“ For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? ”
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal - See the notes at Revelation 5:1 ; Revelation 6:1 . And, lo, there was a great earthquake - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth...
Revelation 6. The Opening of the Seals. When the seals of the book are opened by the Lamb, a number of woes are let loose upon the world. The first four are described under the figure of horses of...
great day All preceding judgments lead up to this. See Joel 2:11 ; Joel 2:31 . Zephaniah 1:14 . Compare Jude 1:6 . who, &c. This solemn question now to be answered by the sealing of 144,0...
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? For the great day of his wrath - The decisive and manifest time in which he will execute judgment on the oppressors of his peop...
I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, &c.— The sixth seal or period produces mighty changes and revolutions, which, according to the prophetic style, are expressed by great commotions in...
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 'The day, the great (day).' After the Lord has exhausted all His ordinary judgments-the sword, famine, pestilence, and wi...
The Six Seals The afflicted Church has been reminded in Revelation 4 f. that God is over all, and that the future is committed to the Lamb. Now (Revelation 6 - Revelation 8:1 ) she is shown that...
(12-17) The sixth seal. — The seals follow the lines laid down by our Lord in Matthew 24 . There He tells His disciples that wars ( Revelation 6:6 ), famines and pestilences ( Revelation 6:7 ), an...
CHAPTER IV. THE SEALED ROLL OPENED. Revelation 6:1-17 . WITH the sixth chapter of the Apocalypse the main action of the book may be said properly to begin. Three sections of the seven into whi...
“The Wrath of the Lamb” Revelation 6:9-17 This imagery is very majestic; but we cannot really think that the holy martyrs desire to be revenged, except in love and grace. That their persecutors...
We now pass to that section of the Book in which, under the heavenly order by earthly administration, events proceed toward the great consummation. The Lamb, holding the book, breaks the seals. The...
(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; (13) And the stars of heaven f...
For the great day of his wrath is come ,.... The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "of their wrath"; both of him that sits upon the throne, and of the Lamb, against the Heathen gods and Heathe...
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Ver. 17. Who shall be able to stand ] They could not stand before their own misgiving hearts and soul condemning conscience...
And I beheld Further in my vision; when he The Lamb; had opened the sixth seal; and lo! there was a great earthquake Greek, σεισμος μεγας εγενετο, there was a great concussion: for the expres...
The First Seal: The White Horse (vv. 1-2) In the Lamb's opening of the seals our sight is transferred again to earth, but John does not return there. His vision is from heaven. The first seal (v...
The Opening of the Seals. A. D. 95. 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the...
For this judgment that is upon us, is the effect of his wrath for our abusing and persecuting his members; and we, with all our courage, might, and power, are not able to abide his wrath. These words...
Chapter 6 The Opening of the First Six Seals. The next stage of John's vision describes the opening of the seals by the Lamb, and it will soon be clear that the result is the outworking of world h...
CALAMITIES ON THE OPENING OF SIX SEALS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE first catastrophe, or overthrow of the Jewish persecuting power, is the subject of chaps. 6–11. Some take the subject in...
Revelation 6:12-16 . 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 star...
Revelation 6:1 . One of the living creatures, that is, the lion, with a voice roaring like thunder, said, Come and see. The saints must keep their eyes on what the Lord is doing in the earth....
EXPOSITION Revelation 6:1 And I saw . A new departure in the series of visions is marked (see on Revelation 4:1 ). We have here the commencement of the Revelation proper, to which the fi...
The opening of the sixth seal:
Isaiah 13:6 ; Jeremiah 30:7 ; Joel 2:11 ; Joel 2:31 ; Jude 1:6 ; Malachi 3:2 ; Psalms 130:3 ; Psalms 130:4 ; Psalms 76:7 ; Revelation 11:18 ; Revelation 16:14 ; Romans 2:5 ; Zephaniah 1:...
The Opening of the Seals Revelation 6:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS This study will discover unto us those events which will particularly mark the beginning of sorrows. There are four horse riders...