Romans 10:19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Joel 2:15Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.

The Day of the Lord!

“The Beginning of the End!”

Rev. 6: Six seals removed from the scroll

#1 – False Messiah#2 – War#3 – Famine #4 – Death #5 – Cry of Martyrs#6 – Comsic Disturbances#7 – ???

Revelation 7:1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.

Revelation 7: A Pause in the Action

John sees God SEALING!

Revelation 7: A Pause in the Action

Revelation 7:2-3Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Revelation 7: God is SEALING!

Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel.

Revelation 7: God is SEALING!

Two realities about this 144,000

1. They are believing Jews!

*These sealed are “from every tribe of the sons of Israel.”

Revelation 7: God is SEALING!

Romans 11:25-26Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.”

Revelation 7: God is SEALING!

Two realities about this 144,000

1. They are believing Jews!

2. The number 144,000 is most likely symbolic

Revelation 7: God is SEALING!

John sees God SEALING - The 144,000 (vv. 1-8)

John sees God SAVING - The Great Multitude (vv. 9-17)

Revelation 7: A Pause in the Action

Revelation 7:9After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Revelation 7: God is SAVING!

Revelation 7:10-11And crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Revelation 7: God is SAVING!

And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 7:12Saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Revelation 7: God is SAVING!

Revelation 7:13-14Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

Revelation 7: God is SAVING!

Revelation 7:15-16Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.

Revelation 7: God is SAVING!

Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Revelation 7: God is SAVING!

Remind yourself that salvation is not something you achieve; rather it is

something that God gives – freely to you but at a great cost to Himself!

Revelation 7:10Salvation belongs to our God who sits

on the throne, and to the Lamb!

Revelation 8:1When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Zephaniah 2:7aBe silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near.

Revelation 8

Silence in heaven (v. 1)Angels, trumpets and a golden censer

(vv. 2-5)

Revelation 8

Revelation 7:2-4Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.

Revelation 8

Revelation 7:5Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Revelation 8

Silence in heaven (v. 1)Angels, trumpets and a golden censer

(vv. 2-5)The first four trumpet blasts (vv. 6-13)

∙ Seal judgments (7), trumpet judgments (7),

bowl judgments (7)

Revelation 8

Revelation 8:6-7Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

Revelation 8

Revelation 8:8-9The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 8

Revelation 8:10-11The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.

Revelation 8

Revelation 8:12The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

Revelation 8

Revelation 8:13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead,

Revelation 8

“Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

1. The prayers of our mouth move the hand of our God!

(Where our prayers focus, God’s power falls!)

2. We must consider both the severityand the kindness of our God!

Hebrews 12:28-29Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,for our God is a consuming fire!