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Silence in Heaven
Rev.8:1When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
There are many thoughts of when and what this silence in heaven is.
In my opinion there is only one God tells us of. Now some may disagree, thats fine. No one is not going to be saved because we we disagree on a when and what this silence is.
Lets go to Rev. 7 but first fix in your mind that Rev.7 is two separate visions covering two separate times and two separate groups of people (the 144,000 and the Multitude of gentile nations/people).
The first vision is before the the tribulation starts the second vision is after the tribulation ends.
We will only deal with the first vision in this study that is before the tribulation starts.
Rev.7:
1And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Now we see four angels here holding back the winds but God himself is about to send and important message This Angel from east is delivering a message and he is not being quite
HE CRIES IN A LOUD VOICE STOP, HOLD EVERYTHING WAIT
It would seem here the four Angels holding the winds are about to hurt the earth(not men)
Notice this is the opposite of the locust army who are told to not hurt the earth but only men without the seal of God ....
Rev.9:4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
So what is this Angels message from God Stop wait hold everything until we have sealed these 144,000 men.
3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Now I don't know about you but in my house or on my job if someone comes rushing in yelling to everyone stop ..Hold everything ... I have a message from the boss, the silence is deafening as everyone turns there attention to person with the message.
Keeping with our same time frame here so we can rightly divide, what is said next ?
Rev.8:1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
This sealing of the 144,000 is so important God has sent a message STOP Everything that is about to happen in heaven until we have sealed our 144,000 servants . Then there was silence in heaven for the space of one half hour.
I say this one half hour was the time it took to finish sealing these servants.
Now what is a servant? One who serves their master ... Who is their master here ? God he has marked these servants as his own.
Who does the sealing here? Is it us? No!
Its God himself that stopped everything to do this .. Why does he do this now ? before the tribulation/trumpets blow because this seal alone marks the ones Satan can not hurt (Rev.9:4)
So whats the next thing that occurs
Rev.8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. we are still in the time frame before the tribulation before any trumpets are blown.
3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
I think this thus ends the half hour of silence in heaven and the trumpets are about to sound.
5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Thunder,lightening an an earthquake these are things that can hurt the earth.
So it would seem the silence of the sealing and the prayers and the handing out of the trumpets is done now its time for the action of the seven angels with the seven trumpets
6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
Rev.8:1When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
There are many thoughts of when and what this silence in heaven is.
In my opinion there is only one God tells us of. Now some may disagree, thats fine. No one is not going to be saved because we we disagree on a when and what this silence is.
Lets go to Rev. 7 but first fix in your mind that Rev.7 is two separate visions covering two separate times and two separate groups of people (the 144,000 and the Multitude of gentile nations/people).
The first vision is before the the tribulation starts the second vision is after the tribulation ends.
We will only deal with the first vision in this study that is before the tribulation starts.
Rev.7:
1And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Now we see four angels here holding back the winds but God himself is about to send and important message This Angel from east is delivering a message and he is not being quite
HE CRIES IN A LOUD VOICE STOP, HOLD EVERYTHING WAIT
It would seem here the four Angels holding the winds are about to hurt the earth(not men)
Notice this is the opposite of the locust army who are told to not hurt the earth but only men without the seal of God ....
Rev.9:4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
So what is this Angels message from God Stop wait hold everything until we have sealed these 144,000 men.
3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Now I don't know about you but in my house or on my job if someone comes rushing in yelling to everyone stop ..Hold everything ... I have a message from the boss, the silence is deafening as everyone turns there attention to person with the message.
Keeping with our same time frame here so we can rightly divide, what is said next ?
Rev.8:1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
This sealing of the 144,000 is so important God has sent a message STOP Everything that is about to happen in heaven until we have sealed our 144,000 servants . Then there was silence in heaven for the space of one half hour.
I say this one half hour was the time it took to finish sealing these servants.
Now what is a servant? One who serves their master ... Who is their master here ? God he has marked these servants as his own.
Who does the sealing here? Is it us? No!
Its God himself that stopped everything to do this .. Why does he do this now ? before the tribulation/trumpets blow because this seal alone marks the ones Satan can not hurt (Rev.9:4)
So whats the next thing that occurs
Rev.8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. we are still in the time frame before the tribulation before any trumpets are blown.
3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
I think this thus ends the half hour of silence in heaven and the trumpets are about to sound.
5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Thunder,lightening an an earthquake these are things that can hurt the earth.
So it would seem the silence of the sealing and the prayers and the handing out of the trumpets is done now its time for the action of the seven angels with the seven trumpets
6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.