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Review: What is the purpose of the interlude between the 6th and 7th seals ?   The church identified and protected. The vision looks away from judgment   Daniel 10:4-12:13   1. How is the vision of Revelation 10:1-7 like that of Daniel 10:4-12:13 described above?  There is a glorious angelic figure (" a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. 6  His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude ", "above the waters of the stream" (Da 10:5-6, 12:7-9)   There is an oath (Da 12:7)   2. In Daniel 12:5-7, one angel asks, "How long?" In Revelation 6:9-11, the martyrs ask, "How long?" How is the angel's oath in 10:6-7 different from the oath in Daniel 12:7 and the answer in Revelation 6:11?  The "time, times and half a time" are now over. (cf. R...

 The Hebrew only has 2 words •        “You shall not murder.” (Ex 20:13, Dt 5:17) •        ‎ רצח (r-ṣ-ḥ, transliterated retzach, ratzákh, ratsakh) does not prohibit all killing, but unlawful killing. •        Not all killing is murder   (= 'unauthorized, intentional or hostile killing of one human being by another‘). Self-defense, capital punishment, just war •        The commandment protects innocent life.  The Bible tells us that God highly values human life because man is made in God’s image. And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. 6  “Whoever sheds the blood of man,      by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.(Gen 9:5-6)   Even animals are called to acc...

 5th trumpet : the star fallen from heaven to earh given the key to the bottomless pit, opens it and releases locusts. 6th trumpet : the release of the 4 angels bound at the Euphrates, leading mounted troops. 1/3 of mankind die   Interlude 7th trumpet only in 11:15       2. The first four seals were limited judgment: oil and wine were spared from the famine (6:6); only a fourth of humanity died (6:8). How do the first four trumpets compare (8:7-12)? A third of earth, sea and waters were destroyed. A third of humanity dies (9:18) For Further Study: God sent plagues on Egypt to deliver His people from slavery, reveal His power, judge the Egyptians for idolatry, and prove that the gods of Egypt were false. Compare the plagues In Exodus 7:14-11:10 to the judgments of trumpets and bowls In Revelation. What echoes of Exodus do you observe In Revelation? What do you think God is saying by planning these echoes?       Trumpets ...

12. What happens when the Lamb opens the seventh seal (8:1-5)?   How would you feel In John's place, seeing this?   The silence stops the praises of the angels and the redeemed. This highlights the drama and suspense for what is to come - God's judgment (Zep 1:7-10, Zec 2:13). It is not an awkward pause of something gone wrong. John would be full of expectancy and awe (even fear). Once we know the capacity of God to act, His silence becomes even more signiicant. Silence in worship (Heb 2:20) is legitimate. We are content to hear him and to stop speaking ourselves. We are struck dumb before him, contented in His presence (Ps 131:2) The heavenly alter unites the roles of sacrifice (6:3) and offering (8:3) (cf. Ex 27:1-8, 30:1-10).    13. When the seventh seal is opened, there is first silence, then prayer. How do you interpret the heavenly response to the saints' prayers (8:5)? John has a vision of the heavenly altar and judgment in response to the pray...