из Библии (Апокалипсис, 5, 1-3), употребляется в значении: что-либо непонятное, скрытое, совершенно недоступное разумению.

Словарь крылатых слов. Plutex. 2004.

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Синонимы:
  • Книга жизни
  • Книги имеют свою судьбу

Смотреть что такое «Книга за семью печатями» в других словарях:

  • Книга — получить на Академике действующий промокод УчМаг или выгодно книга купить со скидкой на распродаже в УчМаг

  • книга за семью печатями — о чем л. таинственном, не поддающемся пониманию (из Откровения Иоанна Богослова (Гл. 5 8 и др.) См …   Словарь синонимов

  • Книга за семью печатями — КНИГА, и, ж. Толковый словарь Ожегова. С.И. Ожегов, Н.Ю. Шведова. 1949 1992 …   Толковый словарь Ожегова

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Предложения со словосочетанием ТАЙНА ЗА СЕМЬЮ ПЕЧАТЯМИ Слова моей матери остались для него тайной за семью печатями. А уж эта копна каштановых волос, отдающая медью на солнечном свете, — тайна за семью печатями, и открывать их она не собиралась никому. Как и почему они остались вместе, было для неё вообще тайной за семью печатями. Они остаются тайной за семью печатями без упомянутого выше «разворота мозгов». Часто даже происшедшее с родителями в их молодости становится тайной за семью печатями для детей.

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Почему же об этом молчат учёные люди? Тайна за семью печатями. Но на самом деле полный список владельцев этого холдинга — тайна за семью печатями. Что скрывалось за этим высоким бледным лбом, оставалось тайной за семью печатями. Но газетное дело, как бизнес оставалось для нас тайной за семью печатями. Любой прибор и сегодня остаётся для неё тайной за семью печатями, более того — она панически боится электрического тока. Эти процессы не являются тайной за семью печатями. Но, увы, кремлёвские подземелья и сегодня остаются тайной за семью печатями. Но пока наука топчется у дверей нанотехнологий и мир фемтотехнологий для неё является тайной за семью печатями. Вопросы новейших разработок в сфере кибервооружений являются, естественно, тайной за семью печатями американского военно-промышленного комплекса. Затем слушала я, потому что то, о чём он рассказывал, для меня оказалось тайной за семью печатями. А уж захотят представители этой целевой группы что-то приобрести или заказать — тайна за семью печатями. А что её ждало впереди, оставалось тайной за семью печатями. О, простите, всё время забываю, что прописные истины, известные любому савояру в нашем 1504 году, здесь почему-то едва ли не тайна за семью печатями. Система доказательств иносказательности библейских текстов, их аргументация так и осталась для мира тайной за семью печатями. А что там происходило — то тайна за семью печатями, и она, голубка, молчит, ни словечком не обмолвилась. По сути, он был тайной за семью печатями, которая исчезла из этого мира так же таинственно, как и появилась. Также тайной за семью печатями остаются алгоритмы вычисления траста, которые вдобавок регулярно меняются. Практика тонг-лен не является тайной за семью печатями или великой редкостью. А вернее сказать — она осталась для них тайной за семью печатями. Всё-таки проявления женской физиологии должны оставаться для парня тайной за семью печатями, не хватало только просить нас покупать тампоны и прокладки! Во всяком случае, если они знали, кто он на самом деле, то вряд ли его задание представляло для них тайну за семью печатями. Что творилось слева и сзади от танка оставалось для него тайной за семью печатями. Остальная часть дела всё ещё остаётся тайной за семью печатями. Пять центов? Десять? Я знала, что цент примерно равен пенсу, но помимо этого канадская валюта была для меня тайной за семью печатями. Никто не знает, как научить человека быть самим собой — он всегда особенный и тайна за семью печатями. Все они были безупречны и вполне могли вести его немалое хозяйство, но вот их способности в постели оставались для него тайной за семью печатями. Самое же главное: у этой парочки есть тайна за семью печатями — они единокровные брат и сестра, рождены от одного отца! Ну а сакральные действия — вообще тайна за семью печатями. Для остальных родных его нынешняя судьба оставалась тайной за семью печатями. Освоив знания, которые совсем недавно для многих были тайной за семью печатями, вы сможете прикоснуться к истине. Лицо конечно же полностью не раскроет мысли, это для всех так и будет тайной за семью печатями, однако качество их будет видно. Но состояние здоровья, особенно руководителей страны, было тайной за семью печатями, никакой информации не получишь. Вот всего два примера, когда яркие и доказуемые открытия «смежников» внесли ясность в давние тайны за семью печатями. Дело в том, что сам механизм преображения видов для учёных остаётся тайной за семью печатями. Что ж, хорошо известно ещё с ломоносовских времён, что древнерусская история для российских академиков — это тайна за семью печатями. Пусть законы и секреты успешного общения перестанут быть для вас тайной за семью печатями, и сослужат самую добрую службу! Некоторые из моих армейских сослуживцев, в обществе которых я провёл куда больше времени, так и остались для меня тайной за семью печатями. 90000 What are the seven seals of Revelation? 90001 90002 Question: «What are the seven seals of Revelation?» 90003 Answer: 90004 90005 The seven seals are one of a series of end-times judgments from God. The seals are described in Revelation 6: 1-17 and 8: 1-5. In John’s vision, the seven seals hold closed a scroll in heaven, and, as each seal is broken, a new judgment is unleashed on the earth. Following the seal judgments are the trumpet judgments and the bowl or vial judgments. 