OPENED THE LAST THREE SEALS
"When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the witness they had given. They shouted with a loud voice, saying: “Until when, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, are you refraining from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” And a white robe was given to each of them, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the number was filled of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they had been" - Revelation 6:9-11
Paragraphs 11 and 12 of Chapter 17 of the book already mentioned comment as follows ...
The fact of receiving "a long white dress" has to do with their resurrection as immortal spiritual creatures. They no longer lie as souls scratched under the altar, but have been awakened as belonging to the group of the elders 24 who worship before the celestial throne of God. There they were given throns, confirming that they received gift privileges.
And they are "dressed in white coats," which means they were considered righteous, worthy of occupying a place of honor before Jehovah in the heavenly court.
This also fulfills the promise made by Jesus to the faithful Christians of the Sardi congregation: "Whoever wins will be so adorned with white coats." - Revelation 3: 5; 4: 4; 1 Peter 1: 4.
Everything indicates that this heavenly resurrection began in 1918, after Jesus' intronization in 1914 and the beginning of his victorious royal ride with the purification of the heavens by Satan and his demons.
But those unhappy ones are told that they must "rest a little longer, until the number of their slave companions is complete".
Those of the class of John still on earth must demonstrate their integrity in trials and persecutions, and some of them may still be killed. In the end, though, all the right blood spread by Babylon the Great and his political lovers will be avenged.
Meanwhile the resurrected are undoubtedly engaged in their celestial tasks.
They rest not to fall into a blessed idleness, but in the sense that they wait patiently Jehovah's day of vengeance. (Isaiah 34: 8; Romans 12:19)
Their rest will end when they will witness the destruction of false religion and, as "called and elected and faithful," will join the Lord Jesus Christ in conducting judgment on everything The rest of Satan's evil seed on earth. - Revelation 2:26, 27; 17:14; Romans 16:20.
Even this explanation would seem "push" to collimate with 1914 or 1918.
Meanwhile, let's see what it means, literally, to be dressed in "a long white dress".
In Revelation 7:13, 14 reads ...
"In response one of the elders said to me: “These who are dressed in the white robes, who are they and where did they come from?” So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.” And he said to me: “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb".
Who, then, are these people "dressed in long white robes"?
We know very well that they are members of the great crowd who survive at the end of this system of things.If these people survive, it is clear they do not need any resurrection, yet they have long white robes exactly like the "scratched souls" that call for justice under God's altar.
Revelation 7:14 explains that these people "have washed their long robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" and thus it means that they make use of the redemption sacrifice of Christ so that Jehovah God may regard them as righteous.
In fact, we applied the same principle to the white horse to indicate the just war that will carry Christ Jesus.White color means justice and moral and spiritual purity, for its synonyms are the words "pure" and "shining" - Compare Isaiah 1:18; Revelation 19:14
In Revelation 6: 9-11 there is no reference to the cloaks and therefore no reason to believe that these souls have begun to reign.
As the book itself recognizes, the fact that they hear their voices has the same meaning as the right blood of Abel. Justice requires that you answer this cry.
Nor does it take into account the meaning of "resting" or sleeping expressly in the Scriptures - John 11: 11-15; Jeremiah 51:39, 40
If we are only attentive to the Scriptures, both as regards the white garments and the rest, the description would seem to be the following: the souls of the scorn are screaming for revenge because of divine justice; Jehovah gives them a long white robe recognizing them as righteous and assuring them to be resurrected but tells them "to rest a little longer" in death, until their brothers (the remnant of the gods on earth) are killed as they were.
In fact, it is only shortly after the death of the two witnesses dressed in sack that "the seventh trumpet sounds" and thus begins the spiritual resurrection.
This event, described in Chapters 11 and 12 of Revelation, will be seen later on.
The last three paragraphs recite ...The intent given by the opening of the fifth seal fully agrees with other scriptural passages concerning the heavenly resurrection. For example, the apostle Paul wrote: "For this is what we say to you by the word of Jehovah, that we who live to survive to the presence of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep in death; For the Lord Himself will descend from the sky with a command by the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God, and those who died together with Christ will rise first. Later, the living ones we survive will be abducted, together with them, in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; And so we will always be with the Lord. " - 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17.14
What an exciting aspect is described in these verses! Those same brothers of Jesus who survive to his presence, that are still alive on earth during the presence of Jesus, are preceded in heaven by those who are already dead. These, who died in union with Christ, are the first to rise. Jesus comes down, that is, he addresses their attention, and resurrects them to the spiritual life, giving them "a long white robe". Subsequently, those who are still living as human beings end their earthly life, many suffering a violent death by the hand of opponents. But they do not fall asleep in death as their predecessors. Instead, when they die they change instantly, "in a blink of an eye", abducted in the heavens to be with Jesus and the other members of Christ's body. (1 Corinthians 15: 50-52; compare Revelation 14:13).
Thus the resurrection of the ungrateful Christians begins immediately after the beginning of the ride of the four riders of the Apocalypse.
