
We left off at the end of Revelation 6 with a question, namely, “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” (Rev 6:17) Today’s chapter will answer that question.

We left off at the end of Revelation 6 with a question, namely, “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” (Rev 6:17) Today’s chapter will answer that question.

The Lamb appears and takes a seven-sealed scroll from the hand of the Father. All of creation worships Him. Now He begins to open the seals and judgments begin to fall upon the earth. This is the first of three series of judgments in Revelation. The first four are the infamous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Does history have a direction or is it continually moving in cycles? Does God really have a plan and, if so, is it possible to even remotely understand it? A study of Bible prophecy provides satisfactory answers to those questions if we are willing to take the time to hear God out. We may not be able to know the future thoroghly, but today’s passage points us to one of the Bible’s primary prophetic themes.