The Fifth Seal is Opened

Rev 6:9-11

Rev 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10) And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11) And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

When the fifth seal is opened John see's the souls of the martyrs and hears them crying out for vengence, but they are told to wait a short season. Where is this in the timeline of Gods plan for man? Well, it cannot be before Christ because there were no martyrs for the testimony of Christ except a few prophets, because Christ had not ben here yet, and it can't be the end of the tribulation because there are more brothers to be killed as they were and it must be fulfilled. It would not be logical for this to fall at 500 A.D. or 1000 A.D. because there would be so many more to come, it must have a reason, and the only logical reason is the end of the gentile era and the beginning of the Tribulation, (as a general time frame of course). This seal and its description must have a reason, and since the tribulation is mentioned after breaking the sixth seal, (if you believe Gods word literally as I do), which is next in Revelations, this must be the culmination of the martyrs during the era of time before the tribulation comes.

So our timeline is making sense and is lining up perfectly with the events leading to the tribulation, and you will see in the very next seal is a release of something of global proportions that paves the path for the antichrist and the beginning of the tribulation. We have seen Heaven before Christ was there, then He was there and was found worthy to open the book. He breaks the first four seals which are 1 good horse and 3 bad horses, and also a description of the devil and His angels being cast to the earth with anger because they know their time is short. The Holy spirit also was sent to the earth to spread around the world and conquor by faith and by the Word of God. The end result of those four horsemen is a sea of souls who were killed for the Word of God and their Testimony they held.

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