90006 The prelude to the opening of the seven seals in John’s vision is a search for someone worthy to open the heavenly scroll in Revelation 5.John writes, «I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals» (Revelation 5: 1). This scroll contains the judgments of God; the fact that it is written on both sides indicates the extensive nature of the judgment pending. A mighty angel cries out, «Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?» (Verse 2). No one was found worthy of breaking the seals and opening the scroll, a fact that causes John to mourn (verse 3-4). If the scroll could not be opened, then wickedness would not be judged and evil would continue to infect the earth.90003 As John is weeping over the unopened scroll and its unbroken seven seals, he receives good news: «The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals «(Revelation 5: 5). «Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne. . . . He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne «(verses 6-7). This is a picture of Jesus Christ, the Lamb who was slain who is also the Lion of judgment.Jesus is the only one worthy to judge the world (cf. John 5:22). As He takes the scroll to open the seals and pronounce judgment on the unbelieving world, the beings in heaven glorify Him with a new song: 90006 «You are worthy to take the scroll 90006 and to open its seals, 90006 because you were slain, 90006 and with your blood you purchased for God 90006 persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. . . . 90006 Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, 90006 to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength 90006 and honor and glory and praise! » (Verses 9 and 12).90004 90003 Amid the worship due to Him, the Lamb begins to open the seals (Revelation 6: 1). With each seal opened, the scroll is able to be unrolled a little more, revealing bit by bit the judgments God has in store during the tribulation period. The first four of the seven seals release what are known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, because the judgments appear symbolically as a horse and rider bringing devastation in their wake. 90004 90003 90020 The first seal. 90021 The first seal introduces the Antichrist (Revelation 6: 1-2).From the biblical description, we gather several details: he rides a white horse, which speaks of peace; at the beginning of the tribulation, the Antichrist will come under the pretense of bringing peace to the world (cf. Daniel 9:27). He is given a crown, which indicates that the Antichrist will exercise great authority (cf. Daniel 7: 24-25). He holds a bow, which shows his true intentions, and he advances «as a conqueror bent on conquest» (Revelation 6: 2). 90004 90003 90020 The second seal. 90021 When the Lamb opens the second seal, great warfare breaks out on the earth (Revelation 6: 3-4).This is symbolized by a rider with a large sword on a fiery red horse. 90004 90003 90020 The third seal. 90021 The breaking of the third of the seven seals causes famine (Revelation 6: 5-6). The rider that John sees is riding a black horse and «holding a pair of scales in his hand.» Then John hears a declaration that people will have to work all day to earn just a little food. 90004 90003 90020 The fourth seal. 90021 The fourth seal is opened, and John sees a pale horse. «Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him» (Revelation 6: 7-8).The result of this fourth seal is that one fourth of the earth’s population are killed «by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.» 90004 90003 90020 The fifth seal. 90021 The scroll’s fifth seal reveals those who will be martyred for their faith in Christ during the tribulation (Revelation 6: 9-11; cf. Matthew 24: 9). The souls of these martyrs are pictured as dwelling under the altar in heaven. God hears their cries for justice, and He gives each of them a white robe. The martyrs are told to wait «until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.»God promises to avenge them, but the time was not yet (cf. Romans 12:19). 90004 90003 90020 The sixth seal. 90021 When the Lamb of God opens the sixth seal, a devastating earthquake occurs, causing massive upheaval and terrible devastation-along with unusual astronomical phenomena: the sun turns black, and the moon turns blood-red, and «the heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place «(Revelation 6: 12-14). Survivors of the sixth seal, regardless of their social position, take refuge in caves and cry out 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? » (Verses 16-17).90004 90003 After the opening of the sixth of the seven seals is an interlude in the book of Revelation. John describes the 144,000 Jews who will be protected during the tribulation (Revelation 7: 1-8). Then, in heaven, he sees «a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb» (verse 9). These people wear white robes, hold palm branches, and shout: 90006 «Salvation belongs to our God, 90006 who sits on the throne, 90006 and to the Lamb «(verse 10).90006 John is told who this white-clad multitude is: «These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb «(verse 14). They are given the promise that 90006 » ‘Never again will they hunger; 90006 never again will they thirst. 90006 The sun will not beat down on them, ‘90006 nor any scorching heat. . . . 90006 ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes’ «(verses 16-17; cf. Isaiah 25: 8; 49:10).90004 90003 90020 The seventh seal. 90021 When the Lamb opens the seventh seal, «there was silence in heaven for about half an hour» (Revelation 8: 1). The judgments that lead up to the close of the tribulation are now visible in the scroll and are so severe that a solemn silence falls upon all of heaven. The seventh seal obviously introduces the next series of judgments, for John immediately sees seven angels who are handed seven trumpets ready to sound (verse 2). An eighth angel takes a censer and burns «much incense» in it, representing the prayers of God’s people (verses 3-4).The angel then took the same censer, «filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake «(verse 5). 90004 90003 Once the seven seal judgments are finished, the next part of the tribulation, featuring the seven trumpet judgments, is ready to begin. 90004.90000 The Seventh Seal (1957) — Frequently Asked Questions 90001 90002 90003 90004 90005 Disillusioned medieval knight Antonius Block (Max von Sydow) and his squire Jöns (Gunnar Björnstrand) return home from the Crusades to find Sweden ravaged by the Black Death. Informed by Death (Bengt Ekerot) that it is his time to die, the knight challenges Death to a chess game, knowing that, so long as he can keep the game going, he can forestall his time on this mortal coil.Edit 90006 90007 90004 90005 The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is based on a play titled «Wood Painting» by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman [1918-2007]. Bergman then turned the play into a screenplay for the film.Edit 90006 90007 90004 90005 The seventh seal refers to a biblical passage about the end of the world from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film and again towards the end, beginning with the words: «And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour «(Revelation 8: 1, King James Version).The assumption is that the seventh seal has been opened, and the plague is the result. Edit 90006 90007 90004 90005 The first four seals described in Revelation are more commonly known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.(1) When the first seal is opened, a white horse appears. The rider carries a bow and is given a crown and then goes out to conquer. (2) The second seal is a red horse which bears a rider who carries a large sword. Power is given to this rider to take peace away from the earth. (This seal represents war.) (3) The third seal is a black horse with a rider that carries a pair of balances, representing famine. (4) The fourth seal is a pale horse, and the rider is named Death. This rider has the power to kill using sword, hunger, death, and with beasts of the earth.Seals five and six are as follows. (5) When the fifth seal is opened, the author of the book of Revelation looks under the altar of God and sees the souls of those who were slain because of their belief in the Word of God. (6) The sixth seal is a great earthquake, in which the sun goes black and the moon goes red. The stars of Heaven fall to the earth, and every mountain and island is moved out of its place. Edit 90006 90007 90004 90007 90022 90005 The FAQ items below may give away important plot points.90006 90003 90004 90007 90004 90005 When Jof (Nils Poppe) sees Block playing chess with Death, he flees with his wife Mia (Bibi Andersson) and small son Mikael (Tommy Karlsson) in their wagon, hoping to escape Death’s notice.In order to distract Death while the family slips away, Block knocks over the remaining chess pieces then claims to have forgotten how they were arranged. Death claims to remember and resets the pieces then promptly puts Block’s king in check. He says that he will be back for Block and his traveling companions. Before departing, Death asks if Block has accomplished his one «meaningful deed» yet; Block replies that he has. Block leads the rest of his companions Jons, blacksmith Plog (Åke Fridell) and his wife Lisa (Inga Gill), and the servant girl (Gunnel Lindblom) to his castle where he is greeted warmly by his wife Karin (Inga Landgré), who has apparently aged during the ten years he was away.Karin makes supper for the group and, while they eat, she reads aloud from the Bible. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door. Jons answers it but returns to say that he saw no one. Karin continues to read, while the others stare at the figure that has just appeared in the doorway. It is Death, come for them. Block prays for mercy from the God he previously doubted. The next morning, after sleeping in their wagon through a pounding rainstorm, Jof and Mia awaken. With his second sight, Jof is able to see death leading the knight and his followers over the hills in what has been called the Danse Macabre.In the final scene, Jof leads his horse and wagon up the road with Mia and Mikael at his side. Edit 90006 90007 90022 .90000 The Seventh Seal of Revelation — The Meaning of The Silence In Heaven 90001 90002 90003 90002 The silence in Heaven serves a very specific purpose. 90003 90006 90002 90008 90009 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. — Revlation 8: 1. 90010 90011 90003 90013 90002 Of the many hard-to-decipher passages in the Book of Revelation, verse 1 of chapter 8, is one of few attempt to interpret. The Seventh Seal is a monumental event in Heaven, but what does it mean? Why is there silence in Heaven? This article will attempt to explain the meaning of the silence in Heaven and explain why it is a critical aspect not just of end times events but of the life of every person who has ever lived.90003 90016 90009 The Meaning of The Silence in Heaven 90010 90019 90002 90009 90008 «Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.» 90011 90010 — Revelation 1: 3. 90003 90002 In our article, Who Are The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse ?, 90008 Beginning and End 90011 detailed the meaning of the first four seals of Revelation 6. The Seven Sealed Book was given to The Lord Jesus Christ upon His triumphant ascension and return to Heaven, having defeated Satan, death and the grave in His death, burial and resurrection.Jesus Christ is the only one found worthy to open the book and it is given to Him as He took His seat of honor at the Right Hand of God the Father. From there, the first four seals were opened, unleashing a series of spirits who bring judgments and tribulation to the world throughout the entirety of the church age. The 5th seal is then opened which brings the spirit of persecution and martyrdom that Christians have experienced from the first century AD and continue to today. 90003 90002 The opening of the 6th Seal triggers the Rapture and the Day of The Lord, the time at which God will pour out His wrath on the unbelieving world.Revelation chapter 6 ends with the powerful people of the world fully understanding that the cataclysmic global earthquake and events of the 6th seal are of divine origin: 90003 90006 90002 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? — Revelation 6: 12-17. 