The opening of this fifth seal of the scroll has been the source of good news about the ungodites who have won while maintaining integrity, remaining faithful to death.
But it is not at all a source of good news for Satan and his seed.
The Conqueror's ride on the white horse continues unstoppable and culminates with the reckoning of the world that "lies in the power of the wicked." (1 John 5:19)
This is made clear when the Lamb opens the sixth seal.
It must be recognized, however, that even those who are alive at the end of the system of things "do not precede" those who are already dead, the resurrection takes place during the ring of the "seventh trumpet" which is also called "the last trumpet" - Revelation 11:11, 15; I Corinthians 15: 51-53
The seventh trumpet, that is, the last one, can not play before the sixth or fifth, and therefore any resurrection priorities can not ignore the trumpet ring.
This aspect will also be addressed in detail later on.
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the entire moon became as blood, and the stars of heaven fell to the earth as when a fig tree shaken by a high wind drops its unripe figs. And the heaven departed as a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and every island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the high officials, the military commanders, the rich, the strong, every slave, and every free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they keep saying to the mountains and to the rocks: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” - Revelation 6:12-17
The book mentions various "earthquakes" by applying these scriptures more than anything else in a symbolic sense.
The luminaries of this land (philosophers, political leaders, and others) show that they can not illuminate, and this is certainly significant since people will seek shelter in the mountains, that is, in human institutions.
These signs, however, must be literal as Jesus himself recites this description in Matthew 24: 29-31:
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds, from one extremity of the heavens to their other extremity".
This event is linked to the great earthquake that can not be applied to apostate Christianity or other earthly luminaries that "do not shine true light".In fact, Jesus reports that these signs will be "immediately after the tribulation of those days" and this seems to be a reference to great tribulation.
During the great tribulation there should no longer exist Christianity or any other religion (according to the present understanding) and therefore this earthquake can not be a symbolic jolt that has occurred within it and can not even be an economic or other kind of shame that has occurred in This last century since we are not yet living in the great tribulation - Matthew 24: 21, 29
In addition, the sign mentioned by Jesus always in Chapter 24 of Matthew, which includes wars, food shortages, etc.
It can not refer to 1914 just because verse 29 says that "immediately after" this tribulation, the sun would have been "obscured, and the moon would not (give) its light, and the stars (would fall) from heaven, and the Powers of heaven (they would have been) shaken ".
If the sign began in 1914, today, at a distance of more than 100 years, one could not say that "immediately after" these wars the sun was obscured, the moon did not give its light because we were still waiting for it.
The order of these events, on the contrary, as described in Matthew, corresponds to the order of Revelation
Paragraphs 11 and 12 of Chapter 17 of the book already mentioned comment as follows ...
The fact of receiving "a long white dress" has to do with their resurrection as immortal spiritual creatures. They no longer lie as souls scratched under the altar, but have been awakened as belonging to the group of the elders 24 who worship before the celestial throne of God. There they were given throns, confirming that they received gift privileges.
And they are "dressed in white coats," which means they were considered righteous, worthy of occupying a place of honor before Jehovah in the heavenly court.
This also fulfills the promise made by Jesus to the faithful Christians of the Sardi congregation: "Whoever wins will be so adorned with white coats." - Revelation 3: 5; 4: 4; 1 Peter 1: 4.
Everything indicates that this heavenly resurrection began in 1918, after Jesus' intronization in 1914 and the beginning of his victorious royal ride with the purification of the heavens by Satan and his demons.
But those unhappy ones are told that they must "rest a little longer, until the number of their slave companions is complete".
Those of the class of John still on earth must demonstrate their integrity in trials and persecutions, and some of them may still be killed. In the end, though, all the right blood spread by Babylon the Great and his political lovers will be avenged.
Meanwhile the resurrected are undoubtedly engaged in their celestial tasks.
They rest not to fall into a blessed idleness, but in the sense that they wait patiently Jehovah's day of vengeance. (Isaiah 34: 8; Romans 12:19)
Their rest will end when they will witness the destruction of false religion and, as "called and elected and faithful," will join the Lord Jesus Christ in conducting judgment on everything The rest of Satan's evil seed on earth. - Revelation 2:26, 27; 17:14; Romans 16:20.
Even this explanation would seem "push" to collimate with 1914 or 1918.
Meanwhile, let's see what it means, literally, to be dressed in "a long white dress".
In Revelation 7:13, 14 reads ...
"In response one of the elders said to me: “These who are dressed in the white robes, who are they and where did they come from?” So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.” And he said to me: “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb".
Who, then, are these people "dressed in long white robes"?
We know very well that they are members of the great crowd who survive at the end of this system of things.If these people survive, it is clear they do not need any resurrection, yet they have long white robes exactly like the "scratched souls" that call for justice under God's altar.
Revelation 7:14 explains that these people "have washed their long robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" and thus it means that they make use of the redemption sacrifice of Christ so that Jehovah God may regard them as righteous.
