Seals- suffering for the church Trumpets- God’s warnings for the world Bowls- the judgments of God poured out

Summary of the first four seals/ four horsemen: The rider on the white horse is Jesus Christ The rider on the red horse represents persecution of the Church through slaughter The rider on the black horse represents persecution of the Church through injustice, economic hardship, and poverty The rider on the pale horse represents Death: the sword (war), famine, plague, wild beasts

Wrath and Vengeance, Oh My! (Revelation 6:9-17) Week 13: Wrath and Vengeance, Oh My! (Revelation 6:9-17)

The Fifth Seal John sees the base of the altar Leviticus 17:11 (NASB) For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement. The souls (blood) of the martyrs

The Fifth Seal They are crying out: How long? Until you judge and avenge? Acts 7:51- 8:4

Romans 12:19 (NASB) Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. Since God is going to take up your cause, you can lay it down! There is a reality of God’s wrath! Wrath = He repays with vengeance

The Fifth Seal They were given a white robe and told to wait a little longer

The Sixth Seal Here is God’s vengeance! Great cataclysm Isaiah 13:6-13 This is a picture of everything in this present order caving in at the coming of the Lord

Matthew 24:29-31 29 “Immediately after the distress (tribulation) of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ 30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven.

Matthew 24:29-31 And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.”

The Sixth Seal Seven classes of people = totality of His judgment They seek safety in death itself “Hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb” “Their” wrath has come!

The Sixth Seal We know this ultimately about the wrath of God: It will be eternal It will be terrifying It will be just It will have been escapable through Christ Jesus!