VirOptimus
A nihilist who cares.
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[e] were killed just as they had been.
Jesus was also killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony he maintained. It is the abuse of human governments in rebellion against God, against His word and against His testimony that causes this seal to be opened.
12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
This earthquake is very hard to imagine. [The biggest earthquake I can think of in Earth's history is from five super volcanos on earth, if any one of them exploded you would have a great earthquake, the ash in the sky would surely cause the sun to turn black, and I suppose over the course of a month you would see the moon blood red due to the ash. I don't know what they mean by stars falling from the sky unless a meteorite striking the Earth is the cause of the earthquake. As for every mountain and island being removed from its place that apparently happens when we have a large earthquake (they have noted that the Earth's rate of rotation and other motions will be affected, even slightly). I suppose if a super volcano erupts every single plate on Earth's surface will be moved if just slightly. So a meteorite striking Earth and causing a super volcano to erupt is the closest analogy I could see to what is being described here.]
15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
I believe that this "great day of their wrath" is due to the souls that had been slain due to the word of God and their testimony. This began with Abel, continued with the babies in Egypt, was seen again with the children killed at the time of Jesus birth, was fully confirmed with Jesus death, and has been going on for the last 2,000 years. What precipitates the "great day of their wrath" against Kings, princes, generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else? Abuse of power in killing those who you disagree with. So on the one hand God gave governments the authority to wield the sword, but on the other the misuse of this authority provokes the great day of His wrath.
Now you are just preaching.
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