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.
Upon what did he rest his hope for forgiveness?
16. What inquiry on the part of Daniel shows that the fourth beast, and especially the little horn phase of it, constitutes the leading feature of this vision?
What did Joseph, in Egypt, say when tempted to sin?
In what sense does the angel Gabriel explain John the Baptist to be the Elijah of Mal. 4: 5?
What do our transient afflictions do for us?
When Peter was imprisoned and about to be executed by Herod, what did the church do?
When asked if He was a king, what did Christ say?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle