beware the lamb

50 Pages·2007·1.21 MB·English

by  Tom Lindman

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Chapter 7
7:1 Isa 11:2; Jer 49:36; Ezek 7:2; 37:9; Dan 7:2; Zech 6:5
7:3 Ezek 9:4-6
7:4 Gen 49:1-28
7:9 Lev 23:40
7:10 Ps 3:8
7:14 Gen 49:11
7:15 Lev 26:11
7:16 Ps 121:5-6; Isa 49:10
7:17 Ps 23:1-2; Ezek 34:23
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earth –The Restrainer is removed
3. THE DAY OF THE LORD: The day when God takes direct control of the affairs of
men extending from the Rapture of the Church to the Great White Throne Judgment
4. THE DAY OF GOD: The day when the heavens pass away and the earthis
‘renovated’by fire, and a new heaven and earth usher in the eternal state
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“DAY OF THE LORD”
20 times in 8 Old Testament books
3 times in the New Testament Acts 2:20 (quoting Joel 2:31)
1 Thess 5:2
2 Pet 3:10
“day of wrath” Zeph 1:15
“day of the Lord’s wrath” Zeph 1:18
“day of darkness” Joel 2:2
Zeph 1:15
“day of (His) vengeance” Isa_61:2
Jer_46:10;
“day of trouble” Zeph 1:15
Etc…
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Revelation 7: Catch your breath…
Have you noticed the Jewishnessof the language ever since the Rapture
of the Church in Rev 4 (cid:206)“Lion,”“Lamb,”“Root of David,”…
•Israel is the center piece of the Old Testament from Abraham through the
Gospel of John
•The Church is God’s focus from Acts through Revelation 5
However, today Israel is re-emerging
as the center of world political events.
•Israel re-emerges as the centerpiece of God’s climatic activity –political
and spiritualin Revelation 4 through Revelation 19.
•The Redeemed with God in a new Heaven and a new Earth are the focus
of Revelation 20-21.
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The Seven-Sealed Scroll
Chapters 6, 7 & 8
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Revelation 7 is inserted between the breaking of the 6th & 7th seal on the great scroll
It pauses for some amplification before the 7th seal is broken in Chapter 8.
The end of this chapter seems to anticipate eternity.
It may have been included here as an encouragement to John (and to us) given
the calamity and disasters of chapter 6 and what will follow with the breaking of
the 7th seal and the 7 trumpet and 7 vial judgments.
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The 3 Heptads
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Revelation 7:1-8
[6:17] For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall beable to stand?
[7:1] And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding
the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on
any tree.
[2] And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he
cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was givento hurt the earth and the sea,
[3] Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of
our God in their foreheads.
[4] And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and
forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
[5] Of the tribe of Judawere sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
[6] Of the tribe of Aserwere sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Nepthalimwere sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Manasseswere sealed twelve thousand.
[7] Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
[8] Of the tribe of Zabulonwere sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
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(Rev. 7:1-8, Free Translation)
Revelation 7:1-8 Arrested Judgment
'After this I saw four messengers standing on the four corners of the earth, holding
fast the four winds of the earth so that a wind should not blow on the earth, nor on
the sea, nor on any tree, sand I saw another messenger ascendingfrom the rising
of the sun, having the seal of the living God: and he cried witha great voice to the
four messengers to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea saying, Hurt
not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the bond slaves of our
God upon their foreheads.
4And I heard the number of the sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed
from every tribe of the children of Israel. ';Out of the tribe of Juda, twelve
thousand sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of
Gad, twelve thousand; ''out of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; out of the tribe
of Naphtali, twelve, thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand; lout
of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand;
out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand; gout of the tribeof Zabulon, twelve
thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin,
twelve thousand.
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REV 6:17 …For the great day of his wrath is come; and
who shall be able to stand?
Revelation 7 answers the question posed in Rev 6:17
The:
• Sealed Servants Rev 7:1-8
– 144,000 from 12 Tribes of Israel
• Saved Servants Rev 7:9-17
– Saints from out of the Tribulation
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Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
Symbols: Winds = judgment Jer49:36; 51:1; 2 Sam 22:11
Earth, Land = Israel
Sea = Gentiles;
Tree = Individuals in authority Ps 1:3; Judg9:8-15; Dan 4, …
Meta tauta: “after these things”:
•Sequential events following immediately after the breaking of the 6 seals ???
•Or, an insertion covering events happening concurrently ???
•Or, future events being revealed to John at this time for some purpose ???
“four angels standing on the four corners of the earth”:
These are NOT the 4 living creatures around the Throne of God;
these guys are standing on the earth.
These angels lay hold upon the winds of judgment:
Greek word is a strong one, like the hold of death upon the body(Acts 2:24)
A Death Grip -and all judgment is suspended.
These 4 angels stop and release the entire natural wind system and processes
Puts a whole new twist on Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Thunderstorms !!!
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Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
These angels, located at four key locations on the earth, are told to hold back
nature's forces until the faithful could be 'sealed' (protected).
Psalm 103:20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do
his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
They are created beings and as such are limited but they are extremely
powerful.
Notice, they were already engaged in holding back the windsfrom the earth.
Earth was believed by most people to be a flat square having four corners.
Isaiah 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations,and shall
assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of
Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Ezekiel 7:2 Also, thou son of man, thus saiththe Lord God unto the
land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners ofthe land.
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"The four corners of the earth"
2 possible meanings.
1] "the uttermost parts of the earth"
2] a localized area covering only Palestine or the lands within the
revived Roman Empire; the scope of the prophecy.
