Yesterday we learned about the peace treaty confirmed for Israel and the remaining horsemen seal judgments. As a result of the first four seal judgments, 1/4 of the earth’s population will be killed through hunger and death. Those killed will be people who recently came to Christ and people who still do not believe. Unfortunately, unbelievers will be sent to Hades to await their final judgment. Believers will go straight to Jesus’s side and await His triumphant return.
After the horsemen of the apocalypse seals, the fifth seal is opened. The fifth seal is discussed in Revelation 6:9-11. After the tribulation begins, many people will come to Christ. Most of these people will be killed by the Antichrist for opposing his regime. The fifth seal is the martyrs crying out to God to avenge their deaths. However, they are told to rest and wait longer until their numbers (people who will be martyred) is complete. Even through this horrible time of believers killed for following Christ, God is still in control! He has the very number of martyrs fixed and will not exceed a decided number of people.
If all of the believers have been previously raptured, how are there now believers to martyr? When the covenant with Israel was signed and the tribulation clock began, God sent the Two Witnesses to earth to preach his word. Revelation 11:3-4 says: And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. These two men are believed to be Moses and Elijah returning to the earth to preach the 
gospel. They will be given authority to stop the rain and to turn water into blood. The Two Witnesses will also defend themselves from anyone who comes against them with fire [that] pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed (Revelation 11:5).
Another uprising that will bring about many believers is the 144,000 Jewish Witnesses. The 144,000 Jews represent each of the 12 tribes of Israel; this will be 12,000 from each tribe (Revelation 7:4-8). Jesus promises that the gospel will be heard around the world at the end of the age (Matthew 24:14). The Jewish Witnesses will accomplish by evangelizing the world. God will supernaturally protect the Jewish witnesses so the world-wide soul harvest can occur. Between the Two Witnesses and the 144,000 Jewish witnesses, an enormous amount of people will come to Christ; it is believed that this will be the largest amount of people to come to Christ in history.
The preceding judgments were all judgments carried out by man. The sixth seal judgment is clearly a judgment a supernatural event. Revelation 6:12 says: there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood. This judgment is a massive world-wide earthquake that Revelation 6:14 describes as the sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. John also described in Revelation meteor falling from the sky and a huge mushroom clouds. The people of earth will recognize this as a judgment from God and will try to hide from God.
The seventh seal is different from all of the other seals; it is used to introduce the next set of judgment, the trumpet judgments. Five of the seal judgments were carried out by man. The trumpet judgments are all judgments carried out by God. These judgments are so severe that Revelation 8:1 states: there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. All of heaven has been rejoicing, but now there is an ominous silence. Things are going to get much, much worse.
We will begin the Trumpet Judgments tomorrow. Don’t miss the next chapter!
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