The great tribulation of the sixth seal is the time of the wrath of God.It takes place after the persecution of the saints in the 5th seal.
The saints are instructed in the testimony of Jesus and the word of God to warn the people of God's coming judgement .Much like John the Baptist became a watchman warning the people to repent.If you remember,John was beheaded .
The saints warn against worshiping the beast ,it's image and receiving its mark .They testify of Jesus and are killed for these reasons.
In all accounts ,the persecution comes first ,followed by the great tribulation and the wrath of God upon all them who rejected the gospel .
So, you make a fair point, why are there Martyrs at the 5th Seal then the Wrath/Troubles only come at the 6th Seal. But everything goes haywire from there like Trump, The USA etc. etc. (I read through before I comment unlike most)
What if the Seals were shown as LOCKS instead, would you then grasp these seals (locks) are not Judgments, but 7 Locks that have the Trumpet Judgments all locked up, until the 7th lock is taken off? Thus this is why the 7th lock is over in Rev. 8 where God's Wrath actually starts.
So, what is going on with the Seals/LOCKS? Jesus is taking one off and foretelling the Saints in heaven what is about to go down on earth when the 7th Seal/THINK LOCK is taken off the scroll that contains the 7 Trumpets (7 = Divine Completion, not 21). The first 5 Locks/Seals are taken off (these Seals LOCK UP a Message) and Jesus foretells about a coming Little Horn/AC man, his covering Beast n heaven says COME AND SEE (a vision of the future unlike the Trumps and Vials which see Angels blow and pour them out)
So, all 5 are just Jesus telling us what is soon to come when the Wrath of God falls and the AC is allowed to go forth conquering. By the way, God might allow him to go forth sooner, but he might not be able to because the USA is basically laid waste by the First Four Trumps (ONE LARGE ASTEROID STRIKE). Then he can go forth strategically without getting the USA's busy body Army on him. In the Magog ad Gog war 5/6 of Russia's Armies is taken out, now he's free to do as he (The E.U. President) so pleases.
He Conquers, Brings War, which bring Famine, which causes Sickness/Death and the Grave (hades) an d lastly he will Martyrs the Saints (Gentile) who repent during the 70th week. He can not get at the new Jewish Converts, they flee into the Jordan Mountain Ranges where God protects them. Now we will see Jesus foretell about God's coming wrath. He says in Lock/Seal #6 that God Wrath will fall, and it will bring darkness via the Sun and Moon dimming, well where do we actually see that at? Trump #4 Its al Jesus prophesying about the soon to come evens on earth. If one would just read Rev. 7 very carefully they could see the Wrath will not fall until Rev. 8, what what God says to his angel says in Rev. 7.
Rev. 7:1 And 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.
2 And 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,
3 Saying,
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And
I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes(the 1/3 of Zech. 13:8-9 or 5 million Jews) of the children of Israel.
So, God tells the Angels to HOLD UP the Four Winds or Judgments that hurt the Earth. Sea and Trees UNTIL He has Sealed the 144,000 (a Code for ALL Israel who repent). Well, where is the Earth, Sea and Trees harmed at? In the Trumpet Judgments. So, the Trumpet Judgments have to be where the Wrath of God starts, not in the Seals (Locks).
Now since all are Prophetic in Nature it doesn't matter that Seal 5 is before Seal 6 does it?
HERE BELOW IS YOUR "6th Seal" coming to pass
12 And the
fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
