Revelation 6:1

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. Note, Revelation 5:1. Mede, Fleming, Newton, etc., hold that all these seals are fulfilled, the sixth by the overthrow of Paganism and establishment of Christianity under Constantine's edict, 313 AD But, in the full sense at least, the sixth seal is future, to be realized at the coming again of Christ. The objection to the seals having been finally and exhaustively fulfilled (though particular events may be partial fulfillments typical of the final one), is that, if so, they ought to furnish (as the destruction of Jerusalem, according to Christ's prophecy, does) external evidence of revelation. But they cannot be used for this, as hardly two interpreters of this school agree on what events constitute the fulfillment...

1-8 Christ, the Lamb, opens the first seal: observe what appeared. A rider on a white horse. By the going forth of this white horse, a time of peace, or the early progress of the Christian religion, seems to be intended; its going forth in purity, at the time when its heavenly Founder sent his apostles to teach all nations, adding, Lo! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world. The Divine religion goes out crowned, having the Divine favour resting upon it, armed spiritually against its foes, and destined to be victorious in the end. On opening the second seal, a red horse appeared; this signifies desolating judgments. The sword of war and persecution is a dreadful judgment; it takes away peace from the earth, one of the greatest blessings; and men who should love one another, and help one another, are set upon killing one another. Such scenes also followed the pure age of early...

CHAPTER VI. _What followed on the opening of the seven seals. The opening_ _of the_ first _seal; the_ white horse, 1, 2. _The opening of the_ second _seal; the_ red horse, 3, 4. _The opening of the_ third _seal; the_ black horse _and the_ famine, 5, 6. _The opening of the_ fourth _seal; the_ pale horse, 7, 8. _The opening of the_ fifth _seal; the_ souls of men under the altar, 9-11. _The opening of the_ sixth _seal; the_ earthquake, _the_ darkening of the sun _and_ moon, _and_ falling of the

AND I SAW - Or, I looked. He fixed his eye attentively on what was passing, as promising important disclosures. No one had been found in the universe who could open the seals but the Lamb of God Revelation 5:2; and it was natural for John, therefore, to look upon the transaction with profound interest. WHEN THE LAMB OPENED ONE OF THE SEALS - See the notes on Revelation 5:1, Revelation 5:5. This was the first or outermost of the seals, and its being broken would permit a certain portion of the volume to be unrolled and read. See the notes on Revelation 5:1.

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 chapters have formed an introduction (cf. Tabular analysis). The vision of the _seals, _which, although related first, exhibits events concurrent with those symbolized by the _trumpets _and _vials, _is contained chiefly in Revelation 6:1. Revelation 7:1 is occupied with an account of an episodal character, similar to that which occurs in...

AND I SAW, WHEN THE LAMB OPENED ONE OF THE SEALS,.... Of the sealed book; one of the seven seals of it, as read the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions, and the Complutensian edition; that is, the first; so "one" is used for first in Genesis 1:5; and as appears from the following seals being called second, third, fourth, c. These seals express events to be fulfilled and therefore cannot respect the steps towards, and the signs of Jerusalem's destruction, and that itself, which had been accomplished some years before the vision of the seals; and which vision would have been needless: and these are called seals, because they were sealed among God's treasure, or were resolved on, and decreed by him; and because they were hidden and unknown until they came to pass; and when they were come to pass, they were pledges of what God would do in the destruction of Rome Pa...

BEASTS Living creatures. (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 1:5). _ COME AND SEE Come! Omit "and see." So (Revelation 1:3); (Revelation 1:5); (Revelation 1:7)....

REVELATION 6:1 e;rcou {B} After e;rcou, which is well supported by A C P 1 1006 1611 1854 2053 vg copsa, bo _al_, several witnesses add (as though the verb “Come!” 3 were addressed to the Seer) kai. i;de (a 046 about 120 minuscules itgig syrph, h eth _al_) or kai. ble,pe (296 2049 and Textus Receptus). The singular readings o[ti e;rcomai (arm) and _et veni_ (itar) are due to freedom in translation. ------------------------- 3 It is also possible to translate (as Zahn prefers), “Go!”...

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 6:7) 5. The fifth seal (Revelation 6:9) 6. The sixth seal (Revelation 6:12) 7. Parenthesis: The remnant of Israel (Revelati

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 different colour, the first white, the second blood-red, the third black, the fourth pale or livid. The best interpretation regards these woes as (1) triumphant militarism, (2) slaughter, (3) famine, (4) death. The other two woes are described without this metaphor martyrdom and earthquake. The seventh seal is not opened till ch. 8. REVELATION 6:1. ONE OF THE SEVEN SEALS: belonging to the book of destiny (_cf. Revelation 5:1_). LIVING CREATURES: REVELATION 4:6 *. COME: to whom was the order