In fact, we applied the same principle to the white horse to indicate the just war that will carry Christ Jesus.White color means justice and moral and spiritual purity, for its synonyms are the words "pure" and "shining" - Compare Isaiah 1:18; Revelation 19:14
In Revelation 6: 9-11 there is no reference to the cloaks and therefore no reason to believe that these souls have begun to reign.
As the book itself recognizes, the fact that they hear their voices has the same meaning as the right blood of Abel. Justice requires that you answer this cry.
Nor does it take into account the meaning of "resting" or sleeping expressly in the Scriptures - John 11: 11-15; Jeremiah 51:39, 40
If we are only attentive to the Scriptures, both as regards the white garments and the rest, the description would seem to be the following: the souls of the scorn are screaming for revenge because of divine justice; Jehovah gives them a long white robe recognizing them as righteous and assuring them to be resurrected but tells them "to rest a little longer" in death, until their brothers (the remnant of the gods on earth) are killed as they were.
In fact, it is only shortly after the death of the two witnesses dressed in sack that "the seventh trumpet sounds" and thus begins the spiritual resurrection.
This event, described in Chapters 11 and 12 of Revelation, will be seen later on.
The last three paragraphs recite ...The intent given by the opening of the fifth seal fully agrees with other scriptural passages concerning the heavenly resurrection. For example, the apostle Paul wrote: "For this is what we say to you by the word of Jehovah, that we who live to survive to the presence of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep in death; For the Lord Himself will descend from the sky with a command by the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God, and those who died together with Christ will rise first. Later, the living ones we survive will be abducted, together with them, in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; And so we will always be with the Lord. " - 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17.14
What an exciting aspect is described in these verses! Those same brothers of Jesus who survive to his presence, that are still alive on earth during the presence of Jesus, are preceded in heaven by those who are already dead. These, who died in union with Christ, are the first to rise. Jesus comes down, that is, he addresses their attention, and resurrects them to the spiritual life, giving them "a long white robe". Subsequently, those who are still living as human beings end their earthly life, many suffering a violent death by the hand of opponents. But they do not fall asleep in death as their predecessors. Instead, when they die they change instantly, "in a blink of an eye", abducted in the heavens to be with Jesus and the other members of Christ's body. (1 Corinthians 15: 50-52; compare Revelation 14:13).
Thus the resurrection of the ungrateful Christians begins immediately after the beginning of the ride of the four riders of the Apocalypse.
The opening of this fifth seal of the scroll has been the source of good news about the ungodites who have won while maintaining integrity, remaining faithful to death.
But it is not at all a source of good news for Satan and his seed.
The Conqueror's ride on the white horse continues unstoppable and culminates with the reckoning of the world that "lies in the power of the wicked." (1 John 5:19)
This is made clear when the Lamb opens the sixth seal.
It must be recognized, however, that even those who are alive at the end of the system of things "do not precede" those who are already dead, the resurrection takes place during the ring of the "seventh trumpet" which is also called "the last trumpet" - Revelation 11:11, 15; I Corinthians 15: 51-53
The seventh trumpet, that is, the last one, can not play before the sixth or fifth, and therefore any resurrection priorities can not ignore the trumpet ring.
This aspect will also be addressed in detail later on.
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the entire moon became as blood, and the stars of heaven fell to the earth as when a fig tree shaken by a high wind drops its unripe figs. And the heaven departed as a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and every island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the high officials, the military commanders, the rich, the strong, every slave, and every free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they keep saying to the mountains and to the rocks: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” - Revelation 6:12-17
The book mentions various "earthquakes" by applying these scriptures more than anything else in a symbolic sense.
The luminaries of this land (philosophers, political leaders, and others) show that they can not illuminate, and this is certainly significant since people will seek shelter in the mountains, that is, in human institutions.
These signs, however, must be literal as Jesus himself recites this description in Matthew 24: 29-31:
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds, from one extremity of the heavens to their other extremity".
This event is linked to the great earthquake that can not be applied to apostate Christianity or other earthly luminaries that "do not shine true light".In fact, Jesus reports that these signs will be "immediately after the tribulation of those days" and this seems to be a reference to great tribulation.
During the great tribulation there should no longer exist Christianity or any other religion (according to the present understanding) and therefore this earthquake can not be a symbolic jolt that has occurred within it and can not even be an economic or other kind of shame that has occurred in This last century since we are not yet living in the great tribulation - Matthew 24: 21, 29
In addition, the sign mentioned by Jesus always in Chapter 24 of Matthew, which includes wars, food shortages, etc.
It can not refer to 1914 just because verse 29 says that "immediately after" this tribulation, the sun would have been "obscured, and the moon would not (give) its light, and the stars (would fall) from heaven, and the Powers of heaven (they would have been) shaken ".
If the sign began in 1914, today, at a distance of more than 100 years, one could not say that "immediately after" these wars the sun was obscured, the moon did not give its light because we were still waiting for it.
The order of these events, on the contrary, as described in Matthew, corresponds to the order of Revelation
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