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Revelation 6:16
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;
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;
Verse Revelation 6:16. _SAID TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS_] Expressions which denote the strongest perturbation and alarm. They preferred any kind of death to that which they apprehended from this most...
AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL - See the notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1. AND, LO, THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was des...
CHAPTER S 6 The Opening of the Seven Seals _ 1. The first seal (Revelation 6:1)_ 2. The second seal (Revelation 6:3) 3. The third seal (Revelation 6:5) 4. The fourth seal ...
REVELATION 6. THE OPENING OF THE SEALS. When the seals of the book are opened by the Lamb, a number of woes are let loose upon the world. The first four are described under the figure of horses of dif...
THE SIXTH SEAL. I must ask the reader to attentively examine the latter portion of Revelation, chapter VI., before reading what. have to say under the head of the sixth seal. It runs as follows: And....
And the kings of the earth and the great ones and the captains and the rich and the strong, and every slave and every free person hid themselves in the caves and the rocks of the hills, and said to th...
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS (Revelation 6:1-8) As one by one the seals of the roll are opened, history unfolds itself before John's eyes. As we study this section, we must remember one general fact whi...
SAID. they say. FALL, &C. See Hosea 10:8, and compare Luke 23:30. FACE. Greek. _prosopon._ Same word "presence" in 2 Thessalonians 1:9. WRATH. Greek. _orge._ Only once in N.T.
_and said_ should be AND THEY SAY. _to the mountains_, &c. Hosea 10:8: adopted by our Lord, Luke 23:30. In that passage, it is entirely natural to understand Him to refer to the destruction of Jerusal...
THE SIXTH SEAL...
ΚΑῚ ΛΈΓΟΥΣΙΝ. The present after ἔκρυψαν suggests that ἔκρυψαν like καὶ ἐτελέσθη Revelation 10:7 is an Hebraistic equivalent to the future. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ὌΡΕΣΙΝ. Hosea 10:8 : adopted by our Lord, Luke 23:30. I...
_SEAL SIX WAS OPENED REVELATION 6:12-17:_ The sixth seal pictured the day of the Lord as a Day of Judgment upon a wicked nation. John used the same idea the prophets had used to picture the judgment o...
ΛΈΓΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΠΈΣΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать, ΚΡΎΨΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΎΠΤΩ (G2928) прятать, ΠΡΌΣΩΠΟΝ (G4383) лицо, ΚΑΘΗΜΈΝΟΥPRAES...
I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, &C.— The sixth seal or period produces mighty changes and revolutions, which, according to the prophetic style, are expressed by great commotions in the ear...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 20 Text: Revelation 6:12-17 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VI THE OPENING OF THE SEALS _Text (Revelation 6:1-17)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatu...
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: FROM THE FACE - (: cf. ; .)...
__ Throne section-The 144,000 12 Compare Mat_24:29. 12 This cataclysm affects heaven as well as earth. There will be many quakes at the time of the end (Rev_8:5; Rev_8:11-13; Rev_8:19; Rev_16:18)....
6:16 Fall (a-11) hidden (a-17) The aorist....
THE SIX SEALS The afflicted Church has been reminded in Revelation 4 f. that God is over all, and that the future is committed to the Lamb. Now (Revelation 6 - Revelation 8:1) she is shown that future...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 THE 7 *SEALS - REVELATION 6:1-8 THE FIRST 6 *SEALS - REVELATION 6:1-17...
(12-17) THE SIXTH SEAL. — The seals follow the lines laid down by our Lord in Matthew 24. There He tells His disciples that wars (Revelation 6:6), famines and pestilences (Revelation 6:7), and persecu...
(15-17) _AND THE_ _KINGS..._ — Translate,_ And the kings of the earth, and the magnates, and the commanders of hosts, and the wealthy, and the strong, and every man, bond and free, hid themselves (goi...
CHAPTER IV. THE SEALED ROLL OPENED. Revelation 6:1. WITH the sixth chapter of the Apocalypse the main action of the book may be said properly to begin. Three sections of the seven into which it is d...
Note the sevenfold description of the effect produced on humanity (Revelation 19:18, _cf._ Revelation 13:16), the Roman χιλίαρχοι (= tribuni), the riches and rank of men (ἰσχ. a dramatic touch = defia...
_The sixth seal opened_ (_cf._ Crashaw's _To the Name of Jesus_, 220 234)....
“THE WRATH OF THE LAMB” Revelation 6:9 This imagery is very majestic; but we cannot really think that the holy martyrs desire to be revenged, except in love and grace. That their persecutors should b...
We now pass to that section of the Book in which, under the heavenly order by earthly administration, events proceed toward the great consummation. The Lamb, holding the book, breaks the seals. The a...
Every class of wicked men will run to hide from the Lamb on his throne. This includes rulers, nobles, military leaders, rich, slaves, and freemen. Since similar language is used to describe other nati...
And said to the mountains and rocks, (11) Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: (11) These are words of those who despair of escape:...