90003 90013 90002 90003 90002 This shaking of Heaven and Earth is the time that God rises to personally intervene and judge the centuries of sin and evil of unbelieving, unrepentant humanity.It is also a wake up call to Israel to return to the worship of the God of their fathers. Hence we see first the Rapture and then the sealing of the 144,000 Jewish witnesses, who will share the Gospel of the Kingdom with Jewish people and the world in the first part of the Day of The Lord / Great Tribulation. These are the events of Revelation Chapter 7 and serves as the backdrop for Revelation Chapter 8 and the opening of the 7th seal. 90003 90016 90009 A Sign of Coming Judgment 90042 90010 90019 90002 90009 90008 «Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.»90011 90010 — Zechariah 2:13. 90003 90002 The silence in Heaven is a sign of God’s impending devastating judgment. When a people or nation or even the world is so far gone into rebellion against God with no repentance, The Lord removes His Holy people and allows for a period of «silence», right before His judgements are unleashed onto the world. How can this be so? Well The Bible instructs on how to interpret and understand Scripture: 90003 90006 90002 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: — Isaiah 28: 9-10. 90003 90013 90002 90003 90002 The Bible is to be interpreted by using Scripture to interpret Scripture — that is, using parts of the Bible to understand similar parts. The Apostle Paul summed this method up stating: 90003 90006 90002 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. — 1 Corinthians 2: 12-13. 90003 90013 90002 So where can examples or types and shadows of this Heavenly silence be found in Scripture? The first example is in the Days of Noah. 90003 90016 90009 The Silence Before The Flood 90010 90019 90002 The Lord’s preacher of the Gospel went silent for seven days before the flood. 90003 90002 The Days of Noah were infamous for being a time of global, rampant rebellion against God.Humanity, plagued by their own sinful lust and the influx of Nephilim giant hybrids, had become so deep in sin that the Bible says, 90009 90008 «..God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. » 90011 90010 (Genesis 6: 5). God then instructed Noah to prepare an ark because in the years to come, The Lord was going to destroy the entire world with a flood. Noah, was a 90008 90009 «preacher of righteousness.»90010 90011 He was not just a believer in The Lord, he committed his life to preaching belief in God to those in his society. But once the ark was prepared, God brought the preaching of His faithful servant to a close: 90003 90006 90002 the LORD said unto Noah, 90009 Come thou and all thy house into the ark 90010; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female … 90009 For yet seven days 90010, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons ‘wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood … There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female , as God had commanded Noah. And 90009 it came to pass after seven days 90010, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. (Genesis 7). 90003 90013 90002 So once the ark was complete, God instructed Noah to take all of his family and all of the animals and enter into the ark for seven days.The passage in Genesis goes back over this detail to emphasize its significance. 90003 90006 90002 90009 In the selfsame day 90010 entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: 90009 and the LORD shut him in 90010. (Genesis 7). 90003 90013 90002 Not only was Noah commanded to enter the ark seven days in advance, on the same day he entered and got every person and creature on board, God shut the door Himself. The chance to hear the preaching of repentance before the worst judgment the world had seen was over. No longer would the preacher of righteousness, who knew the flood was coming, be able to warn anyone.Instead, the completed ark sat in silence for seven days, with no one going in or out.So the sinful, rebellious world were left in ignorance. The Lord Jesus Christ confirms this in Matthew 24: 90003 90006 90002 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 90009 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away 90010; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.- Matthew 24: 37-39. 90003 90013 90002 90003 90002 The devastating flood came which destroyed all people, nephilim and creatures from the Earth, except for those who were safely aboard the divinely-designed ship. The silence of God preceded utter judgment and destruction. This pattern is seen again in an even more powerful way in the book of Joshua. 90003 90016 90009 The Battle of Jericho 90010 90019 90002 Jericho seemed to be invincible until it experienced God’s wrath. 90003 90002 The Book of Joshua is an amazing book for the student of the Bible.It is full of types and shadows of the end times. In many ways, the book runs parallel to the book of Revelation (for more information on this please our article: Joshua’s Great Battle: A Preview of War With The Antichrist). After being freed from the Egyptians by God in the Exodus, the Battle of Jericho was the first battle the ancient Israelites waged to actually enter the Promised Land. It is a type and shadow of the Battle The Lord Jesus waged and will wage to lead His faithful believers to salvation (at the cross) and His Millennial Kingdom (at Armageddon), when the Earth will be taken from Satan and return to Christ ( just as Joshua was removing the Canaanite usurpers out of the Promised Land and returning it to God’s people).90003 90002 God gave Joshua very specific instructions for how the battle was to fought. Joshua then relayed them in full detail to the nation of Israel: 90003 90006 90002 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams ‘horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, 90009 Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth 90010, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.90003 90002 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams ‘horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. 90009 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.90010 — Joshua 6: 2-15. 