In chapter seven we have a pause in the opening of seals. It will pick up again in chapter 8.
Verse one has four angels holding back the four winds. Since the four winds are a poetic reference I would assume that the angels are also poetic. Either way the point is that God is holding back the wind. I don’t see any great theological truth here.
Verses 2-4 give more questions than answers. After loosing the four horses to create mayhem we have another angel coming and telling them to hold off,
(Rev 7:3 KJV) Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.Then we have the 144,000, 12 from each tribe.
At the beginning of this series I said it would be uncharted but I am starting to see why people who have the final answer on Revelation need their charts and graphs. I could use a big white board with arrows right now because things seem to be repeated and contradicting. We have already seen the souls that were under the altar who were given white robes and told to go back to sleep. Are they part of the 144,000 or part of the next group in chapter 7 which includes the whole world? How come the seal is coming so late? Are the ones under the altar sealed?
Am I the only one confused?
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