Studies In The Apocalypse (Part 22– Rev. 6: 7- 6: 8)

(6: 7) “And when He had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.”    This fourth seal continues the train of events played out under the first three.  It shows what will happen once the wars and famines have spread.  In this self–satisfied age of ours, and…

Studies In The Apocalypse (Part 21– Rev. 6: 5- 6: 6)

   (6: 5) “And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.”   As we’ve seen, Antichrist’s rise to power will be accompanied by a…

Studies In The Apocalypse (Part 20–Rev. 6: 3- 6: 4)

 (6: 3) “And when He had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.”  This second seal is intimately connected with the first.  As already stated, Antichrist will be on the scene until the very end.  While the successive seals are broken, he is still riding forward on his grisly career…

Studies In The Apocalypse (Part 19– Rev. 6: 1- 6: 2)

 (6: 1) “And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.”   The Dispensation of Judgment has now begun.  Naturally, we ask ourselves, whether this period will cover seven years exactly, or begin prior…

Studies In The Apocalypse (Part 18– Rev. 5: 8- 5: 14)

 (5: 8) “And when He had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”   Now we see what transpires upon the Lamb’s taking of the seven-sealed book from…

Studies In The Apocalypse (Part 17– Rev. 5: 1- 5: 7)

(5: 1) “And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals.”  John now sees the Almighty Father with a book (or to be more precise, a scroll) in his hand.  The scroll is rolled up and sealed with seven seals.  This…

Studies In The Apocalypse (Part 16- Rev. 4: 1- 4: 11)

(4: 1) “After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was at it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.”  After John received the messages to the assemblies, he was…