90003 90013 90002 90003 90002 Notice that God instructs His people to circle the city of Jericho, without raising a weapon, for seven days. And Joshua is emphatic that the people 90009 remain silent 90010. No one is to speak or utter a sound for the seven days. And then on the seventh day, after the city was circled seven times, the nation would shout, and the walls of Jericho crumbled to dust and the Israelites slaughtered their enemies in the city and burnt it to the ground.90003 90002 90003 90006 90002 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city … .So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.- Joshua 6: 16-21. 90003 90013 90002 The most impenetrable city in the world was defeated by supernatural judgment of God. And this followed seven days of silence. So again, the Biblical pattern is clear: there is a period of silence before Judgement of The Lord comes. 90003 90016 90009 King David’s Plea 90010 90019 90002 King David seemed to have a good understanding of this concept as shown in Psalm 28: 90003 90006 90002 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: 90009 lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.90010 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.- Psalm 28: 1-5. 90003 90013 90002 David’s plea to the Lord highlights what can lead to The Lord being silent with a person. It is those who are headed for damnation (90009 90008 «who go down to the pit» 90011 90010). The unrepentant sinners who have no fear or understanding of God. David makes his case by reminding God of his prayer and worship of The Lord. He is proclaiming his belief in God as the sovereign ruler of his life. But those who are wicked, workers of sin, deceitful (90009 90008 «they speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts» 90011 90010), and do not acknowledge God (90008 90009 «they regard not the works of the LORD , nor the operation of his hands.. » 90010 90011), they do not receive a Word from The Lord. And their ultimate end is destruction. So again, it’s clear that the silence of God precedes devastating judgment. 90003 90002 Psalm 50 provides a stern warning: 90003 90006 90002 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. 90009 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence 90010; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. — Psalm 50: 16-22. 90003 90013 90002 90003 90002 So again we see the pattern: rebellion against God, that rebellion reaching an extreme limit, silence from God, then judgment.Here God Himself, speaking through the Psalmist warns the sinner in deep rebellion that if they continue to forget God, they will be torn in pieces with no chance of deliverance. 90003 90016 90009 The Wrath of God In Revelation 90010 90019 90002 With these prophetic types and precepts the understanding of the silence in heaven becomes clearer: 90003 90006 90002 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.- Revelation 8: 1-2. 90003 90013 90002 In this future event that takes place during the end times the seven trumpets given to the angels who stand before The Lord each bring forth devastating judgments to the people on Earth. The trumpets, along with the vial judgments that follow, are the true outpouring of God’s wrath. The Earth itself will be damaged and poisoned, millions upon millions suffer and perish. The trumpets will be discussed in much more detailed in later installments of this series, but the point to understand is that just as it was in the days of Noah, and as it was at the battle of Jericho, the silence of God comes before He is preparing to unleash His wrath.90003 90016 90009 Is The Silence In Heaven Really For A Half Hour? 90010 90019 90002 It is this author’s contention that the silence in Heaven is not actually for 30 minutes. Hence the Scripture saying 90009 90008 «about the space of half an hour.» 90011 90010 The Apostle John makes the point that he is not marking an exact duration of time. Could the sequence of events be the 6th Seal with its Rapture, global earthquake and stellar signs, the opening of the 7th seal and then seven days of silence before The Lord’s wrath begins with the blowing of the trumpets and their unprecedented judgments on Earth? While this author will 90009 not 90010 be dogmatic and say it’s definitely so, the consistency is there.At the flood in Genesis, the silence of God was for seven days. At Jericho, there were seven days of silence until the city was circles seven times. In Revelation, the seventh seal is open, which leads to the silence and then seven angels are given seven trumpets to unleash God’s wrath. The types and shadows of Scripture certainly give some credence to the idea. 90003 90016 90009 Pray For God To Not Be Silent 90010 90019 90002 If God seems silent in your life, cry out to Him in prayer. 90003 90002 There are many mysterious verses in Scripture but the beauty of the Bible is that with God’s Holy Spirit and enough study, they can be understood.And while the Silence in Heaven is a future event, Scripture is quite clear that when we are in rebellion God can be silent with us. And that is a scary proposition. Make sure you are hearing from The Lord every day by studying His Word and praying consistently with repentance. 90003 90006 90002 90009 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. 90010 90003 90013 90002 90008 In our next article we reveal «another angel» in Revelation Chapter 8 who stands at the Altar of God’s Holy Temple in Heaven.90011 90003 90002 Revelation 8: Jesus Christ Initiates The Wrath of God 90003.90000 The Seven Seals of Revelation 90001 90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 Have you ever wondered about the meaning of The Seven Seals found in the book of Revelation? 90007 This is a fascinating study! 