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Revelation 
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Day 60

"When He opened the seventh seal"

Text: Revelation 8:1

THE SEVENTH SEAL

Six Seals had been opened (Revelation 6). There was an interlude where the divine command was given to seal 144,000 Jews who would come to faith in the Lord Jesus in the Great Tribulation. The Seventh Seal was now going to be opened by the Lamb of God.

“When He opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God,
and to them were given seven trumpets.
Then another angel, having a golden censer,
came and stood at the altar.
He was given much incense,
that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints
upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
ascended before God from the angel’s hand.
Then the angel took the censer,
filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth.
And there were noises thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.
So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound.”
Revelation 8:1-6

1. The opening of the Seventh Seal.

a) Silence prevailed for half an hour in heaven.

b) This silence:

i) It was ominous.

ii) There was awe and reverence.

iii) All activities ceased for that half hour.

iv) All waited with bated breath what would transpire.

2. An angel with a golden censer.

a) He came and stood at the Heavenly altar.

b) He was given much incense.

c) The incense was offered with the prayers of the saints.

3. The smoke of the incense.

a) It ascended with the prayers of the saints.

b) These came to the very presence of God in heaven.

4. Fire from the altar of heaven.

a) Fire filled the golden censer.

b) The angel then threw the contents onto the earth.

5. The consequences on earth:

a) Noises

b) Thunderings

c) Lightnings

d) And an earthquake.

These were ominous signs!

6. Seven angels with seven trumpets.

a) They prepared themselves to blow their trumpets.

b) They were awaiting the signal to blow their angelic trumpets.