| REVELATION God Keeps His Promises SEVEN SEALS OF SALVATION Chapter Six Jesus is Prophet, Priest, King, Man (See Also Zechariah 6:1-8) |
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| SEALS represent God's unchanging promises (Jeremiah 32:10-11), his "seal of __________________" (John 6:27), and promise/guarantee of _____________________ (Ephesians 1:13-14). | ||||||||||||
| 6:1-2��������������� SEAL 1 - The WHITE horse rider wore a ________ and went out as a ___________________.� Revelation 19:11-12 says the rider of the white horse is who?� ___________________ and _______________ (there's that reassurance again), wearing many ____________________.� Jesus will conquer the other "riders." | ||||||||||||
| 6:3-4��������������� SEAL 2 - The RED horse rider held a ___________________ to take peace from the earth and make men slay each other.� Revelation 12:3, 9 identifies red with what?� ___________________ also called _____________________ who was hurled out of heaven to _____________________.� What will Jesus eventually do with the red dragon (Revelation 20:2,3)? _______________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||
| 6:5-6��������������� SEAL 3 - The BLACK horse rider held a pair of _________________.� the word translated "black" is Greek for dirty.� Acts 22:16 says we need to wash away what spiritual dirt? _______.� Inflated prices come from what that is the root of all sin (I Timothy 6:10)? ___________________________.� What will Jesus eventually do with unwashed sinners (Revelation 21:8)? _____________________________________________ | ||||||||||||
| THOUGHT QUESTION:� In so doing, who will Jesus be protecting? ___________________________________ | ||||||||||||
| 6:7-8:������������� SEAL 4 - The PALE horse rider was ridden by ________________, followed by _____________.� The word "pale" is Greek for mildew/mold.� Haggai 2:17 says God struck man's material possessions with mildew as discipline.� Jesus said in Matthew 6:19-20 that what we store where cannot be thus destroyed? _____________� What will Jesus eventually do with Death and Hades (Revelation 20:14)? ________________________________ | ||||||||||||
| 6:9-11:����������� SEAL 5 - through the history of mankind, there have always been MARTYRS.� They were given a ___________________ robe and told to wait a ___________________ longer for the other martyrs; but eventually they will be avenged. | ||||||||||||
| THEREFORE, THE MAIN "ACTORS" IN THE DRAMA OF MANKIND ARE Jesus, Satan, Sinners, Death, and Christians (II Timothy 3:12 says all who live godly will suffer persecution). | ||||||||||||
| ����������������������� What comfort to the Christians John was writing who felt so helpless, and perhaps even wondered if God had forgotten them!� And to us today when we feel forgotten and forsaken by God.� So, then, how will God take vengeance?� Read on. | ||||||||||||
| 6:12-14����������� SEAL 6 - THE END OF THE WORLD:�� The sun turned ___________________, the stars _________, and the sky receded like a scroll ___________________ up.� this was also predicted 700 years earlier in Isaiah 34:4:� All the stars of heaven will be ______________________ and the sky rolled up like a _________________.� Hang on a little longer, all you Christians!� It will happen! God keeps his promises! | ||||||||||||
| 6:15-17����������� Men (not children of God) cried to the rock, "Fall on us and ____________ us," for the great day of their __________ had come and they knew it. | ||||||||||||
| Chapter Seven Believers of O.T. & N.T. Safe in Heaven |
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| 7:1-3��������������� The saved "have a seal."� This noun (name) is actually a verb (action).� What is being sealed (see Ephesians 1:13,14)?� The promised Holy Spirit as a deposit __________________ our ____________________ of eternal life in heaven. | ||||||||||||
| 7:4-8��������������� Actually, ALLLLLL the saved are safe in heaven.� Look at the chart explaining symbolism of numbers.� It explains who the 144,000 means (12 x 12 x 1000).� _____________________________________ times ______________________________________ times __________________________________.� (NOTE:� If we take the 144,000 literally, then only Jews get to go to heaven and no Christians at all.� And in the approximately 4000 years of Judaism, that's only 37 per year.) | ||||||||||||
| 7:9������������������ Then John spells it out.� The saved are a great _____________________ that no one could _________________. | ||||||||||||
| 7:13-14����������� How are our robes made white?� ______________________________________________ | ||||||||||||
| 7:15���������������� Is serving God day and night literal (see 21:25)? _________ | ||||||||||||