REV 6 // AN URGENT MATTER

Hector Mora

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LAST WEEK

We looked at the Scroll that was in the Hand of the Father

We saw John react to the fact that he thought there was no one to open up the scroll.

Only to be encouraged by an Elder, who presented Jesus as sufficient to open up the scroll.

However, we didn’t see a Kingly Jesus

We saw a Lamb as if it had been slained

This is what qualified Jesus

This is what marked Jesus as sufficient to redeem us.

As we studied it, we realized that this document could very well be the Title Deed of the World.

The details to all thats going to happen with the world.

THIS WEEK

We will look at what happens when the first 6 seals are removed.

What I want us to think about is this:

Where is the Church through all of this?

Where are the skeptics?

Where are the atheists?

TURN TO REVELATION 6

Revelation 6 NKJV

1 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. 3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. 5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” 7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth. 9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. 12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

PRAY THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS WORD.

THAT WE WOULD HAVE URGENCY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOSPEL.

THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THESE EVENTS.

Revelation 6:1–2 NKJV

REV 6:

QUESTION: WHERE IS THE CHURCH?

WHERE IS THE CHURCH?

How many of us are crazy enough to believe in what Christians call the rapture?

Let’s forget what Christians say for a moment

Let’s look at what God’s word says

1 Thessalonians 4:15–18 NKJV

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

THE QUESTION IS: WHEN DOES THIS HAPPEN?

If you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture

Which means that the Church is taken up before the tribulation

Then the Church is nowhere to be found in the Text of Revelation 6

It has already been taken up

Which has allowed God to distribute his just wrath on an unbelieving world.

If you believe in a post-trib rapture

Which means that the church is here for the full 7 years of the Anti-Christ’s rule

Then you believe that you will be present throughout the distribution of God’s wrath

You may be asking yourself

“Wait a second”

“If I believe that Jesus paid the price for my sins”

“If my life has been radically changed by the Gospel”

“I thought I would be exempt from the wrath of God”

Those are good questions

Questions that nullify a post-trib rapture

BUT WHERE DOES SCRIPTURE SUPPORT A PRE-TRIB RAPTURE

REMEMBER WHEN JESUS WAS WRITING TO THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA IN ?

Revelation 3:10 NKJV

10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

REMEMBER WHEN PAUL WAS COMFORTING THE ROMANS ABOUT THE SALVATION FOUND IN CHRIST?

Romans 5:9 NKJV

9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

REMEMBER WHEN PAUL COMFORTED THE EPHESIANS?

EPHESIANS

Ephesians 5:6 NKJV

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

REMEMBER WHEN PAUL WAS COMFORTING THE CHURCH IN THESSALONICA ABOUT THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD?

1 Thessalonians 1:10 NKJV

10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 5:9 NKJV

9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

It is pretty clear that the church is saved from wrath

SECONDLY

However, there is a belief that because the first 3.5 years of the tribulation are wrathless, that the Church could still be here

At worst,

THIS TEXT IS VIVDLY TIED TO ZECHARIAH 6

This yields what is called a Mid Tribulation Rapture.

Though this seems possible

The releasing of the seals speak of death, famine, economical imbalance, and wrath

SO LET’S CHECK IT OUT

Revelation 6:1–2 NKJV

WHEN THE LAMB OPENED UP ONE OF THE SEALS

ONE OF THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES SUMMONED JOHN WITH A VOICE LIKE THUNDER

“COME AND SEE”

AND JOHN LOOKED AND BEHOLD:

A WHITE HORSE

HE WHO SAT ON IT HAD A FEW THINGS ON HIS PERSON

A BOW

A CROWN THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM

THIS RIDER WENT OUT CONQUERING AND TO CONQUER

WHO IS THIS AND WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

ALL THROUGHOUT HISTORY

A WHITE HORSE IS SEEN AS VICTORIOUS

NORMALLY PEOPLE WOULD ASSOCIATE THIS WHITE HORSE & RIDER WITH JESUS WHO WILL COME RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE IN

They assume that He is the rider of the Horse that is going out conquering and to conquer.

HOWEVER

This rider is wearing a different crown than the rider of Revelation 19

This rider is wearing a Stephanos, a Victor’s crown

Jesus in is wearing a Diadema, which is a Royal Crown

BUT IN ADDITION

We see the Lamb releasing the Horses individually in this text

As he opens the seals

John see’s the releasing of the horse

Speaking to their individual roles in this story

And the Authoritative Role of the Lamb that was slain

THE WHITE HORSE AND ITS RIDER SPEAK TO WAR AND WHAT GOD WILL ALLOW TO HAPPEN IN THE END TIMES.

Remember what we do know.

Remember what Jesus said in Matthew

Matthew 24:4–8 NKJV

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Matthew 24:4-

This white horse is a fulfilment of what Jesus spoke about in

If you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture

Which means that the Church is taken up, , before the tribulation

Then the Church is nowhere to be found

It has already been taken up

Which has allowed God to distribute his just wrath on an unbelieving world.

If you believe in a post-trib rapture

Which means that the church is here for the full 7 years of the Anti-Christ’s rule

Then you believe that you will be present throughout the distribution of God’s wrath

You may be asking yourself

“Wait a second”

“If I believe that Jesus paid the price for my sins”

“If my life has been radically changed by the Gospel”

“I thought I would be exempt from the wrath of God”

Thats a good thought, but my question to you is, where did you get that from?

