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Today's Bible Translation
Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 7-9 NASB, Ch. 10-11 WEB
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Kevin Dills
Podcast Introduction
It’s Prophecy Friday. We’ll read Revelation 7-11. I’m calling this episode “The Seventh Seal.“
Design: Scott Snider | Photo: Midjourney
Summary
In Revelation chapters 8 and 9, the story continues from earlier chapters where a mysterious book with seven seals is introduced. No one in heaven or on earth could open it except for Jesus, referred to as the Lion from the tribe of Judah.
Chapter 6 reveals the opening of the first six seals, leaving only one unopened. But in Chapter 7, there is a break in the narrative as 144,000 people from twelve different tribes are marked as God's servants. A vast multitude from all over the world praises God and the Lamb.
In Chapter 8, picture a grand scene in your mind's eye: a multitude in Heaven before God's throne, including believers, angels, and Jesus Himself. The seventh and final seal is about to be opened, and all eyes are fixed on the book. When the seal is finally broken, an astonishing silence descends for half an hour, creating a moment of intense anticipation and wonder.
During this silence, an angel appears at the altar with incense, symbolizing the prayers of believers rising before God. This underscores the importance of prayer and how God pays attention to it. The focus of Heaven is on these prayers as they are presented at this critical moment in history.
This passage highlights that the prayers of God's people play a vital role in shaping the course of the world's final moments. It emphasizes the significance of prayer, even more powerful than any worldly forces, according to theologian T. F. Torrance. In light of this, it becomes clear that God values and considers our prayers as incredibly important.
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Steve Webb 0:00Everyone has been waiting for this moment.
Steve Webb 0:03It's the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. and just a little bit late with this episode, I am your OG Godcaster. Steve Webb, it's prophecy Friday, and our reading today is Revelation seven through 11. I'm back from my surgery, and this episode is well over 12 hours late. and I'll give you a brief account of things after the reading and the commentary today. The website is Lifespringmedia.com. and I'll have contact information at the end of the show. Before we read, let's pray. Our heavenly Father, Lord, we love you. and we thank You for Your Word. We thank You, Lord, for giving us a heads up as to the End Times. and I pray God that as we read you would teach us I pray this in Jesus name, amen. Okay, are you ready? Let's begin.
Steve Webb 0:56Revelation chapter seven. After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. and I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the Seal of the Living God. and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, Do not harm the earth, or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads. and I heard the number of those who were sealed 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel, from the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad, 12,000, from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar, 12,000, from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000. From the tribe of Benjamin 12,000 were sealed. After these things I looked, and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples in tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands, and they cry out with a loud voice saying, Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. 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 worshipped God saying, Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power in might be to our God forever and ever. Amen. Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, these who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from? and I said to him, My Lord, you know, and he said to me, these are the ones who come out of the Great Tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. and for this reason, they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and he who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them, they will hunger no longer nor thirst anymore, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat, for the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Steve Webb 3:36Revelation chapter eight. When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. and I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden sensor. and much incense was given to him so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar, which was before the throne. and the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints went up before God out of the angels hand, and then the angel took the sensor and filled it with the fire of the altar and threw it to the earth. and they're followed peals of thunder, and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. and the seven angels who had seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them. The first sounded, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth, and a third of the Earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood, and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven burning like a torch and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters, the name of the star is called Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. and many men died from the waters because they were made bitter. The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. Then I looked and I heard an eagle flying in mid Heavens saying with a loud voice, whoa, whoa, whoa to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound Revelation chapter nine. Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw Star from Heaven which had fallen to the earth, and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. He opened the bottomless pit and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. and they were not permitted to kill anyone but to torment for five months, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. and in those days, men will seek death and will not find it, they will long to die and death flees from them. The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses rushing to battle. They have tails like scorpions and stings. and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months. They have is king over them the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name of Paulien. The first one was passed. Behold, two woes are still coming after these things. Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar, which is before God, one sang to the sixth angel who had the trumpet released the four angels who were bound at the great river Euphrates. and the four angels who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year were released so that they would kill a third of mankind. The number of the armies of the horsemen was 200 million,
