Sixth Seal                                                         

Revelation 6: 12-17

 

12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,

13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale;

14 the sky vanished like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

15 Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the generals and the rich and the strong, and every one, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,

16 calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;

17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand before it?"

 

  • There was a great earthquake when the sixth seal was opened.
  • Under this Seal all nature was interrupted.
  • This 6th Seal is the judgment seal of the Word.
  • Brother Branham goes to Matthew 24 and shows that Jesus preached six of the seals while he was on earth.
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  • Matthew 24: 1-3, the disciples are asking Him 3 questions.
      • 1). When shall these things be?
      • 2). What shall be the sign of thy coming?
      • 3) When is the end of the world?

 

  • Jesus then answers them starting at verse 4.

 

  • Matthew 24: 4-5                                  Revelation 6: 1-2          1st Seal
  • Matthew 24: 6                                      Revelation 6 3-4           2nd Seal
  • Matthew 24: 7-8                                  Revelation 6: 5-6          3rd Seal
  • Matthew 24: 9                                      Revelation 6: 7-8          4th Seal
  • Matthew 24: 10-13                              Revelation 6: 9-11        5th Seal
  • Matthew 24: 29-30                              Revelation 6: 12-17      6th Seal

 

  • He answers;
  • When shall these things be? (destruction of the temple) Verse 15-21.
  • What is the sign of thy coming? Verses 4-33.
  • What is the end of the age? Verse 4-33.
  • NOTE
  • Jesus does not go into explaining the 7th Seal, just as John in Revelations omits explaining the 7th Seal.
  • This 6th Seal is the tribulation period.  God is now dealing with Israel only.  They are now receiving the message of the kingdom by the 2 prophets of Revelation 11, Moses and Elijah.  They open this seal up and there is a complete interruption of nature.  With the power of God, the WORD OF GOD (which is This Message Revealed) they have complete control over nature.  Those 2 prophets are the Seal.  Moses and Elijah know how to control nature.  Moses called plagues, turned water into blood.  Elijah shut up the heavens for 3½ years; no rain fell not even dew.
  • God is about to deliver Israel (His Son) out of this tribulation Matthew 27: 45.  Also, children of Israel delivered after darkness fell on the land.
  • Read Isaiah 13: 6, 6th Seal is delivering Israel from tribulation.
  • 6th Seal is purging the earth for our return.
  • This earth is giving birth to a new one.