1 Thessalonians 5:9 NKJV

9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

So why would anyone believe in a Post Tribulation rapture?

Revelation 6:3–4 NKJV

3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Rev 6:3-

JESUS OPENS THE SECOND SEAL

THE SECOND LIVING CREATURES SAID

“COME AND SEE”

AND JOHN LOOKED AND BEHOLD:

Another Horse

But this time it was Fiery Red

This Rider had a sword on his person

Was given the authority to remove peace from the earth

That people would Kill one another

DURING THE TIME JOHN WAS WRITING

ROME WAS THE SOURCE OF PEACE

IT WAS KNOWN AS THE PAX ROMANA

For the peace to be removed

For murder to be common

Would be something that was foreign to the audience

This would bring fear

But it would also bring another realization

That ROME’s power would diminish

THAT ROME, THE GREAT, WOULDN’T BE ALL POWERFUL AS IT CURRENTLY WAS.

TODAY THIS DOESN’T SEEM FAR FETCHED

In the last week we have had an individual try to kill former presidents and senators using mail bombs

Just yesterday, before Shabbath Service in Pittsburgh, a gunman came in and killed 11 people and wounded many after declaring some anti-semitic rhetoric.

IT IS ALMOST AS IF THE SYMPTOMS OF THE TRIBULATION ARE ALIVE AND WELL TODAY

Revelation 6:5–6 NKJV

5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

REV 6:

THE LAMB THEN OPENS THE 3RD SEAL

THE LIVING CREATURE SPOKE

“COME AND SEE”

SO JOHN LOOKED AND BEHOLD

A Black Horse

The Rider holding a pair of Scales

IN THE MIDST OF THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, THERE WAS A VOICE SAYING

“A QUART OF WHEAT FOR A DENARIUS”

“3 QUARTS OF BARKEY FOR A DENARIUS”

“DO NOT HARM THE OIL OR THE WINE”

THIS HORSE REPRESENTS THE ECONOMICAL IMBALANCE THAT WILL SATURATE THE WORLD

He holds scales in the hand to show how imbalanced the economy has become

A quart of Wheat for a Full Days Wage

3 quarts of Barley for a Full Days wages

This would be the equivalent of one persons daily ration for survival

Which means that a head of household would not be able to provide for his family

One thing that stands out is that the values of the Oil and Wine remain untouched

Why?

Because those two commodities were exported and not imported

Oil, Wine, and Corn were the three main exports of Palestine

But Wheat and Barley, were mostly imported from other areas.

WE HAVE SEEN GREAT INFLATION IN OUR TIMES

CRUDE OIL

FOOD

My family and I, in our venture to save money and reduce waste

Are expected to receive our first package of imperfect food this week

It is still the same product

it just doesn’t look pleasing to the eye.

Markets wont sell the product because it looks abnormal.

So we signed up to receive a box of this imperfect food

We pick the vegetables, and fruits the week before

They send it out to us

Most of it is locally farmed

So it adds value to our community

THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND EVERYTHING

BUT HONESTLY, IT’S NOT GOING TO STOP WHAT WE ARE READING FROM HAPPENING

Necessities will be inflated

But Oil and Wine will remain untouched.

Revelation 6:7–8 NKJV

7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

THEN THE LAMB OPENED THE FOURTH SEAL

JOHN HEARD THE VOICE OF THE FOURTH LIVING CREATURE SAYING

“COME AND SEE”

JOHN LOOKED AND BEHOLD:

A PALE HORSE

The riders name was Death

Hades followed him

Power was given to him over a fourth of the Earth

To Kill with Sword

With Hunger

With Death

And by the Beasts of the Earth

THIS HORSE AND RIDER ARE ALL BAD

They would remind the Jewish Reader of the Wrath that God spoke about in

Ezekiel 14:21 NKJV

21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?

Revelation 6:9–11 NKJV

9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

THIS HORSE WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING OUT 25% OF THE WORLD

NOW IN THE 5TH SEAL THINGS CHANGE UP A BIT

Revelation 6:9–11 NKJV

WHEN JESUS OPENED THE FIFTH SEAL

JOHN SAW UNDER THE ALTAR THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SLAIN FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND FOR THEIR TESTIMONY

This is two fold

These Martyrs both believed in God’s Word and Shared God’s Word.

THESE SOULS CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE SAYING:

“HOW LONG OH LORD, HOLY AND TRUE, UNTIL YOU JUDGE AND AVENGE OUR BLOOD ON THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH”

This is the Cry of all who are hurting

We desire Rest

We desire Justice

But most of all, we should desire Mercy

THEN A WHITE ROBE WAS GIVEN TO EACH OF THEM

THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO REST A LITTLE LONGER

UNTIL THE NUMBER OF THE MARTYRS WAS COMPLETED

I believe that these are those whom didn’t believe in Christ before the rapture, but after the rapture

These are the ones going through the Tribulation period

Being Martyred for their faith in Christ.

Revelation 6:12–17 NKJV

12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Rev

THIS IS THE HOW THE WORLD WILL RESPOND TO THE UNVEILING OF JESUS.

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