Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; KINGS ... LAID THEMSELVES. Where was now the spirit of those whom the world so greatly feared? (Bengel.) GREAT MEN - high officers of state. RICH MEN ... CHIEF CAPTAINS. 'Aleph (') A B C h, Vulgate, 'chief captains ... rich men.' MIGHTY, [ dunatoi (G1415)]. 'Aleph (') A B C read [ ischuroi (G2478)], 'strong' physically (Psalms 33:16). IN, ...

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 prophecies of Scripture; for these events are emblems, and declare the end of the world and the day of judgment. Dread and terror would seize on all sorts of men. Neither grandeur, riches, valour, nor strength, can support men at that time. They would be glad to be no more seen; yea, to have no longer any being. Though Christ be a Lamb, he can be angry, and the wrath of the Lamb is exceedingly dreadful; for if the Redeemer himself, who appeases the wrath of God, be our enemy, where shall we find a friend to plead for us? As men have their day of opportunity, and their seasons of grace, so God has his day of righteous wrath. It seems that the overthrow of the paganism of the Roman empire is he...

Verse Revelation 6:15. _THE KINGS OF THE EARTH_, c.] All the secular powers who had endeavoured to support the pagan worship by authority, influence, riches, political wisdom, and military skill with _every bondman_-all _slaves_, who were in life and limb addicted to their masters or owners. _AND EVERY FREEMAN_] Those who had been _manumitted_, commonly called _freedmen_, and who were attached, through gratitude, to the families of their liberators. All _hid themselves_-were astonished at the total overthrow of the heathen empire, and the revolution which had then taken place....

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 designed to refer, it is proper, as in the previous cases, to furnish a particular explanation of the meaning of the symbols. All the symbols represented in the opening of this seal denote consternation, commotion, changes; but still they are all significant, and we are to suppose that something would occur corresponding with each one of them. It cannot be supposed that the things here described were represented on the part of the roll or volume that was now unfolded in any other way than that they were pictures, or that the whole was 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 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 THE KING'S OF THE EARTH, AND THE GREAT MEN,.... The Roman emperors, and other principal magistrates, governors of provinces and cities: AND THE RICH MEN; among the commonalty; these three may design perhaps more particularly the emperors, nobles, and senate of Rome: and THE CHIEF CAPTAINS; or captains of thousands, that had the command of the Roman legions AND THE MIGHTY MEN; the soldiers that were under them, men of strength, courage, and valour; AND EVERY BONDMAN, AND EVERY FREEMAN; which takes in all the inhabitants of the Roman empire, of every state and condition, and which was an usual distinction among the Romans: these HID THEMSELVES IN THE DENS, AND IN THE ROCKS OF THE MOUNTAINS; where, through their cruel persecutions, they had forced multitudes of Christians to flee, and therefore, "lex talionis", the law of retaliation was righteously inflicted on them; and not

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 heaven fell unto the earth, even as 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 bondman, 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:_ Think of the contrast between this awful cry and the sentence we read just now: «Then did they spit

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

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. beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was. 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. fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of. mighty wind. And the heaven departed as. 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 bondman, and every freeman, bid 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 th...