Revelation 7:1

After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.

·        An account of the restraint laid upon the winds.  By these winds we suppose are meant those errors which would occasion a great deal of trouble and mischief to the church of God (MH)

·        The spirit of error cannot go forth till God permits it.  Their restraint was only for a season. (MH)

Daniel 7:2  Daniel spoke, saying, ‘I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea.

Zechariah 6:5  ….These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

 

Revelation 6:17

 “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

·        Day of His wrath: For the great day of His wrath “has come”—the issue is whether the Day of the Lord has just begun or is soon to follow. The Greek verb “has come” can look backwards, indicating that the Day already arrived or it can look forward as something to occur soon.

·        The narrow Day of the Lord is the 24-hour day Jesus enters Jerusalem. The broad Day of the Lord starts at the Tribulation and ends after the millennium. It lasts for 1,000 years (2 Pet. 3:8).

 Isaiah 13:6  Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand!  It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Jeremiah 30:7  alas!  For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

Revelation 6:15-16

 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, 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!

·        John describes those affected from seven categories of society. He emphasizes how leaders will respond: kings (presidents); great men (world leaders); rich men (financial leaders); military commanders; mighty men (civil leaders); and slaves and free men (common class majority).

·        Meteoroids will bombard the earth, like a fig tree losing its figs when strong winds blow on it. John saw men hiding in caves to escape the debris falling from the sky as a part of the wrath of the Lamb. This intensifies later when 100-pound hailstones fall in the seventh bowl (Rev. 16:21).

 Isaiah 2:9-12 … The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. ….

Psalm 48:4-6 …. Fear took hold of them there, and pain, as a woman in birth pangs….

Joel 2:11  The LORD gives voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for strong is the One who executes His word, for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?

Revelation 6:14

 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

·        Sky: the sky will recede (split, divide, move back) as a scroll. God will cause the sky to roll back, thus opening a window to see into heaven so that worldwide leaders may witness it.

·        Mountains moved: every mountain and island will be moved out of its place, which does not imply that they are all destroyed. No one would be able to hide in the mountains if they were all destroyed.

 Isaiah 34:4  All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; all their host shall fall down as the leaf falls from the vine, and as fruit falling from a fig tree.

Psalm 102:26  They will perish, but You will endure; yes, they will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak You will change them, and they will be changed.

Isaiah 34:44  All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; all their host shall fall down as the leaf falls from the vine, and as fruit falling from a fig tree.

Revelation 6:13

 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.

·        Stars: asteroids and meteor showers hitting the earth. The Greek word for stars used here is aster from which we get the word “asteroid.” An aster refers to any shining mass in the sky, including stars, comets, meteors, asteroids, or any flaming debris.

·        As God guided David’s stone to hit Goliath, so He will guide these stones (asteroids) to destroy the Antichrist’s infrastructure to stop oppressors from killing the saints and others. Meteorites will bombard the earth, as compared to a fig tree losing its figs when strong winds blow on it.

 Isaiah 34:4  All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; all their host shall fall down as the leaf falls from the vine, and as fruit falling from a fig tree.

Joel 3:15  The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will diminish their brightness.

Isaiah 34:44  All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; all their host shall fall down as the leaf falls from the vine, and as fruit falling from a fig tree

Revelation 6:12

 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.

·        Jesus opened the sixth seal in answer to the prayers of the saints in the fifth seal. This seal begins a new order of supernatural judgment released by the trumpet and bowl series against the Antichrist’s empire. The martyrs cried, “Avenge us” and the wicked will cry, “Hide us.”

·        The sixth seal describes the great agitation of the universe. This is the turning point in history.

 Isaiah 13:13  Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts and in the day of His fierce anger.

Joel 2:10  The earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble; the sun and moon grow dark, and the stars diminish their brightness.

Revelation 6:11

 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.

·        White robes: declare the saints’ purity (the opposite of the guilty verdict that men gave them) and assure the saints that their prayers will be answered. They also speak of the victory. The elders (Rev. 4:4) and saints wear them (Rev. 6:11; 7:9, 13, 14; 22:14).

·        Rest and wait: they were not to stop crying for vengeance, but were to rest with assurance. This is in contrast to the persecution they just endured on earth (Rev. 14:8, 13). They were not to stop interceding, but to be at peace, knowing that there was a time decreed for vengeance.

 Ecclesiastes 9:8  Let your garments always be white, and let your head lack no oil.

Psalm 44:22  Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.