Many believe the judgments of Revelation do not all impact the whole earth
but only that portion of the earth which is under the rule of the antichrist.
Beyond anti-christ’sdominion, other powers exist and rise up which will
come against anti-christat the battle of Armageddon but who will
ultimately ally with him to fight Jesus at His Second Coming.
The fact that the four messengers stand “at the four corners of the earth”
indicates that they are far removed from each other;
at the extremes of the earth
that God’s judgment is being suspended across the entire earth.
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Rev 7:1 …four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the
earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Equilateral Pyramid = Tetrahedron
A globe could be considered to have four corners
4 points equidistant from each other.
These 4 points would effectively cover the surface of the sphereof the globe.
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Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
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The earth has 'four corners' sticking out from it geoid.
The Earth’s Geoidis the sphere commonly defined by what we call ‘mean sea level’;
the sphere that would exist if there were no external forces deforming it.
On the surface of a sphere many 4 point sets exist that are equidistant from each other.
These could also be described as 'four corners'.
The same word translated corners here is translated quarters in Rev 20:8 Gk: gonia
Rev. 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are inthe four
quarters of the earth, Gogand Magog, to gather them together to battle: the
number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Could this refer to the 4 Hemispheres ???
In modern usage the phrase ‘four corners of the earth’it is used to refer to the four
points of the compass or the four directions.
It is used to indicate the entire earth…
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Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
“Four winds of the earth”
Note: there are also “fours winds of heaven:
Jer49:36; Dan 7:2; 8:8; 11:4; Zech 2:6; Mat 24:31.
Often used to indicate the 4 cardinal directions: North, East, South, and West.
•Ancients believed that winds coming directly from one of the four points of the
compass were lucky.
•Any wind crossing the earth diagonally (from it's four corners)was consider bad
and harmful, an ill omen.
The wind system over the earth is a great natural engine.
The rotation of the earth causes much of the winds we experience.
This is why:
•the winds and storms usually come out of the west traveling eastward.
•they tend to move from the equator toward the poles.
As the earth rotates it travels faster at the equator than in northern or southern latitudes
causing a friction spiral rolling from the equator toward the poles and from west to east.
These wind engines are powerful –causing hurricanes, tornados, blizzards -
bringing and distributing water through the hydrologic cycle outof the oceans,
cleaning it and dropping it as rain on the land.
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Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
It was believed that all the forces of nature were under the control of various angels.
Angels given assignments like this were considered to be of the lowest rank
They were called 'the angels of service' because they were constantly on duty
and could not observe the sabbathor a day of rest.
No Biblical passage to support this; just logical, human reasoning…
It is possible that the stopping of the wind worsens the great famine that came with the
breaking of the third seal.
Rev. 6:5-6
God's two witnesses on the earth had called for this drought during the first 3.5 years of
the tribulation period.
Rev. 11:3-6 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy
a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. [4] These are
the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
[5] And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedethout of their mouth, and devoureth
their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. [6]
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days oftheir prophecy: and
have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all
plagues, as often as they will.
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Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
Without the wind systems on the earth, the water that evaporatedwould simply rise
into the atmosphere and spread out in a great high altitude vapor canopy over the
earth.
The winds from the four corners and the angels holding them backmay represent
or result in the increase in the destructive forces of nature.
Possibility ???
The angels stopping of the hydrologic cycle would create a watervapor canopy
around the outer atmosphere.
Some of the meteors and asteroids seen as 'falling stars' at thebreaking of the 6th
seal would be cooled enough as they fell through the water vaporcanopy to
impact the earth in unusual numbers.
As the resulting earthquakes and volcanoes erupted all over the earth, great
amounts of dust and water vapor could be added to the atmospherefurther
replenishing the "waters above the earth“.
Genesis 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waterswhich
were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:
and it was so.
This in turn could cause the earth to become a giant greenhouse…
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Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
Reference: God’s presence and fury are often represented by winds and fire –heat.
His angels were believed to have specific responsibility for natural forces and elements –the
four winds of the earth
Rev. 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry
to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the
earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Rev. 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waterssay, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shaltbe,
because thou hast judged thus.
Zech. 6:1-5 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from
between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. [2] In the first chariot were red horses;
and in the second chariot black horses; [3] And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot
grisledand bay horses. [4] Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my
lord? [5] And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go
forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will notat all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath
his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Zech. 9:14 And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God
shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
Jeremiah 4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are
swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Isaiah 66:15 For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his
anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Job 37:9-10 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. [10] By the breath of God
frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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