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.
How thoroughly does the Spirit search out the hidden treasures of truth?
How did He further explain the new birth?
What is the very life of the Spirit?
What did the dragon give this beast?
What was to occur under the fourth trumpet?
What did it lead Moses to do?
17. Under what figure are the Gentile believers represented who have become a part of the true Israel of God?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle