047 - Revelation 06

Revelation 06 (O2)

INTRODUCTION

Seal = secret, guarantee of immutability. The opening of the seals represents the vision of the Eternal One being revealed to those who believe. 

The seals shall ensure that the contents of the revelation was designed by the Eternal One (it isn't something that will happen by chance or by desire of some creature) and has not suffered any change. The sacred proposals and Eternal One’s decrees are also sealed to show immutability and reliability. For example:

 

·        His treasures are sealed (Deut 32.34); 

·        The Eternal One seals up the stars (Job 9.7);

·        Job believed that his iniquity was sealed in a bag (Job 14.17);

·        To Abraham, circumcision was regarded as the seal of the righteousness of faith (Rom 4.11), i.e., a confirmation in his flesh he would belong forever to the Eternal One. For the other Israelites, circumcision was a ritual that they received in their flesh without any expression of faith and consent, based solely on crendice of parents (as if this were a magical amulet). Although this ritual had to be performed, but not necessarily expressed the commitment of the parents, much less the son. But it was a seal because there was no way to be changed by human will.

·        The presence of the Holy Spirit is a seal (2Cor 5.5; Eph 1.13; 4.30) which ensures that we will be redeemed. Who is sealed with the Holy Spirit, to wit, with the identity of the Father and the Son (Rev 14.1), may not be taken out of the hand of the Father (John 10.28,29).

·        The knowledge of the Eternal One from the interior of His people is seal which ensures that His foundation it is firm within those who believe in Him (2Tim 2.19). This marks the interior of the individual in a manner which is engraved in the minds and hearts of each one (Heb 8.8-12) and nothing and nobody in this world can undo. This experience is marked (sealed) in the life of each one.

 

It isn’t in vain that anyone who receives the mark of the beast will never be saved (Rev 14.10.11). Such individual has no way to undo everything that happened inside (such as, once lost innocence, Adam and Eve could not forget what they have learned. Similarly, the woman, after having sexual intercourse, cannot be virgin again).

Similarly, who is always being visiting interiorly by the Eternal One, is being marked by alive accomplishment of the Gospel (Mark 16.15) while in communion with the Church (2Cor 3.1-3). Everything that Jesus is and does goes marking the interior of the individual and preaching firmly His foundation: His Word and identity (Matt 16.18).

This sealed book, likewise, is a book marked with everything that the Eternal One experienced before the foundation of the world. And nobody can understand the real meaning of all events that the Eternal One designed, unless they accept everything that Jesus is in the quality of lamb of the Eternal One.

Thus, to open the book, the word becomes alive and fulfill itself. 

May this be clear: what John saw was a vision of what will happen when the seals are opened.

Considering that the book was written inside and outside, the content written on the outside of the book is exactly what John sees when each seal is opened.

In other words, the seals were not all one beside the other, but along the outer side of the book. 

To be more accurate: to open a seal, the part of the external content of the book that was discovered (until the  next seal to be reached) is displayed as a movie in the eyes of John. When the seven seals are broken, all the external content of the book is displayed and the roll was completely open.

I know this because everything that is described in Rev 6 is part of this book is not something separate from this). Soon, none of it could be seen if the seven seals are in parallel.

As the horse, in the Testament of the Law this is an emblem of war (Job 29.25; 39:25; Psalm 76:6; Prov 21.31; Jer 8.6; Ezek 26:10):

 

·        White Horse = spiritual warfare;

·        Red Horse = sentimental warfare;

·        Black Horse =  mental warfare;

·        Horse yellow = physical warfare.

 

Four horses are also found in Zechariah 1:7-11 and Zechariah 6:1-8.

It is also possible to see the judgment of:

 

·        To be consumed by the sword, famine and pestilence (Jer 14:12; Jer 24:10; Jer 42:17);

·        To be consumed by the sword, famine, pestilence, and the beasts of the earth (Ezek 14.21).

 

One of the things that stands out in Revelation is the expression: "I looked, and...":

 

1)     "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter." (Revelation 4.1).

2)    "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." (Revelation 5.6).

3)    "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;” (Revelation 5.11). 

4)    "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see." (Revelation 6.1) 

5)    "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." (Revelation 6.2). 

6)    "And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand." (Revelation 6.5).

7)    "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." (Revelation 6.8) 

8)    "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; " (Revelation 6.12).

9)    "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;" (Revelation 7.9).

10)  "And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! " (Revelation 8.13).

11)   "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads." (Revelation 14.1).

12)  "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle." (Revelation 14.14).

13)  "And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:" (Revelation 15.5).

14)  "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." (Revelation 19.11).

 

It is also important to highlight that the four living creatures are calling each one of the four horsemen. They are not calling Jesus or John, both of which were there all the time.

Each rider comes in attention to one of the four living creatures, i.e., it is a response to the gospel.

It is no secret to anyone that Ha-Satan likes to conceal things of the Eternal One. The first four seals represent the four faces of the antichrist (an imitation of the four faces of Christ). 

The first three horsemen represent the Antichrist (as man) leading with three notes (crown and bow, sword, balance). The fourth is the antichrist after being possessed by the angel of the abyss coming from the world of the dead headed by Ha-Satan himself, since it is he who holds the power of death (Heb 2.14,15).

FIRST SEAL

·        "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." (Rev 6.1,2).

 

·        1º animal: like a lion. 

 

The lion is the king of the wild creatures. Jesus is the King of kings who abhors evil and establishing justice and true prosperity (narrated in the Gospel of Matthew and symbolised by the color purple). 

Here Jesus shows how to subdue all the earth, dominate over all creation and reign sovereign over sin.

The fact of the first living being (like a lion) call the first horse shows the correspondence between the first facet of the Antichrist and the first face of Christ, which he tries to simulate. It is worth noting that this is the only living being whose voice is said to be like a thunder.

In contrast with Jesus, the King of kings, the antichrist presents himself as king of the concepts and values of this world, which are contrary to the justice of the Kingdom of the Eternal. Just think that he strives, with success, to change times and law (Dan 7.25). 

His role is to transform the bitter in sweet and vice-versa (as happened in Isaiah 5.20), i.e., to encourage believers to pray thinking in forcing jesus to change the minds of people in their favor. The antichrist leads believers to be miserable, that is, to pray thinking only in the values of this world (1 Corinthians 15.19).

He presents himself as the king of peace and prosperity (1Thes 5.3). This appeals to all who want to feed the ambition in their hearts (as in Amos 6.1,3-6; Ezek 16.49), whose desire is to live casually (analyze Dan 8.25; Zeph 2.15; Zech 1.14,15; Luke 17.26-31). 

So, he will make use of the unrelenting surveillance and punishment to enforce everything that he considers good and acceptable. However, all these concepts and visions are wrong in the eyes of the Eternal One (see James 4.4; 1 John 4.4,5).

And lest anyone feel guilty for living so extravagant, he will go to dart the poison of apostasy in the hearts (speaking of the things of this world - John 15.18,19; 1John 4.4,5), until the times and the law are completely changed (Dan 7.25), leading everyone to consider the bitter, sweet, and vice-versa (Isaiah 5.20).

Do you want a better way to convince each one to give vent to their evil desires and, in addition to not be recriminate by this, come to be exalted by this lewd behavior (1Peter 4.3,4)? This is the case mainly of sins related to idolatry and sexual immorality, which does not appear to wickedness, it is freely practiced by millions.

It is not for nothing that elect a leader to  help us understand the concepts and values, as well as to receive spiritual revelation for us, constitutes a seal which prevents us from having access to the revelation of the Eternal.

For more devoted and faithful that the religious leader might be, nobody can reveal what we need to know (not even the angels). Only Jesus knows what He has for us (see Psalm 25.14).

Now you understand why white? It indicates triumph (he went out conquering and to conquer) and white light (this is different than white of Christ). He shows Himself as the bearer of light, able to reign over everything and everyone, solving all the problems.

However, the antichrist does not have any real dignity (Dan 11.21). This is not a gift of Eternal One in his life. It’s the global elite that gives him this crown. Now it is easy to understand why he comes to the point of wanting to be worshiped as God (2Thes 2.4): like the eyes of man are never satisfied and he always will be a man of Belial (Dn 11.21), he cannot  be content with the glory that he’ll recieve.

And the sad thing is that the mission of this knight is out conquering and to conquer. Its role is to give those who want to be deceived all the deception that want to:

 

·        "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." (2Thes 2.7-12). 

 

And the bow? What does it mean? It was the most sophisticated weapon of the time to kill at a distance. The sword slew closely. 

 

·        "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." (Genesis 9.13-16).

·        “When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man." (Zechariah 9.13).

·        "Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.” (Hc 3.8,9).

·        "Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee." (Psalm 45.5).

·        "If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready." (Psalms 7.12).

·        "And they bend their tongues like their bowfor lies; strengthen themselves in the land, but not for the truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and I don't know me, saith the LORD." (Jeremiah 9.3).

 

As well as the Eternal One has His bow (the instrument of His remembrance, who in the beginning was the rainbow and after, the people of Judah), the antichrist will also be the same to bring to remembrance his word.

He also will use Israel to throw away the arrows of apostasy, change times and law (Dan 7.25) and spread his worship the Christ directed to himself (which, incidentally, it is what makes the majority of the religious leaders). Through the religious deception, he will reach the hearts of evil in more distant places of the earth. 

But here it is possible to see how the whole conquest without the grace of Christ is certainly painful. Note that, in which the antichrist comes winning and going to win (Rev 6.2), he brings great calamities to the population (seen in the three seals following). And it isn’t for less, since, without Christ, for someone to win, someone has to lose.

In addition, do you ever beheld what happens when Christ comes? Note as the inauguration of the millennium is preceded by the death of millions who will go to hell:

 

·        "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh." (Ap 19.17-21).

 

So, instead of getting anxious for the conquest of our rights or desire that all injury that has been imposed should be refunded, that we seek in Christ exactly what He has for us in the midst of what He wants from us. With Christ it is not always necessary that the pain that accompanies the divine judgment to fall upon the families of those who brought us injury. After all, these have children, parents, spouse, etc., which, not always, are complicit in their mistakes.

Note that this horseman does not receive an bow. He already has. After all, if it has one thing wherein Ha-Satan and his servants is an expert is to promote intrigues (Dan 8.23-25) and forge the evil by means of the law (Psalm 94.20). He already has this damned mouth that shoots arrows of worldliness to lead people to interpret Sacred Scripture in a worldly way.

You may ask: "But in Revelation 13.5 says that "it was given unto him a mouth". What this expression means is that was given to the content to be delivered. What the Eternal One wanted to do with Moses is what the Ha-Satan will do with the Antichrist (Exodus 4.12). However, as every evil individual, the antichrist already has a well-articulated language to receive all the poison that Ha-Satan has to offer and to keep it alive in memory of all.

The first horseman is the answer to all followers of Christ who insist on wanting others to reign over their lives in the place of Jesus. As well as the worldly have great expectation waiting for a super-hero (super-politician) that will solve all your problems, the religious expect by super-believer (super-pastor). However, the order is clear:

 

·        "Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men." (1 Corinthians 7.23).

 

It isn’t in vain that Jesus warns:

 

·        "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." (Mt 24.4,5)

 

This alone is already a clear proof that this horseman may not be Jesus. Here others:

 

1.     Jesus received no crown when He came to proclaim the gospel;

2.     If this horseman was Jesus, the prayers of the martyrs did not make sense (Rev 6.9-11), since Jesus would already be judging and revenge the blood of them.

3.     In Rev 19.11,12, Jesus appears with many diadem, and not just one crown.

 

It is true that, in Psalms 45.4,5, Jesus is mentioned as a horseman riding successfully in favor of truth, meekness and righteousness, with their arrows penetrating deep into the heart of the enemies of the Eternal One. However, it is good to remember that the Ha-Satan is able to transform into an angel of light (2Cor 11.13-15) and to make the antichrist will appear with a minister of justice.

SECOND SEAL

·        "And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.  And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword." (Rev 6.3,4).

 

The second living creature, similar to the ox, calls the red horse. 

The ox is characterized by being the only one of the four living creatures that was used in sacrifices. He, in particular, is highlighted in Holy Scripture by its servile strength, in particular related to agriculture (Prov 14.4; Deut 25.35; 1 Corinthians 9.9), since at that time there was no agricultural machines. He was the king of beasts-domesticated who possessed usefulness to man.

Thinking by the spiritual side, in this group are also the angels. This is why, comparing Ezekiel 1.10 with Ezekiel 10.14,15, we see the cherub in place of the face of an ox. And it isn’t for less, since the angel tells John that he is a fellowservant for all who have the testimony of Jesus (Rev 19.10; 22.9). In addition, at any time, angel is called the son of the Eternal (Heb 1.5,14), while the human being yes (John 1.12), being made in the image and likeness of Him (Gen 1.26,27).

The second creature portrays Jesus as the perfect Servant who works diligently in the mission that the Father gave Him (narrated in the gospel of Mark and the color that represents this is the crimson). It is laborious diligence on each requirement. Jesus came to the point of giving His blood that we might be redeemed and reach a true peace (Phil 2.5-8). 

Here Jesus shows what it really means to serve the neighbor in the presence of the Father.

The antichrist also tries to show himself to service of the people (as all clever politician does), adopting also the red as a color. However, the red here is the scarlet, which usually portrays the sin.

Here the antichrist will use the Jesus’ worship to encourage believers to pray for violating the neighbor, i.e., force them to do what they consider to be right.

Note that the antichrist, although he will have a mouth full of blasphemy, still doesn’t born with the power to take peace from the earth (he needs the mouth of Ha-Satan, as well as of the media (The Great Sword) to disturb the minds of the whole world).

As master of intrigues, the antichrist will "kill" the individuals closely (with sword), namely, "invading" their homes (through, for example, the TV) with all sorts of intrigue and malignant concepts.

Presenting himself as a servant of the people, the antichrist will use the media to convince the vast majority of the importance of monitoring the behavior of each other in favor of peace and security (see 1 Thes 5.3). Under the pretext that to promote peace and security is the need to eliminate anyone who does not accept the current system, everyone will be convinced of the need to eliminate such individuals, coming to consider this normal. Even more considering that, supposedly, there are a lot of people on the planet and that the human being is the most responsible for the destruction of the world. 

Although it isn’t at this moment that the mass destruction occurs, it is here that individuals are completely separated to accept the holocaust which will be undertaken in the fourth seal.

Notice how the media, through popular programs that try to unmask the fraud of the government, shopkeepers, businessmen (and even from their own people), presents itself at the service of the citizen. However, they manipulate the information to lead the commoner to see and understand things the way that beseem to the macabre plans of the global elite in order to promote the New World Order.

Hence the red of the antichrist will be different from the crimson because he came not to sacrifice himself for the sake of others, but to encourage that each requires the other to sacrifice for the general good of the nation (for example, through complaints), when in fact it is for the general good of them (of the global elite).

The great sword of corporate media, in the hands of the antichrist,  has already led some to turn against the other, and even  to kill each other. But this will deteriorate even further.

Comes the question: what leads individuals to fight and discuss?

 

·        "What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures? You covet things and yet cannot get them; you commit murder; you have passionate desires and yet cannot gain your end; you begin to fight and make war. You have not, because you do not pray;" (James 4.1,2).

 

In other words, in which the ambition and the fight for their rights is aroused in the first seal, the desires (treats) of the flesh acuminates here in the second seal, leaving individuals blind (without love of neighbor - 1John 2.9-11).