90004 90009 Let’s begin with the Word of God 90010 90011 You can download the .pdf version of the study here. 90004 90013 90006 Revelation 6 90007 90004 90017 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.90004 90019 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 90004 90021 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 90004 90023 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 90004 90025 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see.And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 90004 90027 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 90004 90029 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 90004 90031 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 90004 90033 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 90004 90035 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying , How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 90004 90037 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.90004 90039 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 90004 90041 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 90004 90043 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 90004 90045 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 90004 90047 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 90004 90049 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 90004 90051 90052 Would you be surprised to know that six of the seven seals have already been opened, have already happened? 90004 90054 90009 Let’s look at history 90010 90057 {Footnote references are in parenthesis and footnotes can be found at the bottom of the post.} 90004 90059 90006 The First Seal 90007 90004 90063 Revelation 6: 1 opens up with the opening of the first seal and a white horse who went forth, conquering. This is a description of early church history, the missionary «zeal» and how the gospel «was preached to every creature which is under heaven» (Colossians 1:23). The white horse represents purity, the pure church. 90004 90065 90006 The Second Seal 90007 90004 90069 Revelation 6: 3,4 tells us about a red horse, symbolizing the death of God’s people by the sword.From the second century through Constantine’s edict of A.D. 313, Christianity was illegal and scores of Christians were martyred for their faith. (1, 2, 3) 90004 90071 90006 The Third Seal 90007 90004 90075 In Revelation 6: 5,6 the third seal is opened and we see a black horse and rider with a pair of balances in his hand. This represents the period in time after Constantine’s edit when the church was no longer pure. Pagan rituals were brought into the church, Christians began to keep Sunday holy instead of God’s holy Sabbath.Christianity was cheapened, the standards no longer held high. (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) 90004 90077 90006 The Fourth Seal 90007 90004 90081 The fourth seal of Revelation 6: 7,8 shows us a picture of a pale horse whose rider is named Death and Hell is following him and power was given to them to kill. This dark and scary picture represents the Dark Ages. (11, 12) 90004 90083 90006 The Fifth Seal 90007 90004 90087 Next, we find in Revelation 6: 9-11 the fifth seal is opened and we see an altar with the souls of those who were slain for their faith and they are told they have to «rest for a little season» until the judgement.This symbolizes the martyrs, all the millions of God’s people through the centuries, crying out for justice. 90004 90089 The dark ages ended. The reformation began. Christians stood up to the Catholic Church and began the protestant movement. Pilgrims embarked on a journey to the «New World» where they found freedom from religious persecution. 90004 90091 90006 The Sixth Seal 90007 90004 90095 Revelation 6: 12, 13 says, «And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.»90004 90097 90006 This is perhaps the most interesting and the most surprising of all. Let’s break it down: 90007 90004 90101 90006 1. «… and lo, there was a great earthquake …» 90007 90004 90105 90006 The Great Earthquake of Lisbon, Portugal on November 1, 1755 90007 is said to be the largest earthquake in history. At least 60,000 people died. Damage was severe in Fes, Morocco where an entire village of eight to ten thousand was swallowed up. The tsunami generated produced waves 60 feet high in Cadiz, Spain, and 40 feet high in Lisbon.The tidal waves traveled on to Martinique, a distance of 3,740 miles in ten hours was rose to a height of 12 feet! In other words, the tidal wave had an average speed of 374 miles per hour. 90004 90109 «The most famous of ALL earthquake generated seiches occurred after a very LARGE shock in Portugal in 1755. It set bodies of water into oscillation all over western and northern Europe. Various lakes in Scotland, Switzerland, and Scandinavia began to oscillate. » — John H. Hodgson, 90110 Earthquakes and Earth Structure 90111, p.53 (13, 14) 90004 90113 90006 2. «… and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair …» 90007 90004 90117 Next in this prophetic seal, after the earthquake in 1755, the sun is darkened. And that is exactly what happened! May 19, 1780 is known as the «Dark Day.» It happened across New England and was a terrifying experience for those who were witnesses. 90004 90119 90006 Noah Webster wrote about it in his dictionary: 90007 «So called on account of a remarkable darkness on that day extending over all New England … Birds sang their evening songs, disappeared, and became silent; fowls went to roost; cattle sought the barnyard; and candles were lighted in houses … The true cause of this remarkable phenomenon is not known.»- entry» Dark Day. «(15) 90004 90123 Dr. Samuel Tenney (1748 — 1816), who was a physician and patriot surgeon in the Revolutionary War, was an eyewitness to the Dark Day. He wrote: «The darkness of the following evening was probably as gross as ever has been observed since the Almighty fiat gave birth to light. It wanted only palpability to render it as extraordinary as that which overspread the land of Egypt in the days of Moses. … I could not help conceiving at the time, that if every luminous body in the universe had been shrouded in impenetrable shades or struck out of existence, the darkness could not have been more complete.A sheet of white paper held within a few inches of the eyes was equally invisible with the blackest velvet. » (16) 90004 90125 90006 The Bible says in Amos 8: 9: 90007 «And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at 90110 NOON 90111, and I will darken the earth in the broad daylight. » ESV. (Emphasis mine.) 90004 90131 90006 In April 1943 90110 The American Mercury Magazine 90111, published the following: 90007 90004 90137 «They speak of it as the Dark Day, they whose forebears lived through the soul-stirring experience in 1780, echoes of which have come down through so many New England generations.It was a day on which countless thousands turned fearful eyes toward a sunless sky, nameless terror clutched at their throats. What awful portent was this? What grim visitation was at hand? … Darkness invaded the Northeast without warning on Friday, the nineteenth of Man … about ten in the morning and spread swiftly … People spoke in hushed voices. They lighted candles in the houses, and as the blackness grew deeper toward noon great numbers of them fell upon their knees at home or in the churches and sent up fervent prayers.»