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.
What led to Satan's sin, rebellion, and downfall?
How intimate is His union with believers?
What did this little horn do to the people of God?
When Christ thus ministers the law in the heart, what does it become?
In what words will their triumph over death and the grave be expressed?
Upon what condition does Christ say we shall receive?
By what have these things been revealed to us?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle