Revelation 6:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Revelation 6:9

Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth

7 When He opened the fourth seal, ^aI heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.”

8 ^aSo I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^bto kill with sword, with hunger, with death, ^cand by the beasts of the earth.

Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs

9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^athe altar ^bthe souls of those who had been slain ^cfor the word of God and for ^dthe testimony which they held.

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ^a“How long, O Lord, ^bholy and true, ^cuntil You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

11 Then a ^awhite robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them ^bthat they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, ^aand behold, there was a great earthquake; and ^bthe sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the² moon became like blood.

13 ^aAnd the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.

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These are people who have been killed in the past. Many have been killed in the past as a witness. Incidentally the word "martyr" is the equivalent of our English word "witness." However, through the years by usage the word "martyr" has come to mean, "one who dies in service to a cause." These people died in service to God and to His cause—to His purpose. Can one assume that because God allows someone to die for the faith, then that person has been bad or weak—like we know that the Laodiceans are?

Excerpted from A Place of Safety? (Part 5)

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