It is true that Jesus said He came to bring a sword (Matthew 10.24-36). However, this rider may not be Jesus, because he was not given a great sword; instead, the only sword that Jesus has is that goes out of His mouth (Rev 1.16; 19.25).

Finally, the antichrist, with the excuse that he want to help the people to conquer their ambitions, convinces each one to pass over their neighbor so that he can give them their desires (remembering, so distorted, the occasion of Exodus 32.26-28) and denounce those who do not cooperate for the common good of society".

It isn’t in vain that some want to compel others to do what is right constitutes a seal which prevents the individual from having access to the revelation of the Eternal.

The second rider is the answer to those who insist on wanting to be served by someone apart from Christ, which are unaware that the only good gift comes from Jesus (Jmaes 1.16,17). 

See the problem: anyone who wants to seek the things of this world and for them to be served, it has to submit to the authorities of this (Romans 13.1-3). The problem is that this world lieth in the evil one (1John 5.19). Thus, if the individual does not obey the ruler, this will bring his sword against such one (Rom 13.4); if, on the other hand, he obey, he will be punished by the sword of antichrist, which is, in truth, the sword of the Eternal One to punish those who are faithful to the unjust and corrupt system of this world.

We should never expect that others will be the way we think they should be in the hope of receiving them what we deserve. We are here just to receive from the Eternal One what has to do with our mission to the neighbor. Each thing that happens is the scenario in which we must act with what the Eternal One gave us so that He can reveal Himself to the world.

Hence Jesus alert us:

 

·        "you will hear of wars and rumours of wars." (Matt 24.6).

THIRD SEAL

·         “When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come." I looked, and a black horse appeared, its rider carrying a balance in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice speaking in the midst of the four living creatures, and saying, "A quart of wheat for a shilling, and three quarts of barley for a shilling; but do not injure either the oil or the wine.” (Rev 6.5,6).

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The man is the primacy of the creation of the Eternal One (made in His image and likeness - Gen 1.26,27). Hence the third living creature had the face of a man, which is characterized by intelligence, being the one who was given dominion over all the animals (Genesis 1.28). And Jesus rescued this dominion back to the Church (Rev 5.8-10; 20.4).

Jesus became human being precisely to show the value that the man has, as well as the importance of identify ourselves with others and seek, together, live the purity and holiness of Christ even in a body so fragile, whose desires were awakened by sin. Jesus is portrayed as a man in the gospel of Luke and symbolised by the white color in virtue of His pure and heavenly righteousness. 

Here Jesus shows what it means to be a man of truth (Mk 12.14), which is to be the son of the eternal in human flesh, as well as the correct way to relate with others.

The antichrist, on the other hand, mounted on a black horse presents himself as the man of the economy that sensitize with the ruses of the human being, that is, as the one who will satisfy all their desires (although the real reason is the fact that he lives at the expense of others' sins, as it gave in the Hosea 4.8).

The antichrist, here, it encourages individuals to pray asking Jesus that he change the circumstances in favor of them, so that they may give worship to their sins and seek, either physically or spiritually, a cure for the consequences of them. 

It is to use the sin to fight evil and, at the same time, trying to combat the consequences of sin so that everyone can vent all their desires.

Hence the color black, which represents regret, fear, hunger and hatred against the brethren:

 

·        "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine." (Lam 5.10).

·        "Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness." (Joel 2.6).

·        "She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. " (Nahum 2.10).

·        “He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes." (1John 2.9-11).

 

In other words, the black color represents the darkness in which is the justice of this world (see Isaiah 5.30; 8.22; 9.1,2), a justice that considers the regret, fear, hunger and hatred as normal things. In fact, it seems fair to each one receive according to what works (or what has stretched). 

However, we should not be conforming us in seeing thousands of individuals wasting their gifts and talents. The lack of love has led each one to abandon the neighbor, leave them at the mercy of their madness.

 

·        "Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course." (Psalms 82.3-5).

·        “If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be." (Ecc 11.3).

 

It is clear that they never, by themselves, will come out of the miserable life in which they are inserted. Hence the warning:

 

·        “Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy." (Prov 31.8,9)

 

Notice how the mercantile system of the beast leads us to consider self-investment as justice, each running behind their interests. It is clear that, in principle, it may seem easier, faster, seek the individual growth.

However, I wonder: Is worth this conquest settled in the darkness of boredom (see 1 John 2.9-11)? What really do we win while millions follow this sinister wisdom of the antichrist?

Many times we associate "hate your brother" with anger or evil actions.

Not necessarily! From the moment that we're not loving, we're already despising the brother and leaving it in annoyance.

That Jesus free us from injustice, namely, of wanting to grow separated brethren, those which he placed and there is still of putting in our life.

It is appropriate here to make the following distinction:

·        Hatred is the feeling that leads someone to want the other suffer until they repent, humble himself, convert, and ask for forgiveness;

·        Contempt is the attitude of someone who, moved by hatred, decides to delete the individual permanently from their relationships.

·        Boredom is the attitude of someone who, moved by hatred, decides to irritate, harm and even kill the individual.

 

The right attitude is to let Jesus use this hatred to lead us to pray and seek in Him everything that is necessary for the individual who offended us come to know Him and to be able to repent and convert.

Unfortunately, instead of the people unite to seek something that is good for each other, instead of investing in living by faith (Hab 2.4; Rom 1.17; Gal 3.11; Heb 10.38) giving and receiving (and thus remain free of the mark of the beast that is based on purchase and sale), each one will continue to behave in a mechanical way, just thinking to acquire rights in the face of global elite.

Unfortunately, those who claim to believe in Jesus are not with a faith so alive. After all, why follow the path dictated by the global elite (trade), being that Jesus has promised to supply our needs if we seek His kingdom and righteousness (Matt 6.33)? Why beg to obtain rights that we have already been granted by the Creator One? 

The only thing that the federal constitution does is to deceive us, to make us think that the global elite is good and interested in our welfare. However, everything that the government promises to us is what Jesus has already given us. This machining will only facilitating the global elite to keep everyone under their bondage.

Result: this hatred ended any possibility of friendship in the professional field. Nobody else sees the depths of anyone, but only the mechanical side. Because of the distrust sown in the second seal, nobody trusts more on anyone. Everything that exists is fear, regret (because of loneliness and lack of quality in the few relationships, since nobody can more surrender completely to anyone) and hunger (since no one sees a reason for others to be blessed).

The balance symbolizes the justice and this can be seen in verses below:

 

·        “Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity." (Job 31.6).

·        “Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." (Psalm 62.9).

·        “A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight." (Prov 11.1).

·        “A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work." (Prov 16.11).

·        “For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it." (Jer 4.28).

·        “For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me." (Jer 8.21).

·        “Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up." (Jeremiah 14.2).

·        “Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?" (Malachi 3.14)

·        “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;" (Rev 6.12).

 

Note that this horseman does not receive a balance. He already has. Once Ha-Satan was the gauge of measurement (Zech 28.12), this was the first thing that he pass to the human being (there in Eden, through the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil). It is good to remember that one of the pillars of worldly justice is precisely to give each one what it has earned.

Is the race toward the top (see Gen 11.4) to see who grows more and outperforms the other (see 1Peter 4.3,4). Nobody wants to wait for the growth of another. This seems to be a loss of time, since nobody can see the value of the neighbor, much less has hope that Jesus can change it.

What nobody understands is that, in the end, the people did not profit by exploring each other. What one wins here, loses there and, in the end, only the global elite (and their Antichrist) profits sucking everyone. 

But the illusion of some think they are taking advantage of others, do they to feel happy. Even more when they have their addictions satisfied:

·        “Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin." (Hosea 12.6-8).

·        “Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?" (Amos 6.12,13).

