 Foreward
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
 Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
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The Thrill of Victory And The Agony of Defeat
(a commentary on Revelation)
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THE REVEALING OF THE SEALS - 6:1-17
Jesus now begins to open the book one chapter at a time. The first chapter contains seven seals. These are revealed one at a time. As each one is revealed we see things getting worse. It gets bad for Rome, because judgment is bad. It gets bad for the church, because Rome will see to it that the church will suffer. The seals contain agony for Rome, and Rome intends agony for the church. Satan uses Rome to lash out at God through the church.
In the first seal we see Jesus riding forward to conquer. The second seal represents the religious, social and governmental persecution to the point of war against a certain people (any doubt as to whom Rome will war against?). The third seal reveals economic discrimination in times of abundance. A time of famine and depravation for a certain class of people (is there any doubt as to who these are?). The fourth seal shows us death. Death for whom? Christians.
Christians do not automatically escape horrible death; but never forget who rides out front on the white horse. We see those who were killed when the fifth seal is opened. They want to know when God will vindicate the cause for which they died (faith in the resurrected Christ). When the sixth seal is opened, horrible things begin to happen to the unsaved world.
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