(17, and others — 18, 19, 20, 21) 90004 90139 90006 3.» … and the moon became as blood … «90007 90004 90143 Joel 2:31 says,» The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. » 90004 90145 90006 So, we have seen how on May 19, 1780 the sun was turned into darkness. 90007 What about the moon becoming as blood? Has that ever happened? This portion of the prophecy was 90110 fulfilled the night following 90111 the «Dark Day.» 90004 90151 90006 Notwithstanding the fact that the moon gave no light 90007 and was not seen during most of the hours of that strange night, when it did appear, it had the reddish- copper color of blood! One witness described the supernatural happenings of the Dark Day and then discusses: 90004 90155 «the moon’s turning to blood … It did take place between 2 o’clock and day break in the morning of the same night after which the sun was darkened, which was said to appear as a clotter of blood [a blood-clot]; and it is the more probably, as that night, before the moon appeared, was as dark, in proportion, as the day, and of course would give the moon an extraordinary appearance — not suffering the moon to give her light.The next course, it seems, is the falling of the stars from heaven. » (22) 90004 90157 In the book 90110 7 Mysteries Solved 90111, Howard Peth writes: «Why does it seem that reports of the Dark Day were concentrated in eastern Canada and New England and not more widespread? The answer is that the written reports would naturally be concentrated where the population centered. U.S. News & World Report printed a map showing the United States CENTER of POPULATION for each decade that the census was taken beginning with 1790.90004 90161 «The U.S. News & World Report article, using official data supplied by the U.S. Department of Commerce, states that «After nearly two centuries of westward movement, the center of U.S. population has finally crossed the Mississippi River. » … The first census in 1790, put the center east of Baltimore «- which would be virtually on the coast of the Eastern seaboard! Thus when the Dark Day dawned in 1780, there may have been a few frontiersmen and Indians farther west who witnessed the miracle and talked about it, but the preserved records had to come from the literate, populated parts of our land — that is, from the East Coast … «(23, 24) 90004 90163 90006 4.»… And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind … 90007 90004 90167 There was a great earthquake, the sun was turned to dark, and the moon became as blood. What about the stars falling from heaven? 90004 90169 90006 Jesus said, 90007 «Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.»Matthew 24:29 90004 90173» Immediately after the tribulation of those days «being AFTER the Dark Ages, these things would occur. So did the stars fall? Yes! There was a spectacular meteor shower on November 13, 1833. The 90110 New York Journal of Commerce 90111 newspaper of November 14, 1833 published an article about the meteor shower, containing this statement: 90004 90177 «No philosopher or scholar has told or recorded and event, I suppose, like that of yesterday morning. A prophet eighteen hundred years ago foretold it exactly, if we will be at the trouble of understanding 90110 stars falling to mean falling stars 90111, … in the only sense in which it is possible to be literally true.»(25) (emphasis mine) 90004 90181 90006 Denison Olmsted, professor of astronomy at Yale, had this to say: 90007 90004 90185» The shower pervaded nearly the whole of North America, having appeared in nearly equal splendor from the British possessions on the north to the West-India Islands and Mexico on the South, and from sixty-one degrees of longitude east of the American coast, quite to the Pacific Ocean on the west. Throughout this immense region, the duration was nearly the same. «(26) 90004 90187 90006 And again Denison Olmsted said: 90007 90004 90191» Probably no celestial phenomenon has ever occurred in this country, since its first settlement, which was viewed with so much admiration and delight by one class of spectators, or with so much astonishment and fear by another class ….90004 90193 «The reader may imagine a constant succession of fire balls, resembling sky rockets, radiating in all directions from a point in the heavens, a few degrees south-east of the zenith, and following the arch of the sky towards the horizon … .The balls, as they travelled down the vault, usually left after them a vivid streak of light, and just before they disappeared, exploded, or suddenly resolved themselves into smoke. No report or noise of any kind was observed, although we listened attentively ….90004 90195 «The flashes of light, although less intense than lightning, were so bright as to awaken people in their beds. One ball that shot off in the north-west direction, and exploded a little northward of the star Capella, left, just behind the place of explosion, a phosphorescent train of peculiar beauty …. 90196 «The meteors began to attract notice by their unusual frequency or brilliancy, from nine to twelve o’clock in the evening, were most striking in their appearance, from two to five, arrived at their maximum, in many places, about four o ‘clock, and continued till rendered invisible by the light of day.»