16. After the sealing work brought to view in Revelation 7, which takes place under the sixth seal,
how is the seventh seal introduced?
Answer
"And when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."
Rev. 8: 1.
NOTE-The sixth seal introduced the events connected with the second coming of Christ. The
seventh seal most naturally, therefore, would refer to that event, or to some accompanying result of it.
When Christ comes, all the holy angels will accompany Him (Matt. 25: 31); and it follows that silence will
necessarily, therefore, reign in heaven during their absence. A half hour of prophetic time would be about
seven (lays. The seven seals, therefore, bring us down to the second coming of Christ.
With whom did the prophet Isaiah say Christ would make His grave?
What effect did the preaching of the apostles have upon the hearers?
By what means is all Scripture given?
21. What did this council, in its twenty-ninth canon, decree concerning the Sabbath and Christians who continued to observe it ?
To what length will this effort to enforce the worship of the image of the beast be carried?
12. Are men's hearts now \"failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth\"?
How may one grow in grace?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle