Seals & Trumpets

By David Maas
{REVELATION 4 - 11}

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{SEALED SCROLL}

  1. Second Division - Outline - {PDF Copy} - (An outline of the book's second division - Revelation 4:1 - 16:21)
  2. I Came to be in the Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (On four different occasions, John found himself “in the Spirit” and was transported to a new location where he received another vision)
  3. Absent Church? - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation is a message to the church, the people of God, and one concerned with its situation on the earth – Revelation 4:1-3)
  4. Throne and Cosmos - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 4:1-11 - The image of the glorious Throne places God and His rule at the center of the created order and prepares the reader for the introduction of the Lamb)
  5. The Sealed Scroll - {PDF Copy} - (The One Sitting on the Throne holds a Scroll sealed tight by seven seals. A search is made for someone in the Creation who is “worthy” to open it)
  6. Worthy is the Lamb - {PDF Copy} - (The central figure of the book is the slain Lamb who alone is worthy to open the Sealed Scroll)

{SEVEN SEALS}
  1. Seven Seals - Overview - {PDF Copy} - (Upon his arrival before the Throne, the Lamb commences immediately to open the Seven Seals of the Sealed Scroll)
  2. The First Seal - {PDF Copy} - (The Lamb now breaks open the first seal, releasing a rider carrying a bow and riding a white horse)
  3. The Second Seal - {PDF Copy} - (The second rider is on a fiery-red horse sent to “remove peace from the earth” by causing men to “slay one another”)
  4. The Third Seal - {PDF Copy} - (The third seal releases the rider on the black horse, producing economic hardship)
  5. The Fourth Seal - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 6:7-8 - The fourth seal releases a rider named “Death” who is followed by “Hades” gathering up the dead in his wake)
  6. First Four Seals - Aftermath - {PDF Copy} - (The first four seal openings occur under the watchful eyes of the Lamb and the four living creatures)
  7. Fifth Seal - Martyrs - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 6:9-11 - The fifth seal reveals the souls of martyrs underneath an altar from which they cry out for vindication and justice)
  8. Martyrs and Overcomers - {PDF Copy} - (In the book of Revelation, overcoming saints persevere in their testimony of Jesus whatever the cost, even a martyr’s death)
  9. Sixth Seal - Wrath  - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 6:12-17 - The sixth seal ushers in the Day of the Lord, the time of wrath upon the inhabitants of the earth and all the Lamb’s enemies)
  10. The Great Earthquake - {PDF Copy} - (The final day of wrath is characterized by unprecedented celestial and terrestrial events, including the “great earthquake”)
  11. God's Servants Sealed - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 7:1-3 - God’s servants are sealed before the “four winds of the earth” are unleashed by the four horsemen)
  12. Numbering the Sealed - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 7:4-8 - 144,000 males from the tribes of Israel are numbered and assembled for transit to the Promised Land)
  13. Innumerable Saints  - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 7:9-12 - John now sees an innumerable multitude from all nations standing before the Lamb and the Throne)
  14. Standing Before The Lamb - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 7:13-17 - One of the twenty-four elders interprets the vision of the innumerable multitude standing before the Throne)
  15. Redeemed of the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the people of God are comprised of the men purchased from every nation by the blood of Jesus)
  16. Silence in Heaven - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:1-6 - The seventh seal forms a transition to the next series, the seven trumpets)

{SEVEN TRUMPETS}
  1. Seven Trumpets Overview - {PDF Copy} - (An overview of the series of seven trumpets and the several intervening events between the sixth and seventh trumpets)
  2. First Trumpet - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:7 - The first trumpet unleashes a plague based on the seventh plague of Egypt but with modifications)
  3. Second Trumpet - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:8-9 - The second trumpet harms much of the commerce on which Babylon and the “inhabitants of the earth” depend)
  4. Third Trumpet - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:10-11 - The third trumpet produces a great star that falls onto the sources of freshwater, embittering them)
  5. Fourth Trumpet - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:12 - The fourth trumpet causes a partial darkening of the sun, moon, and the stars)
  6. The Three Woes - {PDF Copy} - (An eagle flying in mid-heaven announces the last three trumpets, the three woes – Revelation 8:13)
  7. Fifth Trumpet - {PDF Copy} - (The fifth trumpet unleashes the first of three woes, and malevolent creatures began to ascend from the Abyss)
  8. Sixth Trumpet - {PDF Copy} - (The sixth trumpet unleashes the demonic horde from beyond the Euphrates to afflict the inhabitants of the earth)
  9. The Little Scroll - {PDF Copy} - (John saw the scroll again, now unsealed and completely open, signifying his call to prophesy once more to peoples and kings)
  10. Sanctuary Measured - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 11:1-2 - The sanctuary must be measured before the city can be inhabited, but first, it must be trampled underfoot)
  11. The Forty-Two Months - {PDF Copy} - (The forty-two months and 1,260 days both refer to the same prophetic period when the saints are persecuted)
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  12. Two Witnesses Testify - {PDF Copy} - (The Two Witnesses must complete their testimony before the Beast is unleashed from the Abyss - Revelation 11:3-6)
  13. The Beast from the Abyss - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast first appears when he ascends from the Abyss to wage war on the Two Witnesses after they complete their testimony)
  14. Two Witnesses Slain - {PDF Copy} - (Persecuted by the impenitent inhabitants of the earth, the Two Witnesses lie dead on the main street of the Great City)
  15. Seventh Trumpet - {PDF Copy} - (The seventh trumpet or second woe ushers in the consummation of the kingdom and the final judgment)
  16. Babylon Then and Now - {PDF Copy} - (The story of Ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the sixth trumpet and the sixth bowl of wrath in Revelation)

{RELATED STUDIES}
  1. The Abyss - {PDF Copy} - (The Abyss is the source of satanic attacks against the saints even though it remains under the authority of the Lamb)

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