The First Six Seals: The Tribulation Begins
In the early 1900s the Spanish flu took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million people. During WWII, men like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were responsible for the taking of millions of lives. Such tragic events are a small picture of what God, in His wrath, will inflict on this planet during the future seven-year tribulation period. In the book of Revelation the apostle John records the details of this future period in order to give us, as Christians, a glimpse into the events of the future before our Lord Jesus Christ returns. Join Tom Pennington as he explains The First Six Seals: The Tribulation Begins.
Part 1
Sadly, for a variety of reasons, many Christians refuse to take time to read, study, and understand the book of Revelation. But God never intended that to be so. In fact, in Revelation1:3 it says "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near."
Part 2
Many Christians believe that the book of Revelation does not apply to them today. But such a conviction couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the description of the four seals and the four horsemen in Revelation chapter 6 provides Christians with several lessons that are applicable today.
Part 3
In Revelation chapter 6 Jesus Christ initiates the seven-year tribulation by breaking the first six seals on the scroll that is the title deed to the earth. These seven seals describe a series of sequential divine judgments that God will pour out on this rebellious earth at an appointed time in the future.
Part 4
When our Lord Jesus Christ breaks the sixth seal on the scroll there will be a series of six catastrophic disasters unleashed upon the earth: a worldwide earthquake; the sun will be blackened; the moon will be like blood; the stars will fall; the atmosphere will be damaged; and the earth’s tectonic plates will shift.