Reading Revelation 6 & 7

April 28-May 4
Revelation 6:1-8:1
Week 5 of 12

The Great Tribulation of the Last Days (Revelation 6:1–8:1)

Dr. Robert Wall

Suggestions for Daily Readings

Day One               6:1-8      the Lamb opens the first four seals

Day Two               6:9-16    the Lamb opens seals five and six
Day Three             7:1-8     the seal of the living God
Day Four              7:9-17    the great crowd of worshippers
Day Five               7:10-12  (memorize & meditate on these words of praise)

Jesus, the Lamb, continues his powerful, redemptive, liberating work of opening the seals on the scroll of God’s final plan of salvation.  The drama moves into a description of those who are sealed (preserved, kept safe) during the coming epic battle, both the 144,000 (symbolizing God’s people) and the multitude wearing white and offering the biggest praise concert of all time.  Here are some questions to reflect upon or discuss:

The Scene

What does the scene look like?  What stands out to you visually?

Revelation contains a strange mix of vision elements – some readily understood and others quite mysterious.  What do you understand?  What remains mysterious?

The Characters

Who are the living characters who appear in this scene?  What does the text tell you about them? 

 

How do they interact with one another…what is the dramatic action?  What remains mysterious about them?

The Message

What do the characters do or say or sing? 

If you were to summarize this in a word or phrase, how would you put it? 

What remains unclear or mysterious with regard to a message in the text?

 

Questions for Application

• How have you joined the multitude in praising God? 

 

 

• How might your praise on this earth be preparing you for the life to come? 

 

 

• Do you recognize any of the words of praise from songs and hymns that you have sung in church?  If so, which words of praise do you find particularly meaningful?

 

Memorize Revelation 7:10-12

(10) And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”

(11) All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, (12) saying:

“Amen!

Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”