(12) 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; (13) And the stars of heaven fe...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
_THE WRATH OF THE LAMB_ ‘The wrath of the Lamb.’ Revelation 6:16 We should not allow the sympathy, the gentleness, the compassion, the loving humanity of Jesus, as we find Him portrayed in the Gosp...
The 7 Seals Part 3 To stop sinning suddenly.--Elbert Hubbard Quotes from Eddie Marquez, a young man that I watched die of AIDS on Tuesday morning, July 20, 6:00 AM (1993). He was a hemafhiliac and c...
What is to follow on earth now begins, when the seals are opened. It will be remarked here, that John, standing in the ruin of the assembly, gives prophetically all that passes from that failure till...
AND SAID TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS, FALL ON US,.... They chose death rather than life. Dioclesian being invited by Constantine to a marriage feast, excused himself by reason of his old age; but recei...
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: Ver. 16. _And said to the mountains_] Which yet was but a...
_And I beheld_ Further in my vision; _when he_ The Lamb; _had opened the sixth seal; and lo! there was a great earthquake_ Greek, σεισμος μεγας εγενετο, _there was a great concussion:_ for the express...
FULL ON US, AND HIDE US; representing their great consternation when Christ should appear, in answer to the prayers of the martyrs, to deliver his people and take vengeance on their foes. Compare Hose...
THE FIRST SEAL: THE WHITE HORSE (vv. 1-2) In the Lamb's opening of the seals our sight is transferred again to earth, but John does not return there. His vision is from heaven. The first seal (v. 1)...
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. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to...
12-17 When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative descriptions of great changes abound in the p...
AND SAID TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS, FALL ON US, AND HIDE US: see HOSEA 10:8 LUKE 23:30. They shall be in a great consternation, and be ready to take any course for security. FROM THE FACE OF HIM THAT...
Revelation 6:16 and G2532 said G3004 (G5719) mountains G3735 and G2532 rocks G4073 Fall G4098 (G5628) on...
THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH SEAL (REVELATION 6:12). ‘And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in th...
CHAPTER 6 THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SIX SEALS. The next stage of John's vision describes the opening of the seals by the Lamb, and it will soon be clear that the result is the outworking of world histo...
Revelation 6:15-17. (4) These verses contain the fourth and last member of the description. Of the persons on whom the terror of God's judgments falls prominence seems to be given to the first, the KI...
With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon the fourth or leading section of the Apocalypse, extending to chap. Revelation 18:24. The section contains what had been described in chap. Revelation...
THEY SAY (λεγουσιν). Vivid dramatic present active indicative, as is natural here.FALL ON US (Πεσατε εφ' ημας). Second aorist (first aorist ending) imperative of πιπτω, tense of urgency, do it no...
Revelation 6:16 The Consequences of Sin. I. The wages of sin are paid with a fearful compound interest, and the real terror of evil is that it does not die with its immediate author. It lives with a...
Revelation 6:12. 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 he...
CONTENTS: The opening of the seals. CHARACTERS: Christ, John. CONCLUSION: Woe to those who dwell upon the earth in the days of the great Tribulation, when the wrath of God is poured forth for the fin...
Revelation 6:1. _One of the living creatures,_ that is, the lion, with a voice roaring like thunder, said, _Come and see._ The saints must keep their eyes on what the Lord is doing in the earth. Revel...
THEN THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, ETC. Under the symbolism of six groups of men, John sees [in his vision] the total godless world in terror as they will attempt to escape from God's wrath. As the very ear...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 6:12 The SIXTH SEAL previews the destruction of the first heaven and earth (Revelation 20:11;...
These verses close the chapter and complete the vision. John saw that the kings, great men, rich men, mighty men, bond and free, hid themselves in the dens and mountains, and cried to the rocks and mo...
CALAMITIES ON THE OPENING OF SIX SEALS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE first catastrophe, or overthrow of the Jewish persecuting power, is the subject of chaps. 6–11. Some take the subject in a...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 6:1 AND I SAW. A new departure in the series of visions is marked (see on Revelation 4:1). We have here the commencement of the Revelation proper, to which the first five chapt...
_12 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;_ _ 13 AND THE STARS OF HEAVEN F...
Now in chapter six, He begins to open the scroll. And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see. And...
2 Thessalonians 1:7; Hosea 10:8; Jeremiah 8:3; Luke 23:30; Matthew
Said [λ ε γ ο υ σ ι ν]. Lit., say. So Rev. Fall on us. Compare Hosea 10:8; Luke 23:30. Wrath [ο ρ γ η ς]. Denoting a deep - seated wrath. See on John 3:36....
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS Revelation 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS This study will discover unto us those events which will particularly mark the beginning of sorrows. There are four horse riders to be bro...
To the mountains and the rocks — Which were tottering already, Revelation 6:12. Hide us from the face of him — Which "is against the ungodly," Psalms 34:16....
Is Christ merciful or wrathful? PROBLEM: Throughout the Gospels Christ is presented as merciful, healing the sick, blessing the poor, comforting the sorrowing, and forgiving sinners (cf. Luke 9:56; Ha...