2010_1215 Church in the home Wednesday evenings Revelation 5 and Matthew 24

2010_1215 Church in the home Wednesday evenings Revelation 5 and Matthew 24

Allignment of Revelation 5:6-14, & Matthew 24:3-9

Revelation 5:6 6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the centre of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[a] of God sent out into all the earth.

Seven is the number for spiritual perfection in the bible
A Horn signified strength and power in the bible
5:7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
5:8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp* and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
*This is probably where the folklore of the so-called people in heaven having harps, came from.
Genesis 8:19-21 and esp. V21, “And the LORD smelled a sweet savour”
Golden vials full of odours = the prayers of saints
Note others verses on prayer in the epistles
Romans 12: 12
Colossians 4:2
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Timothy says prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be given for all men especially for those in authority
5:9 and they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.

5:10 you have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign[b] on the earth.”

The Earth is man’s everlasting dwelling place.

5:11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.

5:12 in a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and praise!”
Some verses say “singing” instead of saying. There was a form of saying and being accompanied by a harp, which is both saying and singing. (Note film Spartacus)

5: 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne (God) and to the Lamb (Jesus Christ) be praise and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever!”

5:14 the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

6:1 the breaking of the seals, but before this we should look at Matthew 24 and 25, but first Matthew 24
Note Chart 4 below (Chart 4 from the S&TF on-line seminar on Revelation) which compares Matthew 24 and Revelation 6
Matthew 24...
We should remember and bear in mind that Jesus declarations of the signs of His coming and the end of the age are NOT related to His appearing for the Church of the body in the air as is stated in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, sometimes called the “gathering together, but His return to Earth with His armies which is at a later time.
Matthew 24:3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” (NIV)
Today as we live out the era or administration of the Church of Grace, we have no signs; we are awaiting the return and appearing of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ in the air.
King James version (black): Matthew 24:4-9
Revelation (green) 6: 2-11
Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Matthew 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. – False Christ’s
Rev 6:2 (the first of the seven seals) I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
Matthew 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. – Wars
Rev 6: 3 & 4.
3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.
Matthew 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diver’s places.
Rev 6: 5 & 6 this is famine when a day’s wages is three quarts of barley
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,[b] and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages,[c] and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

Rev 6: 7 Pestilence
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Rev 6: 12 & 13 & 14 Earthquakes
12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
14 The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Matthew 24: 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew 24: 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you (you will be put to death): and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Rev 6: 9 & 10 & 11 …be put to death
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.
10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”
11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.
Chart No 3 (Chart 3 from the S&TF on-line seminar on Revelation) shows the timing of events from the rapture onwards. The opening of the seals acc. to J Schoenheit occurs in the first 3 & ½ years of the 7 year tribulation.


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http://www.biblicalunitarian.com (Biblical Unitarianism website)
http://www.truthortradition.com (Truth or Tradition web site)
http://www.stfonline.org/ (Spirit and Truth fellowship online website)