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.
Is there salvation through any other?
How did the people of Samaria publicly testify to their faith in the preaching of Philip?
What basis for reconciliation was made by Christ's death?
25. Since the Sunday Sabbath originated with the Roman power (the beast), to whom will men yield deference to compulsory Sunday laws?
What change is made in Satan's condition at the close of the one thousand years?
What was the result of this warfare by means of \"fire and smoke and brimstone\"?
6. Looking forward to the conflicts through which His followers must pass, what cheering message did Christ send them through the Apostle John?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle