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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    I can agree with this statement. It all happens in a little over 7 years. You are mistaken on the Aorist tense verbs. The truth is, they show no tense at all. You cannot prove a past tense, a present tense or a future tense from an Aorist verb. In Revelation we must go by the verse of first...
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    Anyone can pull a verse out of its context and make it say almost anything. We have a choice: read the text and believe it, or believe someone's imagination. I am going to go with the text here. Rev.5: 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah...
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    The "time" is presented to us by what we read. Why is this so difficult for you? All we need is in this passage. We don't need to look in other books or other chapters. God shows John a view of the throne room - in a vision supposedly about the "revelation" of Jesus Christ - but He is MISSING...
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    So find that verse in Revelation. I am persuaded that this deal will be done in secret or so many men will be involved that the real man of sin is hidden. John makes no mention of him until chapter 13.
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: [the constellation virgo] 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. [she was having birth pains.] 3 And...
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    Who said? You? John never said it! Is virgo real or symbolic? Ask yourself, can someone see symbolic stars? No, the description of the constellation is REAL and LITERAL, not symbolic. Was Jesus born of a woman? Was he ever a little child? Then that is literal too. Don't ever make something...
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    Hmmm. Most of the church age was future to John in 95 AD. What was "now" to John was Rome, and the church in its infant stage. In Revelation the church age ends when the Day of the Lord begins. That is still future. Sorry, but this is myth. It makes good eisegesis. The truth is, the...
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    Just because John quit writing about the church does not mean necessarily that the rapture just took place! John wrote what He SAW. Perhaps God only changes subjects: from the messages to the church - to JOHN so He would write and we would have this final book in the bible. I know, many...
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    No, sorry, not a guess. It comes right from the written text. Let's see: who was in the room: God the FAther who had the book, before Jesus took it. The four beasts. The 24 elders. sorry, not resurrected saints - UNLESS the 24 elders are those whom Jesus raised when HE was raised. Perhaps...
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    I failed to find the idea of "quickness" in any of 26 English translations. What word are you thinking of? I did find the idea of quickness in the word soon in Rev. 1:1. I think the meaning we could get today is, God is saying He is not going to wait another 4000 year to wrap this age up. (He's...
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    When did (will) Jesus open the first seal in Rev. 6 and what does it represent?

    So ask a question. Around 32 AD Jesus rose from the dead and became worthy to take the book and open the seals! Then he TOOK the book from the Father, and began opening seals....you don't consider these things significant?
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    A slain lamb is DEAD and not standing. Perhaps He appeared to John the way He really looked after being whipped almost to death, then nailed to a cross, but alive once again.
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    It makes little difference because you are imposing that idea on a verse that has not the slightest hint of deceit.
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    Say again? Clarify Rev. 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. [which is the Holy Spirit.] Jesus asked me "Why is He still in the throne room? I said I would...
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    Finally? You missed the entire story! :-) John saw the throne and the Father on the throne, He saw the four Beasts, and He saw the 24 elders, but what he did NOT see was Jesus at the right hand of the Father. Take special note, because this book is HIS REVEALING! Jesus asked me - I heard His...
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    John finally gets to the Antichrist Beast in chapter 13. Why then do so many people try to find Him in chapter 6?
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    Sorry, MISSED IT AGAIN! The week begins with the first trumpet. The 5th trumpet may only be half way through the first half of the week. It is NOT THE MIDPOINT. The midpoint is marked with a 7: the 7th trumpet. There is proof of this. Did you miss the "as it were?" They were not wearing...
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    That is all well and good, but Jesus told me personally that "You could find that entire 70th week clearly marked." (He had first said I could find the exact midpoint clearly marked" and told me how to find it. ) I discovered the exact midpoint was marked by a 7: the 7th trumpet. I quickly...
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    What does this have to do with the first seal sealing a book? Sorry, but Rev. 5:9 is not about "judging" at that time. The time of judging is not until the 6th seal is opened. Remember, the church age martyrs, seal 5 are ASKING about the time of judgment - but they are told they most wait...
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    50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord

    "After this I looked" - Rev. 4:1 - many people read into this what it does not say. I have heard them say, "it means after the church age." Yet in the rest of the verse it is talking about John around 95 AD still IN the church age. The truth is, John used this phrase or "after these things" or...