 

The color black also has to do with the cries of the people who groans because of high prices of the foods. However, by virtue of not being able to see the true source of pleasure (love your neighbor - see 1John 2.9-11), all are being conformed, even more with the well-prepared speeches of the antichrist:

First discourse: the money raised:

·        with taxes is for the realization of social works;

·        through the tithes and offerings is necessary to spread the gospel of the antichrist. 

It is good to remember that the great Babylon takes the merchants to enrich themselves at the expense of the lust of religious institutions (Rev 18.3,9).

Second discourse: the need to curb the consumption to protect the environment (with the excuse that there isn’t food for everyone.

 

It is quite true that olive oil and wine were part of the basic supply of the Jews at that time (Deut 7.13; 11.14; Joel 2.19). However, consider that the food that can be used in the manufacture of alcoholic drink (barley) is cheaper than the nutritious (wheat), which denotes a distinction: who has money is well nourished and who does not, simply go through life being fed as slave labor (the ancient roman policy of the circus and bread).

In addition, realize that the olive oil (used in the manufacture of perfume) and wine (intoxicating drink) are not harm. Physically, the explanation could be the fact that the olive oil and wine are from trees that do not need to be replanted. Furthermore, wheat and barley are easily crushed by enemy armies.

However, notice how the things vital to the survival of the human being are marketed by the amount of the salary of a worker's day. 

While Jesus relates Himself for love, here the relationship is strictly commercial and hallucinogen.

Since  already this black reality can be seen: what is needed to leave the populace alienated and oblivious to what is important will not be achieved. Note how much money the government invests at Carnival, Easter, football, novel, etc. Billions of dollars are spent for festive activities as the World Cup and Olympics Games, but there is never enough money to invest in the health of the people.

Notice how the professions (such as nurse, farmer,garbageman, etc.) are poorly paid, while those professions that serve only to fill the minds of the populace with dirt (singer, artist of TV, soccer player) are exalted both in fame, as well as financially.

However, all are seduced with the possibility (illusory, of course) to see all your desires satisfied and its ambitions conquered.

In other words:

 

·        The wine is not destroyed to keep the people crazy.

·        The olive oil is not destroyed to keep the vanity of women with perfume and cosmetics.

 

Finally, the black justice of antichrist, based on hatred against each other, leads each one to compel others to work hard to get just what is needed to keep alive. Each one is encouraged to awaken the vanity and addiction, but retain the source of livelihood. 

Comes the question: how will they achieve this? Here are the policies that may be adopted:

 

·        Tons of food can be burned to raise the price (but convincing that this is being done because it was found some sort of contamination);

·        Increasing taxes on food products and granting tax incentives for the production of alcoholic beverages and cosmetics;

·        With the excuse that is to protect the environment, launches the "Codex alimentarius", leading the populace to distrust each other in terms of the "sustainable" use of natural resources. With this, all they consider to be fair that only international companies can have permission to manage the use of water, world food production, manufacture of medicines and the concession for the access to them.

 

Whatever the measure adopted, it will be done with all the effectiveness that Ha-Satan is capable of producing (2Thes 2.7-12), so that the people will not curse the global elite for retain the food:

 

• “He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it." (Prov 11.26).

 

Fortunately, the action of the antichrist is limited by a voice coming from the midst of the four living creatures (probably the voice of Jesus, since He is the center of the Gospel). i.e., although the Antichrist is characterized by the mystery of lawlessness, however the extent that each one will receive is according to the measure of their sins (which has accumulated up to the heaven - 1Thes 2.16; Rev 18.5). .

Besides, the 3rd horseman is the answer to those who insist in seeking in the justice of this world the provision of their needs and the conquest of their rights. But this darkness all around the world (Isaiah 5.30; 8.22) is not to intimidate those who believe in Jesus.

 

·        “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." (Matt 24.6).

 

On the contrary: they should raise their heads, certain of that the redemption of them approaching (Lk 21.25-28). Rather, the posture that each one should take is to live by faith in Christ (Hab 2.4; Rom 1.17; Gal 3.11; Heb 10.38), believing in His promises, in particular in that recorded in Matthew 6.33.

I believe that now it is easy to understand why human justice constitutes a seal which prevents the individual from having access to the revelation of the Eternal One.

Regarding the mission of this horseman, although not as explicit as the three others, the order that the Eternal gives points to this: his mission is to assess the measure.

FOURTH SEAL

·        “And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." (Rev 6.7,8).

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The Fourth Seal is the occasion on which the antichrist is wounded to death, but this deadly wound is cured with the rise of the Angel of the Abyss possessing his body. 

Understand: Ha-Satan and his demons find themselves stuck in the abyss in the world of the dead (Sheol, Hades) separating the Bosom of Abraham from hell (Lk 2: 67; 2Pet 2.4; Jude 6). However, when the Eternal One needs a vessel of wrath for disciplining the righteous (Rom 9.22,23), He Convokes Ha-Satan and his demons to see who will perform the service (see on 1Kings 22.19-22) and after this one back to the abyss (see Lk 8.30,31). 

During the 70th week, as the appearance of the antichrist is according to the effectiveness of Ha-Satan, many of his demons will be wandering around and the own Ha-Satan commanding everything in the heavenlies.

However, when the fourth seal is opened, the fifth trumpet is played and Ha-Satan falls on earth (Rev 9.1). At this moment he opens the bottomless pit and all the demons that are still there come under the command of the Angel of the Bottomless Pit (Rev 9.11), which, in turn, is under the command of Ha-Satan.

This Angel of the Abyss, then, has the body of the beast and personifies the virtue and power of each one of the seven prominent kings who ruled partly over this world. Hence to say that the beast is the 8th king and is from the seven (Rev 17.8,11).

That is to say, this fourth horseman, although it is the Antichrist, is different from the first three due to no longer be the original person of the Antichrist, but this demon behaving like the seven kings and raking the qualities of all of them. It is the antichrist presenting himself as the super-warrior, a god.

Note that, in the case of the first three Horsemen, no effective bloodbath occurs, here, about half the world's population is annihilated (Rev 6.8; 9.18). He considers himself the right to promote the populational reduction with the excuse that there is resource on the earth to sustain all.

Hence the fourth horseman to be called by the fourth beast, which is similar to the eagle flying. The eagle is the queen of all animals made from water (birds and marine animals - Gen 1.20,21). It is the animal that flies higher (above the clouds) and descends with a terrible speed to catch their prey, which portrays the heavenly contemplation that must exist in every human being. It symbolizes Jesus in His Divinity (portrayed in the gospel of John, and symbolised by the blue color), which shall act so sudden and unexpected (see Rom 9.28).

Here Jesus shows us what it means to be put by God:

 

·        “And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet." (Exodus 7.1).

 

Anyone who believes in Jesus, although it is a simple man, must be seen by unbelievers as if it were God Himself (even because the idea is that we are the temple of Him - 1 Corinthians 3.16; 6.19; 2Cor 6.16).

The antichrist, concealing the Eternal One, prefer to adopt as a symbol the yellow (the Sun), instead of the blue of the sky as a whole.

The antichrist, here, Encourages individuals to pray to Jesus asking for the death of millions of people, namely, all who consider themselves worthy of losing their lives here.

As well as the whole creation, directly or indirectly, depends on the sun to live and bases their activities (planting, measure the time and the climate, etc.) based on the sun, the antichrist wants the attention of everyone directed to him (as if he had the eye that sees everything). However, instead of bringing Life and Heaven (as did Jesus), He will bring death and hell. He performs great destruction on earth by provoked wars, famine architected by HAARP technology, plague created (note how scientists are always working to "discover" new viruses) and control of mutant animals.

As an eagle, the antichrist will catch unawares all living casually (Ezek 38.8;  Zeph 2.15; Zech1.15), promoting the populacional reduction. This time, everyone will be more than convinced that there are many people on the planet and that the human being is responsible for the destruction of the same, being indispensable this genocide. After all, it is necessary that there are sufficient natural resources for those who the global elite thinks that they are worthy of staying alive (Dan 11.39).

Understand: those who get wealth to satisfy their desires and achieve their ambitions, need natural resources to be able to take advantage of everything. Having, supposedly, so many people on the planet, there aren’t resources for such greed and ambition. Therefore, the eradication of poverty (or, to be more exact, of the poor ones) will be seen by everyone as a relief.

In other words, the antichrist will awaken in the individuals concern with the cares of this life and quality of life.

And whereas the hell was following the death, therefore the individuals who will be attacked are those who do not follow Jesus. Even because the four angelic beings (the four living creatures of Rev 4.6) remained holding the four winds of sky (the four demons that will encourage the Antichrist to play the role of the four horsemen - Rev 7.2.3) until all the servants of the Eternal One have been sealed.

Watch out for the order of the plagues (as in Ezek 14.21): the war generates hunger, which devastates everything that is good. This, in turn, facilitates the spread of the plague, because the body is weakened. As a result of killing, the beasts of the earth are multiplying:

 

·        “And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee." (Deuteronomy 7.22).

 

Note that the fourth horseman, which is an embodiment of what is invisible, is the only one who has the name and the only one that has no badge (the bow of the first, the sword of the second or the balance of the third).

Furthermore, this gentleman did not have this power. He was given. With the technology, the Antichrist pass to have the power to kill by:

 

·        Sword: as master of intrigues (Dan 8.23), the antichrist will put nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom (Matt 24.7). After all, war is an excellent deal for the international bankers. In addition to promote the reduction in the population, bind economically the countries involved to them, in addition to allow them to charge in both countries the rules that suits them to suck them until there is nothing left.

·        Hunger: through the HAARP technology (U.S.A), the antichrist will control the climate causing earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, droughts, etc. that will devastate those countries that oppose.

·        Plague: when the media says that a new virus was discovered, in fact what has happened is that they have created a new virus. After all, the disease, in addition to promote the reduction in population, it is very lucrative for the pharmaceutical industries of the global elite who can earn selling medicines and vaccines.

·        The beasts of the Earth: through genetics, robotics and nanotechnology, the antichrist will create super-animals and control them by microchip.

 

The use of wild beasts, instead of robots, it is a good idea, since, with many people killed, there will be a lot of food to feed these beasts, reducing the expense of them with fuel that would be needed to make robots operate.

Note how the antichrist, wanting to be like Jesus, the Author of Life (John 10.10), ends up being the death personified.

 

JESUS	ANTICHRIST	METHODS USED	WHAT IS AWAKENED
King of righteousness.	king of iniquity (apostasy)	Religion.	Ambition.
Godly servant.	servant of sin.	Communication.	Treats.
Son of man.	the son of perdition (spiritual darkness)	Justice and economy.	Wealth.
God of life.	god of death.	Technology, weapons and natural resources.	Cares of life.

 

I believe that now it is easy to understand WHY selfishness (want to have control of everything and everyone) constitutes a seal which prevents the individual from having access to the revelation of the Eternal.

Besides, see the connection with Matthew 24. 

 

·        “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." (Matt 24.7).

 

The difference is that, while in Revelation mentions the beasts of the earth, here mentions earthquakes. The 4th horseman is the answer to those who insist on wanting to take control of everything and everyone in his hands, namely, the same desire that welled up in the heart of Eve: be as God (Gen 3.5).

FIFTH SEAL

·        "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." (Rev 6.9-11).

 

That the scene of the fifth seal is in heaven, just see the reference them to those who dwell on the earth.

At the very end of the three and a half years is opened the fifth seal and the martyrs break the silence that was made in heaven (Rev 8.1) in virtue of the prayers made throughout this period don’t please to Jesus (Lk 18.8).

Understand:

 

·        The chapter 7 is a parenthesis in order to respond to the cry of the wicked (Rev 6.17);

·        The Seventh Seal is the answer the prayer of the martyrs. This seal reveals to the martyrs why, many times, they saw no deliverance while they were alive. They and all other believers were not praying in the correct way.

 

Although they thought that Jesus was not responding to the prayers, the Eternal One shows in Revelation 8 that the prayers of all the well motived saints were not being lost. They will be stored to, at the right time, be used by Jesus in order to:

 

·       Lift the two witnesses;

·       Seal the 144,000;

·       Send voices, thunder, lightning and earthquakes;

·       Send the seven trumpets.

 

The well motived pray couldn’t be heared immediately because of necessity of the Holy Scripture need to be fulfill.

The prayers of the righteous will be offered at the beginning of the 70th week. While the prayers of the saints are being offered, the 2 witnesses are raised, the 144,000 are sealed and, after this completed, voices, thunder, lightning and earthquakes appear to announce that the 144,000 were already sealed and that will start the warnings of trumpets.

It is clear that many prayers are being made. However, the most will aim at violating the Lamb and induce Him to give what each one wants. As is well known, this is a time of great suffering (in virtue of the seven trumpets and the persecution promoted by the Antichrist). inclusive, that is why these martyrs cry out.

Unfortunately, instead of believers are crying out for the salvation of individuals, they were all crying out for their own immediate needs.

Hereby we learn that the period in which there is peace and security (1Thes 5.3) is only in three and a half days, immediately after the death of 2 witnesses (Rev 11.10).

Making this clear: the cry of the martyrs for revenge does not reflect the them rue for seeing the wicked fun (even because the martyrs were not praying with relation to the events here on earth - they were unaware of this - see Ec 9.5). Instead, the sadness of them have to do with the other believers arriving in the Bosom of Abraham, victims of so much violence in virtue of they belong to Jesus.The perplexity of them was dued to the enormous patience of the Eternal One (their ability to stay seeing evil without doing nothing until all His good, pleasing and perfect will be fulfilled). 

It is for this purpose that the white garments are granted, namely, to confirm that their mission was complete, as well as the impact that their ministry and death had on the lives of other believers (remember that we are clothed with the righteous deeds of the saints - Rev 19.8).

The fact that each one receives his garment shows that the blessing of Eternal One is personal and not collective.

Making this clear: these garments are not literals; rather, it is the consolation of Eternal One in testify that everything that they and the other suffered was necessary for the purpose it was fulfilled and that, later, on the occasion of the Marriage of the Lamb (rapture), everything would be perfectly clear.

But, what altar is this in that they were the souls of the martyrs?

The fact that souls are seen under the altar recalls the shedding of blood at the foot of the altar of burned offering. The cry of them, like Abel, is addressed to Jesus to serve as a witness to the angels. Inclusive, this shows that these martyrs are not in heaven (otherwise it would not have been possible all they are under the altar).

They are in Hades, but John has a vision of the Bosom of Abraham when he looks down beneath the altar of burned offering. It is as if the base of the altar would be a kind of screen transmitting in live what was happening in the Bosom of Abraham.

John sees the martyrs crying and being "clothed in white" there in the Bosom of Abraham.

Here we can see that there are two types of altar in heaven: "the altar of incense" (Rev 8.5; 9.13; 14.18; 16.7) and the altar of burned offering (Rev 6.9), which is through which the martyrs are seen.

This shows that the sacrifice of Jesus did not substitute our sacrifice (as if we did not have to sacrifice - see Heb 13.14; Rm 12.1). Instead, what the sacrifice of Jesus did was to open the way for our sacrifice to become acceptable (see Mal 3.4,5). 

In the testament of the law individuals were not obliged to sacrifice your desires or plans, but to seek the implementation of same in the Eternal One. They should glorify the Eternal One seeking peace, harmony and prosperity in this world. Each one should seek your garden of Eden into the Eternal One, without, however, forget to love your neighbor.

Each one should love the Eternal One with their heart, soul, strength and understanding that, even in its fullness, are extremely limited, and then love your neighbor in the same way that they loved themselves (see Prov 14.12).

Today, however, each one, like Christ, must renounce his own life for the Eternal’s Spirit alive in themselves. The altar of burned offering, that the priests were considered as a profession and the people of Israel would only when it was necessary to obtain the forgiveness of sins, now it is the refuge of those who surrender their lives to Jesus (this is where you get the answers to your questions).

Our altar, for those who don't know, is the cross of Christ. We must offer our souls to Jesus (living for Him - 1 John 4.9) in order to be free from sin.

But after all, who are these souls? 

First look at the clamor of Zechariah and Abel:

 

·        “And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it." (2Chr 24.20-22).

·        “And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground." (Genesis 4.10).

 

Apparently seems quite different from the prayer of Jesus and of Stephen:

 

·        “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots." (Luke 23.34).

·        “And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep." (Acts 7.59,60).

 

However, the Bible does not mention the reason the cry of Abel. And as the cry of Zechariah, this is not a desire for revenge, but a prophetic warning. The truth is that a true servant of the Eternal One cannot have bad feelings in the heart.

It is true that the righteous, in Christ, will be happy with the end of wickedness. However, he can never be happy for the destruction of the wicked. This type of joy is only for those who do not know Jesus and His work.

Remember the question that Jesus asks: "When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? (Luke 18.8). Why did he ask this? Because He never wanted a prayer that seek to punish the bad guys here to have a good life, but faith that you want to be a friend of the Eternal One to overrun the love of Jesus (Psalm 23.5) in the life of the enemies who want to receive it (Mt 5.44,45). Our pleasure should be the companionship of the Eternal One (Psalm 37.4) and the desire to do His will (Mt 7.21) so that the riches of His grace might be evidenced by overcoming all the evil which it is possible to be conceived in the heart of the human being.

Unfortunately, even today, many did not understand the message.

Elijah, for example, thought that destroy the enemies was the way of the Eternal One rid His sons (2Kings 1.9-15). 

What the saints of the testament of the law understood as being the true justice of the Eternal One was the destruction of the wicked and material reward of the righteous. This type of prayer was very common in the Testament of the law (see Ps 58.10,11; 74; 79.5-10; 83; 91.8).

Jesus illustrates this through the parable of the unjust judge. In this parable, the widow represents Israel (who had to live in this way to have been repudiated by the Eternal One - Isa 50.1; Jer 3.8). Without the Eternal One and without being able to run behind other lovers (Hosea 2.6,7), Israel lived as a widow (without revelation of the Eternal One).

Although believed in the Eternal One, the sight of them was the same as that of the angel of the Eternal One (Zech 1.12): the way of the Eternal One manifest His righteousness was punishing evil and rewarding the wicked. Note how the theology of prosperity and the legality left individuals disturbed (and the worst is that many, even today, still stuck in this curse).

Notice that not even the angels understood. 

In addition, it is also for that angels can better understand the Eternal One and His love and righteousness that Jesus constituted the Church:

 

·        “For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men." (1 Corinthians 4.9).

·        “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God," (Eph3.8-10).

·        “Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into." (1 Peter 1.10-12).

 

However, when James and John wanted to do the same thing, Jesus rebuked them:

 

·        “And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village." (Luke 9.52-56).

 

See how great is the difference between the saints who lived before Christ's sacrifice and those who came after. Even though the persecution because of the gospel is real (see Rev 12.17; 2Tim 1.8; Phil 2.17; 2Tim 4.6; Rev 7.13,14; 13.15; 18.24; 20.4) and the Eternal One promised to avenge the blood of His sons (Dt 32.43), our special blessing (1 Corinthians 2.9) is to be happy seeing the immense riches of the grace of Jesus overcoming the greatest cruelties that the calamities that it is possible to fall on a human being.

The happiness is in experience within oneself the fullness of the Holy Spirit even though they are being submitted to the largest grievances. And the greater the tort, more intense and striking is the experience with Jesus.

However, we must not think that the martyrs were those who died for love of the Creator before the coming of Christ, or even those who have died or will die for Christ until the beginning of the 70^th week. Even more if we consider the cry of the martyrs as revenge. Otherwise, we’ll be forced to admit that the consolation of Christ in Hades is without value. After all, after so much time there being comforted, they are still restless (Luke 16.25).

This is unacceptable!

Even admitting that the cry of the martyrs is not revenge against the evil, but a cry in seeking to understand the reason by which the Eternal One continues allowing more individuals die for their faith in Jesus, yet has no logic. After all, makes sense to want to see the Eternal One exercising His judgment against a generation that has nothing to do with what happened to them? For example: what the generation today has to do with the death of Abel, Zechariah, Stephen, etc.?

Soon, the more reasonable to think that this is referring to those brethren who die in Christ during the first half of the great tribulation. Note that they are dressed in white, something that is granted to the Church:

 

·        "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." (Rev 19.8).

Notice how these martyrs did not understand the work of the Eternal One. And the reason is simple: they just arrived in Hades and, seeing so many arriving there brutally murdered by the Antichrist, they were perplexed about this and, then, come to cry out to the Eternal One.

It is precisely at this moment, in the midst of all this cry, that the bride begins to be clothed with fine linen, clean and white (Rev 19.8), namely, at the moment in which the righteous begin to be improved together (Heb 11.40).

Note how it is said who gave these souls the white garments, nor who ordered the rest to them (it is good to remember that only the voice of the Eternal One has power as a matter of fact, not being mere advice or comfort, but a living word that operates something in the life of the one who receives it).

However, the martyrs should rest until the number of his fellowservants and brothers who should die in the same way that they are complete. This seems counterintuitive. The normal would be say: stand until the day of vengeance come. 

However, it was for them to rest on something which, normally, no one wants to rest: to see other individuals going through the same afflictions that they and for the same reason (see 1Pet 5.8,9).

Nevertheless, the comfort offered by the Eternal One (the white garments) consisted in a change of paradigm, begin to see the things of the Eternal One mode.

Now understood the significance of the white robes? Or you thought it was literally? However, as these souls (lives) would be clothed in white garments if they had only spirit? It is symbolic garments, namely, the righteous deeds of the saints (Rev 19.8). In other words, these brothers was granted to them that they could receive, in itself, at this moment, the true justice of the Eternal One in Christ Jesus, so that they then could rest (receiving the definitive consolation - Luke 16.25). It was the moment they begin to understand the work of the Eternal One in all its depth.

Comes the question: to whom these martyrs were crying? By:

 

·        Sovereign: One who is above everyone and everything, that has everything under control (Job 42.2);

·        Lord: Who is the owner of everything and everyone, i.e., who has the authority to do everything He want;

·        Holy Spirit: He who is of purer eyes than to behold evil (Hab 1.13), much less be tempted by it (James 1.13).

·        True: One who did not fail in any of His promises (Jos 23.14; 1Kings 8.56) and that does everything have real meaning in our life.

 

Come the question: how can a God who has all power and authority, is the owner of everything and everyone (Ps 24.1), has no pleasure in evil (Hab 1.13; Ezek 33.11; Micah 7.18) and is faithful in everything that promises (for example, Deut 32.43), allow evil to continue acting "impunity" on earth? 

Understanding that these martyrs were not being ironical, soon what they’ll want is to understand the meaning of everything and the white garments is the result of everything that they pass here for the sake of the Gospel in the lives of the saints who had contact with them.

After all, what will they want is to understand the righteousness of Christ, as well as see it having real effect on individuals, will not they?

ByHere it is clear how do not understand the justice of the eternal One, as well as being able to see it revenge, constitutes a seal which prevents the individual from having access to the revelation of the Eternal One.

Regarding the similarity with Matthew 24, note both physical and spiritual persecution:

·        "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together." (Matthew 24.9-28).

 

Well, which side do you want to stay? The side of believers disturbed that dedicate their lives to be clamoring for the punishment of the wicked or of believers blessed who dedicate their lives to cry for the salvation of the wicked, whose prayer rises from the angel's hand until the "nose" of the Eternal One as a sweet smell (Rev 8.4)?

Finally, the fifth seal represents justification by law that distances us from the favor of the Eternal One (Gal 5.4), destroy us (Ecc 7.16) and prevents us from seeing and subjecting us the true justice of the Eternal One (Rom 10.3). This seal is dedicated to the brothers in Christ who insist still live under the law and the theology of prosperity.

SIX SEAL

·        “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind." (Rev 6.12-13).

 

The sixth seal, in particular, coincides with the seventh trumpet. This is the moment in which Jesus comes, namely, three and a half days after the first half of the 70^th week. This great earthquake is also seen in Rev 11.13 and is already a "free sample" for the largest earthquake of all time (Rev 16.18). As well as all the trumpets were partial and preparatory reprimands for the plagues of the vials, this great earthquake of the sixth seal (7^th trumpet) is a preparation for the greatest of all earthquakes.

The sackcloth of hair was an instrument used to express regret for some tragedy happened or what was about to happen (see 2Kings 6.30; Job 16.15; Isa 22.12; Esther 4.4; Ps 30.11; Isa 3.24; Amos 8.10). The sun become as sackcloth of hair meant a temporary darkening to express the sorrow of the Eternal One by the terrible judgment that would come over land and sea because of the disobedience of the people.

The darkening of the sun, moon and stars was very prophesied in Scripture when a terrible evil was to come (Isaiah 13.10 - Isaiah 9.19 The earth darkens itself by the wrath of the Eternal One). 

 

·        "Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother." (Isaiah 9.19).

·        “For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. " (Isaiah 13.10 - regarding Babylon).

·        "And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree." (Isaiah 34.4 - regarding Babylon).

·        "And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD." (Ezek 32.7,8 - regarding Babylon).

·        "The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:" (Joel 2.10 - Regarding Babylon).

·        "The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel" (Joel 3.15,16).

·        "And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day." (Amos 8.9,10).

 

The moon turning into blood was indicative of blood that would be spilled in virtue of the vials, the destruction of the Great Harlot and the battle of Armageddon because they rejected the blood of Christ.

Besides, do you remember what the angel said when Jesus ascended to heaven?

 

·        " Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." (Acts 1.11)

 

As well as, when Jesus was to go to the heaven (on the Cross), there was darkness from noon until three in the afternoon (Matt 27.45; Luke 23.44), when Jesus comes there will be darkness.

Comes the question: how is it possible that the stars fall on the earth, since many of them, according to the science, is several times greater than the earth?

If we analyze the meaning of stars along the Sacred Scripture, we see that this word assumes four meanings. The most appropriate here is the meaning that the word assumes in the book of Daniel:

 

·        "And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them." (Daniel 8.10).

·        "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." (Daniel 12.3)

 

Note how the stars here, represent individuals who shine the light of Christ (see Phil 2.14,15). In fact, as well as the stars shine light, those who are in Christ shine the truth and the true wisdom of the Eternal One.

Unfortunately, it is also true that, through the artificial satellites launched by man, the wisdom of this world is scattered in the minds of individuals.

Now, try to visualize what John saw. It is good to remember that the passage of Joel is also related with the coming of Christ at the end of the 70th week:

 

·        "The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining." (Joel 3.15)

 

Whereas in all predictions of judgment is mentioned the darkening of the stars, I believe that when Jesus comes to snatch the Church is no different. John did not mention this because, to see the satellites falling down on earth at a amazing speed, he thought they were stars (since when a foreign body enters the Earth's surface, it ignites).

Understand: When Jesus comes to the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the stars will darken and all artificial satellites will fall down on the earth; when Jesus comes after the outpouring of the seventh vial, all the stars will melt and fall somewhere far away from the earth (only the Eternal One to know where). 

 

·        "And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree." (Isaiah 34.4 - regarding Babylon).

 

All who observe the scene will see them fall from heaven toward the horizon.

 

·        "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places." (Rev 6.14).

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Think about it: when you look out the window, you see the sun rotating in an anti-clockwise direction. However, the truth is that it is the earth who is rotating in a clockwise direction.

Similarly, imagine an individual living at the south pole. When the earth is "stretched" by Jesus (leaving to be spherical to be perfectly flat) the feeling that this individual will be  is that the sky is retracting as a parchment when, in fact, is the south pole (or the north pole) that is unfolding a portion to the left and another to the right.

It isn’t in vain that Jeremiah saw all the mountains trembled:

 

·        "I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly." (Jeremiah 4.24).

 

And complete saying that neither the mountains are reliable (see also Psalm 121.1,2):

 

·        "Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel." (Jeremiah 3.23). 

 

With the sixth seal, the earth will return to the way it had before the rebellion of Ha-Satan: flat. 

Luke confirms the prophecy of Isaiah with respect to the coming of Christ:

 

·        " The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:" (Isaiah 40.3,4).

·      "As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." (Luke 3.4-6).

 

When Jesus stretch the earth in his coming to rapture the Church, all the valleys that had to be formed so that the flat earth become spherical will be stretched, the islands will be moved from its place (even because, pieces of land which were next to each other in the circle, will now be on opposite sides).

When Jesus comes to inaugurate the millennium, all the mountains, then, will be planed, leaving just the mount Zion:

 

·        "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." (Isaiah 2.2).

·        "But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it." (Mq 4.1).

 

·        "And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Rev 6.15-17).

 

This here is the largest idolater worldwide cry. All are, at the same time, worshipping the stones.

The global elite (kings of the earth, people distinguished in the eyes of the world, the commanders of armies, the wealthy, those who are good at manipulating public opinion) hide themselves in underground cities (caves). The poor ones (whether slaves or free), on the other hand, hide themselves as they can on the cliffs of the mountains (Isa 2.19,21).

Unfortunately, the wicked will prefer to pray to the mountains and rocks (Luke 23.30). And this was also foretold previously:

 

·        "The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us." (Hosea 10.8).

·        "For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us." (Luke 23.29,30).

 

Here you can see the reason for which many seek the intercession of the saints: because, in essence, they are afraid of Jesus and His wrath.

Comes the question: what exactly they will be hoping that the mountains and rocks make for them?

In the first place, hills and rocks cannot see, hear, or do anything. And, even if they could hear, what the mounts would do for them? Crush them? But the soul cannot be extinguished, is an unquenchable spark.

Unfortunately, hills and rocks were being their God (the god of fortresses). They were already accustomed to worship idols of stone, now pray to the stones against the living God Himself.

By this the idolatry is something so terrible. It’s to try to invent a god that is stronger than the true God and who can subjugate Him. Instead to reconcile and make peace with Jesus (Isaiah 27.5), they want to defeat Him, and if possible, destroy Him.

Notice how the wicked know who is coming is the Lamb and know His nature. However, they tried to rape the Lamb, change His nature. It may seem incredible, but all the wicked in the first half of the 70th week will be, in essence, worshiping the Lamb. However, they will worship Him in a wrong way, following the style of worship taught by the beast and the false prophet.

All the times that a mass destruction has occurred because of this kind of thing (Gen 6.13; 11.5; 18.20,21).

Understand: Lamb and anger do not match. Irritate a lamb implies an extreme attempt to try to rape Him and change His nature, as do the believers when they pray for the wrath of the Eternal One fall on those who made them evil.

This Lamb irate was forged by the anger that believers have deposited in Him with their malignant prayers. Now the sinners prefer annihilation to see the face of the Lamb. After all, they are seeing in Him the amount of prayers made to Him against themselves.

 His face, which is the chief among ten thousand (see Songs 5.10), is to the forward one a depressing sight, arousing horror and deepening the moan. The wrath of Love is the most terrible wrath, because His face is stamped the love in favor of all those that each beat.

The wrath of evil nature rarely touches the conscience of its victim; instead , often awakens contempt and anger. The Love, however, when He is angry, His indignation crushes the interior (2Cor 5.14).

See the hardness of heart! Even fully convinced of the judgment that hovered over them, yet they preferred death (Rev 9.6) to repent and convert to the Eternal One.

As Cain, they wanted to be hidden from the face of the Eternal One (because they know that His face is against them that do evil, since they are against who does the good - Psalms 34.16), and the wrath of the Lamb (Gen 4.13-16). They know that the Lamb abhorreth all ungodliness and unrighteousness (Romans 1.18; Heb 1.9), and as they do not want to get rid of them, they prefer to hide.

What individuals don't realize is that:

 

·        "And he said unto them, take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given." (Mark 4.24).

 

Unfortunately, no human being, naturally, wants justice. Everyone wants the punishment of another when they have their rights violated, but always want to be the targets of mercy when they make mistakes.

If there is corruption and all recognize their flaws, all would seek laws aimed connect to each other. In this way, the loss of one would be the loss of all, which would lead everyone to try to find a way of, together, overcoming the flaws.

Nobody would want to severe punishment, because they know that the same would happen when they wrong, without mentioning that this implies in consuming the brother of excessive sadness (2Cor 2.7-11):

 

·        “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things." (Romans 2.1).

But also wouldn't want to mild punishment, because this would not be enough to deal with sin in their life (which make them someone useless) and in the life of the neighbor (which is for them of extremely useful).

Summarizing: want to the punishment of another is grave symptom of isolation. It is a sign that we are not cultivating an organic relationship, but we simply raking in a manner which does not reflect the wisdom of the Eternal One (Prov 18.1), nor truly fills the void in our hearts.

But this is not everything! Who wants to hide from Jesus (who is love, peace, happiness), therefore takes pleasure in fear, contempt (which brings disturbance) and anguish.

 

·        “Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah." (Psalms 76.7,8).

 

Now you can understand the cries of the psalmist?

Do you understand why the day of wrath of the Eternal One is always portrayed as something terrible:

 

·        “Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty" (Isaiah 13.6).

·        "The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land." (Zephaniah 1.14-18).

·        “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen." (Ezek 30.2,3).

·        “Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.” (Joel 1.15).

·        "And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?" (Joel 2.11).

·        “Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.  As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?” (Amos 5.18-20)

·        “And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:” (Amos 8.9).

·        "But who may abide the day of his coming?, and who shall stand when he appeareth? Because he is like a refiner's fire, and like the soap of lavandeiros." (Mal 3.2).

 

But after all: who may abide the day of Christ's coming? This question made by Malachi also will be made by the wicked under the sixth seal: who can stand? 

The answer is: nobody, since each one is:

 

·        to be accused before an omniscient God;

·        before an audience of angels who witnessed our sins;

·        before the testimony of his own conscience.

 

Thus:

 

·        Nobody can claim that they did not have sinned;

·        Nobody can claim that there is not sufficient evidence;

·        No one can excuse that sin is not important;

·        Nobody can say who sinned by accident (for example, by not having way to avoid);

·        There is no point pretending that you were in the service of someone (much less of the Kingdom of Eternal One).

·        Nobody can count on the sympathy of the court, because the judge is love Himself in person (1John 4.8,16), being This Love the basis of the judgment. Additionally, to whom recourse if Jesus is the only source of love existing?

Understand: although the trial is based on law to condemn those who insist on being under the law, however what leads the individual to sin is the lack of love for others.

 

There is no excuse for sin, because the grace is always available.

Furthermore, nobody is going to a court moved from love:

 

·        The accuser wants to make fall on the accused all evil that is legally possible;

·        The accused wants to get rid of anything that might make him someone useful to the accuser;

·        The promoter, along with the lawyer in charge wants to bring out all the evil that exists in the heart of the accused;

·        The defense lawyer wants to put a justification for all the wickedness of his client.

·        The jury examines all the wickedness and decide, according to the view of the eyes and the hearing of the ears, if the individual is guilty or not;

·        The judge determines the nature and intensity of the wickedness that must fall on the accused.

 

The only exception is with respect to those who appear before the judgment seat of Christ (destined to the righteous). These, yes, will there to better understand the love and wisdom of Jesus in the midst of everything that they experienced here on earth.

At the judgment seat of Christ, each one can be accused by his own conscience when confronted with the love in person (which now is no longer our lawyer, but a judge). The Promoter shall be the law of the Old Testament (John 5.45). The Church is a witness and, at the same time, the jury, since it is in Her that Christ did His work, leaving the whole world condemned under the law and, therefore, completely open to the Grace (Rom 3.19,20; 11.32).

 And who are the ones who will cry out to the mountains and rocks?

 

·        Kings of the earth - Authorities;

·        The large - Famous;

·        Rich - that control the goods of this world;

·        Captains - military strategists;

·        Powerful - that holds the control of arms;

·        Servant - Those who expect to receive the human being what they want;

·        Free - Those who work for themselves, who are fighting for a country and life better.

 

Hereby it is clear how the idolatry, or want to worship other gods in the presence of the eternal One (or, if you prefer, want to shape Him according to their own interests) constitutes a seal which prevents the individual from having access to the revelation of Him.

Fortunately, the elect will be free of this era of wrath that is to come (1Thes 1.10; 5.9; Rev 3.10).

The sixth seal is dedicated to those who insist on violating the Eternal One, instead of praying in order to know Him better and discover His will.

All of this also shows us that, by more severely than someone being threatened (or punished, as in the case of the seven vials), this will never repent and convert. After Jesus exhausts all His plagues against humanity (sword, famine, pestilence, and the beasts of the earth), He finally comes to rapture His church.

In relation to connection with Matthew 24, there is a difference: Verse 29 depicts Christ's coming to judge the world, while here is the coming of Christ to rapture His church. But it does not leave to be a similarity:

 

·        “But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.” (Matt 18.25).

 

However, it is important for us to see the difference between Matthew 29.29 and the sixth seal: 

 

To open the sixth seal:	Matthew 24.29  - At the end of the 70th week:
(seventh trumpet, when Jesus comes to snatch the Church), the moon became as blood (Joel 2.30; Acts 2.20).	Battle of Armageddon: the moon shall be darkened completely (Joel 2.10,31; 3.15;  Matt 24.29; Mark 13.24);
The stars of heaven (in this case, the artificial satellites) fall through the earth (Isaiah 34.45; Rev 6.13).	The stars of heaven fall, but not on earth (even because it would be impossible, since it has stars much larger than the earth - Matt 24.29).
the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains (Rev 6.15).	The beast and his followers are going to meet Jesus to fight against Him in the battle of Armageddon. It is clear that, when they see the sign of the Son of man in heaven, they lament, but still go to the battle (instead of fear and hide as before - Matt 24.30).
We shall be caught up together with those who died in Christ to meet Jesus (1Thes 4.16,17).	It is Jesus who comes in the clouds for the battle of Armageddon (Matt 24.30).
The living will be raptured along the dead ones in Christ (1Thes 4.16,17).	Jesus shall gather His elect from the four winds (Matt 24.31), i.e., the angels will lead the elect who will be persecuted by evil forces of the antichrist toward the valley of Armageddon. The journey of the Antichrist forces moved by demons (Rev 16.13.14) will be used to push the elected to close the lamb, which will be protected by the angels to reach Jesus.
The mountains and islands are moved out of his place.	(in the seventh bowl), the islands will cease to exist (will gather again and constitute the portion dry, returning to be a single continent - Gen 1.9 – Rev 16.20) and the mountains are not findings, since all the mountains will be leveled and the valleys planed (Isaiah 40.4; Lk 3.5; Rev 16.20).

 

Here Jesus shows how to subdue all the earth, dominate over all creation and reign sovereign over sin.