Has the 6th Seal begun it's opening?

Question

6 – represents the worship of man, and is the number of man, signifying his rebellion, imperfection, works, and disobedience. used 273 times in the Bible, including its derivatives (e.g, sixth) and another 91 times as “threescore” or “60.” Man was created on the sixth day (Genesis 1:26, 31). See also Exodus 31:15 and Daniel 3:1.
THE CONDITION OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE 6TH SEAL

1 Thes. 5:2-3,
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, Peace and safety! then destruction will come upon them suddenly like birth pangs upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Know this first of all
that in the latter days
mockers will come with mocking
following their own lusts, and saying
Where is the promise of His coming?
6th Seal
Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black the moon became blood red. (Lunar eclipse)

Answer 1

No, we are at the Fourth Seal. It is at the Sixth Seal that we have the Lord's appearance.

The Sixth Seal occurs BEFORE the Seventh Trumpet.

At the Sixth Seal, heaven and earth will witness the appearance of the Lord with power and majesty (Re.6:12-17).

Additional Scriptures pertaining to the Sixth SEAL are - Re.1:7, 1 Thess.5:2, Acts.2:20-21, Lk.21:25-27, Matt.24:29-31, Mk.13:24-27, Re.1:7, Isa.13:6-11, Joel 2:31-32, Jer.30:7, Isa.2:19, Lk.23:30, Lk.21:36.

The Sixth SEAL should not be confused with the Seventh TRUMPET (1 Thess.4:16-17, 1 Cor.15:52, Re.10:7). These are two separate events. There is a seven-year time frame between the Sixth SEAL and the Seventh TRUMPET.

Trumpet events begin when the trumpets are given; they are given at the Seventh, and final SEAL (Re.8:1-6); Plague events follow Trumpet events and fall once they are given (Re.15:6-7).



Pat (ndbpsa ©)

Answer 2

I'm holding to the "thief in the night" thing. Any time a human says they can predict when it is all going down could only be lucky if they got it right. Also, why do so many people buy into a system of thought that has only been around for about 125 years? The early Christians didn't get caught up in this tribulation/rapture crap. They expected Christ to come back, but Darby has got us all screwed up.

Answer 3

Wow, is anyone saying "peace and safety" these days? Dontcha know we got a war on terror going on? And we won't leave till the job is done? Doesn't sound like peace and safety to me.

Mockers have been mocking since time immemorial. That's what mockers do, they mock.

Even IF Revelation was prophecy instead of allegory, and even if the six seal was really being broken, what can you do about it?

Answer 4

There is a lot of False Teachers in this world. The congregation does what they are told by the False Teacher that takes up 74,000.00 donations 3 times a year for India trip. Then takes up donation of 50,000.00 3 times a year for the False Teacher and Family to go to Hawaii. If that's not enough the False Teacher is telling the congregation he is going to just add more zero's to his donations. Beware of the False Teachers. I have heard about the second coming for over 30 years. Only God knows when The second coming of Jesus Christ will come.

Answer 5

some of this stuff has been 'loose' for a while now.

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond man, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens 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 that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?”

Answer 6

Yeah, we are so there.

I mean they've been saying this for two thousand years, but you figured it out on June 14, 2007. Lucky you!

EDIT

Btw do you realize that lunar eclipses are localized events? The whole world doesn't see it. Too bad John didn't know about that.

Or maybe it's going to be the Second Coming, coming to a theatre near you soon?

Answer 7

Stay off the "Left Behind" books. Leaving aside the fact that they are across-the-board INSANE, they're also poorly written!

The world is not coming to an end in fulfillment of some ancient "prophecy." My child, please try to deprogram. It's rather unhealthy for the welfare of the planet of which we are custodians, to have a bunch of parasites crawling around on it who seriously believe that the End Times are at hand. Ever hear of a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Answer 8

According to that definition it started opening before Christianity was a religion.

People have mocked for thousands of years. (Aristotle for one)
Earthquakes have been happening for billions of years.
Lunar eclipses are a regular occurrence and have been happening for billions of years too.


Are you really that dense? This was written to predict the end of the world within the 1st century CE. We missed it already.

Answer 9

The 6th seal juggles balls with his nose and claps his flippers and eats fish just like the first 5 seals, but he also wears a clown hat.

Answer 10

I broke the seal a ways back in the bathroom.
Sorry!