Regarding Revelation 6:9-11 and more good stuff:
So, let's all pay special attention to the "I" in "I saw." The unsealing by Jesus Christ is witnessed by John, who is in heaven at our Father's throne, along with the 24 elders and an enormous number of God's saints. What time is it exactly? It is the Lord's Day (Rev. 1:10), the first day of the Millennium, right before the King of kings and Lord of lords returns to earth with a rod of iron to rule over all nations.
Who is it that John sees? He sees the "dead in Christ" who are right there in heaven, under God's altar. This is an "eye witness" account of where the dead are. In 1 Thes. 4, the apostle Paul also made this point about where the dead are clearly plain. He said that if you believe in Christ's death and resurrection, you must also believe that others who have died in Christ have done the same and are now with Him. To be absent from the body is, of course, to be present with the Lord. That's how He'll be able to bring them with Him when He comes back.
So we must know where the slain, the dead in Christ, are in Seal #5—We now have the information. They have joined Christ in heaven. The reason for their deaths is then revealed. They were killed for the sake of God's Word, for loudly and fearlessly speaking the truth, and for bearing witness of the crucified Christ.
And as John stood there watching, this is what the dead in Christ were saying:
In verse 11, we see that white robes were given to them (white raiment symbolizes purity and righteous acts), which are the "clothing" for the spiritual body. These saints under the altar of God are then told to be patient for a "little season.” That season would be that which is described in Mark 13:28.
Gotta stop for now. Just know we are living in exciting times!
Rev. 6:9
And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
So, let's all pay special attention to the "I" in "I saw." The unsealing by Jesus Christ is witnessed by John, who is in heaven at our Father's throne, along with the 24 elders and an enormous number of God's saints. What time is it exactly? It is the Lord's Day (Rev. 1:10), the first day of the Millennium, right before the King of kings and Lord of lords returns to earth with a rod of iron to rule over all nations.
Who is it that John sees? He sees the "dead in Christ" who are right there in heaven, under God's altar. This is an "eye witness" account of where the dead are. In 1 Thes. 4, the apostle Paul also made this point about where the dead are clearly plain. He said that if you believe in Christ's death and resurrection, you must also believe that others who have died in Christ have done the same and are now with Him. To be absent from the body is, of course, to be present with the Lord. That's how He'll be able to bring them with Him when He comes back.
1 Thes. 4:13-14
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. [14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
So we must know where the slain, the dead in Christ, are in Seal #5—We now have the information. They have joined Christ in heaven. The reason for their deaths is then revealed. They were killed for the sake of God's Word, for loudly and fearlessly speaking the truth, and for bearing witness of the crucified Christ.
And as John stood there watching, this is what the dead in Christ were saying:
Rev. 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
How long? Soon. And there will be a judging and an avenging by He who is holy and true, and every knee shall bow! It is known as the Day of Vengeance of our God, the return of Messiah.
[11] And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
In verse 11, we see that white robes were given to them (white raiment symbolizes purity and righteous acts), which are the "clothing" for the spiritual body. These saints under the altar of God are then told to be patient for a "little season.” That season would be that which is described in Mark 13:28.
Mark 13:28
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near. . .
Gotta stop for now. Just know we are living in exciting times!
For such a time as this,
—T
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