Rev.
6:12 I looked when He broke the sixth
seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth
made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as
a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it
is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their
places. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great men
and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid
themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they said to the mountains and to the
rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17 for the great day of
their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
Prayer and Bible Expo |
Who breaks the sixth seal? (6:12)
“He” (6:12) –
the Lamb.
What happens when John
looks and the Lamb breaks the sixth seal? (6:12-14)
“. . . there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became
like blood; and the stars of the sky
fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great
wind. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places” (6:12-14).
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners
from it.
10 For
the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light;
The sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its
light.
11 Thus
I will punish the world for its evil
And the wicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the
arrogance of the proud
And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
- Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and the moon grow dark and the stars lose their brightness. 11 The LORD utters His voice before His army; surely His camp is very great, for strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it?
Who hides in the caves and
among the rocks of the mountains? (6:15)
Kings of the earth, great men, commanders, rich, strong,
every slave and free man (6:15).
What do those who hide themselves say to the mountains and to the rocks? (6:16)
“Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on
the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb” (6:16).
From whom are the men in
the caves and among the rocks of the mountains trying to hide?
“. . . from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and
from the wrath of the Lamb” (6:16).
What day has come? (6:17)
“for the great day of their wrath has come. . .” (6:17).
·
Joel 2:1 Blow a trumpet in Zion,
And
sound an alarm on My holy mountain!
Let
all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
For
the day of the LORD is coming;
Surely
it is near,
2 A
day of darkness and gloom,
A
day of clouds and thick darkness.
As
the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So
there is a great and mighty people;
There
has never been anything like it,
Nor
will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.
·
Mal. 3:1 “Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will
clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His
temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is
coming,” says the LORD of hosts. 2 “But who can endure the day of His coming? And
who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like
fullers’ soap. 3 “He will sit as a smelter and purifier of
silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and
silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness. 4 “Then
the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days
of old and as in former years.
What is the final question
asked? (6:17) (It will be answered in Rev. 7)
“. . . who is
able to stand?” (6:17).
What impresses you about the sixth
seal?
The magnitude
of the sixth seal is reflected in the absolute terror of the greatest men on earth
who resort to pleading with the mountains and rocks to fall on them and hide
them from the presence of Yahweh and from the wrath of Jesus. Even in the fury
of judgment, these men do not seek refuge in God. Instead, they plead with the
lifeless mountains and rocks to hide them, reflecting the hardness of their
unbelieving hearts. The great day of the wrath of Yahweh and of Jesus the
Messiah has arrived.
Who will be able to stand?
Who will be able to stand?
In the 8th
century BC, over seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus, the prophet
Isaiah called the people of his age to “Wail, for the day of the LORD is near!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty” (Isa 13:6). The prophets
describe the day:
- “Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, cruel, with fury and burning anger; to make the land a desolation; and He will exterminate its sinners from it” (Isa 13:9).
- “For the day is near; even the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations” (Ezek 30:3).
- “Alas for the day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty” (Joel 1:15).
- “. . . Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; surely it is near” (Joel 2:1).
- “The LORD utters His voice before His army; surely His camp is very great, for strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, and who can endure it?” (Joel 2:11).
What do you learn about the Lord in
Revelation 6?
God is holy,
wholly distinct from what is common to man. God is immutable. His attributes do
not evolve. What has been true about God eternally is true about God today and
forever will be. Holiness is an attribute of God. He is distinct and separate
from all that is sinful and foreign to His character. Because God is holy, He
cannot condone sin.
Sin is common to man, but foreign to God. When the holiness of God encounters sinful man, there is an eruption of divine wrath. Wrath is not an attribute of God, because it has not always existed. God’s wrath is the result of God’s holiness becoming offended by sin. All have sinned, and all incur the wrath of God and become natural enemies of God upon birth into sin, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23).
Jesus bore the
wrath of God for the sin of the world on the cross, offering His body as a sacrifice for sin. And He defeated sin and
overcame death, evidenced by His resurrection from the dead. All who believe in
Jesus, becoming like Him in death and being raised in newness of life by the power of His resurrection, share in His victory over sin and death.
By faith in Jesus, the perfect righteousness of Jesus is imputed to the sinner. God’s wrath is appeased. Salvation is by God's grace through faith in His Son, Jesus the Messiah.
By faith in Jesus, the perfect righteousness of Jesus is imputed to the sinner. God’s wrath is appeased. Salvation is by God's grace through faith in His Son, Jesus the Messiah.
All who have been
redeemed by the blood of Jesus are reconciled to God in peace and love.
“Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of
sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the
flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin
in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who
do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit” (Rom 8:1-4).
Who can be saved from the day of the wrath of God and the wrath of
Jesus the Messiah?
“But what does it say? ‘ THE WORD IS NEAR
YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART’ — that is, the word of faith which we are
preaching, that if you confess
with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved; for with the heart a person believes,
resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. For the Scripture says, “WHOEVER BELIEVES IN
HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.” For there is no distinction between Jew and
Greek; for the same Lord is Lord
of all, abounding in riches for
all who call on Him; for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
WILL BE SAVED.” (Rom 10:8-13).
Repent and believe. The day of the LORD
is near.
“For I delivered
to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was
raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3-4).
Stand on the Rock of salvation today.
Father,
You are holy, holy, holy. Your wrath
towards sin reveals Your holiness and justice. The day of Your wrath and the
wrath of Jesus is drawing near. May You open the eyes of the unredeemed. Open
their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion
of Satan to You, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance
among those who have been sanctified by faith in Jesus. May hearts be turned to You and feet stand on the Rock of our salvation. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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