(27) 90004 90198 90006 Wikipedia states: 90007″ The meteor storm of +1833 was of truly superlative strength. One estimate is over one hundred thousand meteors an hour, but another, done as the storm abated, estimated in excess of two hundred thousand meteors an hour over the entire region of North America east of the Rocky Mountains. It was marked by the Native Americans, slaves like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and slave-owners and others. » (28) 90004 90202 90004 90204 90006 The remaining verses in Revelation 6, verses 14- 17 speak of the second coming of Jesus: 90007 90004 90208 «And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? » 90004 90210 90006 Do you see? All that’s left to this prophecy is for Jesus to come back! How exciting is that ?! 90007 90004 90214 90006 The Seventh Seal 90007 90004 90218 Revelation 8: 1 says, «And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.»90004 90220 90006 What does that mean? 90007 We know that a prophetic day is equal to one year: 90004 90224 Ezekiel 4: 6: «I have appointed thee 90110 each day for a year 90111.» 90004 90228 Numbers 14:34: «After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, 90110 each day for a year 90111, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. » (29) 90004 90232 90006 Note: 90007 If you are confused about this point, a day for a year is a widely held theology across denominational lines.Do some more research and / or read my article, Coming in the Clouds. 90004 90236 90006 There is 90110 silence in heaven for the space of half an hour. 90111 90007 If a prophetic day equals one year, what does half an hour equal? And the answer to that questions is … about two weeks. Why is heaven silent for two weeks? Because all the hosts of heaven have left with Jesus to bring us home! 90004 90242 Matthew 24: 29-31 says, «Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken : And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and 90110 they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect 90111 from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. » 90004 90246 2 Thessalonians 1: 7 says, «… when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 90110 with his mighty angels 90111 …» 90004 90250 Matthew 25: 31 says, «When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 90110 and all the holy angels with him 90111, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations … «90004 90254 90006 There is silence in heaven for the space of two weeks 90007 because all the hosts of heaven , all of creation wants to be apart of, be a witness of that glorious day! It is silent because everyone has left! For two weeks? Yes! I suspect that heaven is a week’s journey from here.So one week to come and get us, a second week for us to return home to heaven. 90004 90258 90110 Footnotes below. 90111 90004 90262 I hope you have enjoyed this look at the Seven Seals of Revelation. I can not wait for Jesus to come and take us home! Are not you excited? 90263 90264 90006 Here’s an image you can use on your own blog or pin to Pinterest or Facebook! Thanks so much! 90007 90004 90268 90269 90004 90271 90006 Footnotes: 90007 90004 90275 90276 Second Century: Persecution and Faith 90277 90276 Persecution from the Second Century to Constantine 90277 90276 Edict of Milan Legalized Christianity.90277 90276 Constantine the Great 90277 90276 History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3, p. 380, note 1 90277 90276 Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 153 90277 90276 A Forgotten Promise: Part Three 90277 90276 Constantine decreed Sunday as a day of rest in A.D. 321. 90277 90276 Sol Invictus and Christianity 90277 90276 How the Sabbath was Changed 90277 90276 The Dark Ages 90277 90276 The Trail of Blood 90277 90276 The Lisbon Earthquake of тисяча сімсот п’ятьдесят п’ять 90277 90276 Earthquakes and Earth Structure by John H.Hodgson, p. 53 90277 90276 Noah Webster, 90110 An American Dictionary of the English Language 90111 (Springfield, Mass .; G & C Merriam, 1869), Entry «Dark Day» 90277 90276 Samuel Tenney, 90110 Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 90111, Vol. 1, 1792 (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), pp. 97-98 90277 90276 John Nichols Beffel, «Dark Day in New England,» 90110 The American Mercury Magazine 90111. (April, 1943), pp. 481-485 90277 90276 Vincent H. Gaddis, «America’s First Black Friday,» 90110 Coronet Magazine 90111 (May, 1946), pp.87-89 90277 90276 R. M. Devens, 90110 Our First Century: 1776-1876 90111, Chapter 4, «The Wonderful Dark Day — 1780,» (Springfield, Mass .: C.A.Nichols & Co., 1876), p. 95 90277 90276 Timothy Dwight, quoted in 90110 Connecticut Historical Collections 90111, compiled by John Warner Barber, Second edition (New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J.W. Barber, 1830), p. 403 90277 90276 John Greenleaf Whittier, «Abraham Davenport,» in his 90110 Complete Poetical Works 90111, Cambridge edition (Boston: Houghton Miffin Company, 1894), p.260 90277 90276 Benjamin Gorton, 90110 A View of Spiritual, or Antitypical Babylon 90111 (Troy, N.Y .: Published by Benjamin Gorton, 1808), p. 73 90277 90276 Howard Peth, 90110 7 Mysteries Solved: 7 Issues that Touch the Heart of Mankind 90111, Hart Research Center, 2002 p.488-489 90277 90276 90110 U.S. News & World Report Magazine 90111, «Westward Trail: U.S. Center of Population «(July 27, 1981), p. 6 90277 90276 90110 New York Journal of Commerce 90111 (November 14, 1833), p. 2 90277 90276 90110 Letters on Astronomy, Addressed to a Lady: in Which The Elements of the Science Are Familiarly Explained in Connexion With Its Literary History 90111, p 348-349, by Denison Olmsted (1840 ed.) 90277 90276 90110 The American Journal of Science and Arts 90111, # 25, Jan.? 1834 p 363, 365, 366, 386, 393, 394, article: 90196 «Observations on the Meteors of November 13th, 1833,» by Denison Olmsted 90277 90276 Leonids (see 1800’s) on Wikipedia 90277 90276 Coming in the Clouds, talks about «each day for a year». 90277 90361.

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