REVELATION 6 9-17

 BooK of Revelation

                a paraphrased study

9 - When he (the as though slain, lamb) opened the fifth seal upon the scroll (the vision) I saw under the altar souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and their testimony. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign LORD! Holy and true! How long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?!” 11 They were each one given a white robe and told - to rest - a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers and sisters should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. {Metaphor of a metaphor! Like the blood of Abel crying out to God. Fifth seal (element) is martyrdom, and it continues.}

     {I think it’s important to be able to see how the seals - described at the beginning of the vision - as a blend of their full and entire effects, first to very last, veils the entire vision.}

     12 When he broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake! The sun became dark as sackcloth [sakkos - worn as a sign of grief]. The full moon became like blood {dark red?}. 13 All the stars of the heavens fell to earth, like, the fig tree throws out its winter fruit when shaken and - blown - by a strong wind. 14 The sky departed {rolled? “apochórizó”} like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was shaken. 15 Then the kings of earth, the great ones, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us! And hide us from the face of he who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” {“..The ancient of days took his seat” Dan.7:9. “All the world’s a stage” - Shakespeare ..I think ‘wrath’ in large part, is code for cause and effect, Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4. Creation as Ant Farm versus Total ‘herd’ Immunity?}

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