The Strand Study Bible

REVELATION 5:14  6:8

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Written From the Island of Patmos

honour, and glory, and power, be unto HIM that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 1 LAMB for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped HIM that liveth for ever and ever. Revelation 6 The First Seal (The Antichrist reveals himself to the world as a “peacemaker” - Rev 13:1-4) Date Written - c. AD 96 1 And I saw when the 1 LAMB opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, 2 Come and see. PF 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and 2 he that sat on him had a 3 bow; and a 4 crown was given unto him: 5 and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. PF PF The Second Seal (Russia takes peace from the earth by attacking Israel during the middle of the Tribulation - Ezk 38:1-3,9-16) Day of the Lord is about to begin! 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the 6 second beast say, 6 Come and see. PF 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to 6 him that sat thereon 7 to take peace from the earth, and

1. Jn 1:29 & 5:23 & Phil 2:10-11 2. See - Rev 6:1-2 (See - Rev 13:1-4 & I Jn 2:18,22 & 4:3 & II Jn 7) 3. that is, “a bow with which to do battle” 4. or, “authority with which to do battle” - Rev 13:2 5. See – Dan 7:7-8,20,24 6. See - Rev 6:3-4 7. I Thess 5:1-3 8. See - Ezk 38:18-23 9. See - Rev 6:5,6-8a 10. Zech 6:2 11. or, “a scale, indicating the scarcity of food during the Great Tribulation” 12. that is, “a day’s wages”

that they should 8 kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. PF PF The Third Seal (The DAY OF THE LORD begins with the onset 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the 9 third beast say, 9 Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a 10 black horse; and he that sat on him had 11 a pair of balances in his hand. PF 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, 9 A measure of wheat for a 12 penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the 13 oil and the wine. PF The Fourth Seal (One fourth of the world’s population to die) 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, 9 Come and see. PF 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: 9 and his name that sat on him was 14 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. PF of the Great Tribulation Period in which worldwide famine and death will follow)

13. that is, “the luxuries of life” 14. Rev 1:18

6:1-2 This phrase " Come and see ” anticipates the Antichrist. There are 37 verses that prophesy about the Antichrist : * 20 verses are from the OT - Dan 7:8,20-21,24-25 & 8:24-25 & 9:26-27 & 11:36-45 & 12:11 * 17 verses are from the NT - Mt 24:5,15,23-24,26, Mk 13:6,14,21-22, Lk 21:8,20, II Thess 2:3-4,8-9 and I Jn 2:18 & 4:3. NOTE - According to Revelation 6:1-2 & 13:1-4, the Antichrist (beast) will bring a false peace to a troubled world (probably after the world markets fail at the beginning of Daniel’s Seventieth Week - Dan 7:8,20,24 & 8:24-25 & 9:26-27 and I Thess 5:3b ). The rest of the world will then stand back in awe and worship the Dragon who gives power to the Antichrist saying, “Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Rev 13:4). 6:3-4 This phrase “ Come and see ” anticipates Russia’s attack upon Israel during the middle of the Tribulation. NOTE - According to Ezekiel 38:4-6,8-13,15-18, Russia will attack Israel during the middle of Daniel’s Seventieth Week when she is at peace with the world, due to a covenant with the Antichrist at the beginning of Daniel’s Seventieth Week ( Dan 9:27 ). 6:5,6-8 a “ Come and see ” anticipates the beginning of the last half of the Tribulation Period. There are 111 verses that prophesy about the GREAT TRIBULATION (Rev 7:14), which coincides with the DAY OF THE LORD ( I Thess 5:2 ). It will be like no other time in history (Dan 12:1): * 48 verses are from the OT - Isa 13:10 & 14:4-11,19-23 & 21:9 & 24:1-14,17-20 & 34:4 & 66:7-8, Jere 30:5-8, Dan 7:25 & 12:1,7,11 and Joel 2:10,30,31 & 3:15 * 63 verses are from the NT - Mt 24:12-24,26,29,33-34,43-44, Mk 13:10,13-22,24-25,29-30, Lk 12:39-40 & 17:31 & 21:20-26, 28, 31-32,36, Acts 2:19-20, I Thess 5:2-4,9, II Pet 3:10,12 and Rev 3:3,10 & 11:2 & 12:6,12,14 & 16:15. NOTE-Officially,the DAYOFTHELORD isanextendedperiodoftimethatbeginswiththeonsetofthe GREATTRIBULATION (I Thess 5:2-4,9, Jere 30:5-8 and Dan 12:1,7), called “ the time of Jacob’s trouble ” (Jere 30:7), and ends 3½ years later with the personal return (Second Coming) of JESUS CHRIST (Acts 2:20, Joel 2:10-11,30-31 & 3:14-16 and Isa 13:9-10 & 34:4-5). The Day of the Lord also includes the end of the Millennium as well (II Pet 3:10,12, Psa 102:26, Isa 51:6 and Rev 20:11). That “ DAY ” and/or “ HOUR ” (Rev 3:3,10 and Mt 24:42-43) will begin when the Antichrist sets himself up as God in Jerusalem midway through the Tribulation (Dan 9:27 & 12:11, Rev 13:5-8 and II Thess 2:3-4) and will encompass 3½ years (Dan 7:25 & 12:7,11, Lk 21:24 and Rev 11:2 & 12:6,14 & 13:5) of the darkest (I Thess 5:2,4 and Isa 13:9-10), most wrathful (I Thess 5:9, Isa 24:1- 14,17-20 & 26:20, Zeph 3:8 and Rev 12:12), and destructive time this earth has ever known (I Thess 5:3, Jere 30:5-8, Isa 66:7-8, Dan 12:1 and Mt 24:12-24,26,29,33-34). 6:8 b Sometime in the very near future ¼ th of the world’s population ( the fourth part of the earth – c. 2 billion people) will die during the opening of the fourth seal. Then, according to Revelation 9:15, one-third of the remaining three fourths (over a billion and a half more) will also die. Thus, half the world’s population (3½ billion people) will die in less than 3½ years.