(From: REVELATION #8 - 6:1-17)

D. 6:1-17 SIX JUDGMENTS AS THE LAMB OPENS SIX SEALS

1. 6:1-2 FIRST SEAL: CONQUERING WHITE HORSE

a. 6:1 INVITATION TO JOHN TO COME AND SEE

Kai EIdon HOte Enoi-xen to arNIon MIan ek ton hepTA sphraGIdon [4973],

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals,

kai Ekou-sa heNOS ek ton tesSAron ZO-on [2226] LEgon-tos hos phoNEbronTES [1027], ERchou.

and I heard one of the four living beings saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.

b. 6:2 JOHN SEES THE WHITE HORSE

kai EIdon, kai iDOU, HIPpos [2462] leuKOS [3022], kai ho kaTHEme-nos ep' auTON Echon TOxon;

And I saw, and lo, a white horse, and who sat on it had a bow;

kai eDOthe auTOSTEpha-nos [4725]: kai eXELthen niKON [3528], kai HIna niKEse.

and a crown was given him: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

2. 6:3-4 SECOND SEAL: PEACE TAKEN FROM EARTH BY RED HORSE

a. 6:3 And when he opened the second :seal, I heard the second living being saying, Come.

Kai HOte Enoi-xen ten sphraGIda [4973]ten deuTEran, Ekou-sa tou deuTErou ZOou LEgon-tos, ERchou.

b. 6:4 THE RED HORSE

kai eXELthen ALlos, HIPpos purROS [4450]: kai to ka-theMEnoep' auTON

And another came forth, a red horse: and to the one sitting on it

eDOthe[auTO] laBEIN ten eiREnen [1515]ek tes ges,

it was given [him] to take the peace from the earth,

kai HIna alLElous SPHAxou-sin [4969]: kai eDOthe auTOMAchai-ra [3162]meGAle.

and that they should slay one another: and a great sword was given him.

3. 6:5-6 THIRD SEAL: FAMINE COMES WITH BLACK HORSE

a. 6:5a And when he opened the third :seal, I heard the third living being saying, Come.

Kai HOte Enoi-xe ten sphraGIda ten TRIten, Ekou-sa tou TRItou ZOou LEgon-tos, ERchou.

b. 6:5b And I saw, and lo, a black horse; and who sat on it had a balance in his :hand.

kai EIdon, kai iDOU, HIPpos MElas; kai ho kaTHEme-nos ep' auTON Echon zuGON en te cheiRI auTOU.

c. 6:6 PRIVATION IN THE LAND

kai Ekou-sa hos phoNEN en MEso ton tesSAron ZO-on LEgou-san,

a quart of wheat for a shilling, and three quarts of barley for a shilling,

kai to Elai-on [1637] kai ton OInon [3631] mea-diKEses [91].

and the oil and the wine you do not hurt.

4. 6:7-8 FOURTH SEAL: DEATH AND HADES COME WITH PALE HORSE

a. 6:7 JOHN INVITED TO COME AND SEE THE FOURTH SEAL

Kai HOte Enoi-xen ten sphraGIda ten teTARten,

And when he opened the fourth :seal,

Ekou-sa phoNEN tou teTARtou ZOou LEgon-tos, ERchou.

I heard the voice of the fourth living being saying, Come.

b. 6:8a THE PALE HORSE

kai EIdon, kai iDOU, HIPpos chloROS [5515]: kai ho kaTHEme-nos ePAno auTOU,

And I saw, and lo, a pale horse: and who sat upon him,

Ono-ma [3686] auTOHo THAna-tos [2288]; kai Ho HAdes[86] e-koLOUthei [190] met' auTOU.

his name was :Death: and :Hades followed with him.

c. 6:8b SWORD, FAMINE AND DEATH

kai eDOtheauTOIS e-xouSIa [1949]ePI to TEtar-ton tes ges, a-pokTEInai [599]en 'romPHAIa, kai en liMO,

And authority was given them over the fourth of the earth,to kill with sword, and famine,

kai en thaNAto, kai huPO ton theRIon [2342]tes ges.

and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

5. 6:9-11 FIFTH SEAL: THE ATTITUDE OF MARTYRS IN HEAVEN

a. 6:9-10 MARTYRS AWAIT VINDICATION

Kai HOte Enoi-xen ten PEMPten sphraGIda, EIdon hu-poKAtotou thu-si-as-teRIou [2379]

And when he opened the fifth :seal, I saw underneath the altar

tas psuCHAS [5590] ton es-phagMEnon [4969]diA ton LOgon tou TheOU,

the souls of the slain for the word of :God,

kai diA ten mar-tuRIan [3141]hen EIchon:

and for the testimony which they held:

kai Ekra-xan [2896] phoNEmeGAle, LEgon-tes, HEos POte,

10and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long,

ho deSPOtes [1203], ho HAgi-os [40]kai a-le-thiNOS [228], ou KRIneis [2919]kai ek-diKEIS [1556]

:Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge

to HAIma heMON ek ton ka-toiKOUNton [2730]ePI tes ges?

our :blood on them that dwell on the earth?

b. 6:11 PATIENCE: EXHORTED FOR MARTYRS

kai eDOtheauTOIS heKAStostoLE [4749]leuKE [3022];

And to each of them a white robe was given;

kai erREtheauTOIS, HIna a-naPAUson-tai [373]Eti CHROnon miKRON,

and it was said to them, that they should rest yet a little time,

HEos ple-roTHOsin [4137]kai hoi SUNdou-loi [4889]auTON kai hoi a-delPHOI auTON,

until their :fellow-bondmen also and their :brethren,

hoi MELlon-tes a-pokTENnes-thai [615] hos kai auTOI.

who are to be killed even as they, be fulfilled in number.

6. 6:12-17 SIXTH SEAL: THE DAY OF THE LORD!

a. 6:12-13 CATASTROPHE UPON EARTH

Kai EIdon HOte Enoi-xen ten sphraGIda ten HEKten, kai seisMOS [4578]MEgas eGEne-to;

And I saw when he opened the sixth :seal, and therewas a great earthquake;

kai ho HEli-os [2246]eGEne-to MElas [3189]hos SAKkos [4526]TRIchi-nos [5155],

and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,

kai heseLEne[4582]HOle eGEne-to hos HAIma; kai hoi aSTEres [792]tou ou-RAnou Epe-san eis ten gen,

and the whole moon became as blood; 13and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth,

hos suKE [4808]BALlei tous oLUNthous [3653]auTES huPO aNEmou [417]meGAlou sei-oMEne[4579].

as a fig tree shaken of a great wind casts her unripe figs.

b. 6:14 DISPLACEMENT OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

kai ho ou-raNOS a-pe-choRISthe[673]hos bibLIon [975]e-lisSOme-non [1507];

And the heaven was removed as a scroll whenrolled up;

kai pan Oros [3735] kai NEsos [3520]ek ton TOpon [5117]auTON e-kiNEthe-san [2795].

and every mountain and island were moved out of their :places.

c. 6:15-17 TERROR UPON EARTH'S LEADERS

kai hoi ba-siLEIS [935] tes ges, kai hoi me-giSTAnes [3175], kai hoi chiLIar-choi [5506],

And the kings of the earth, and the magnates, and the chief captains,

kai hoi PLOUsi-oi [4145], kai hoi is-chuROI [2479], kai pas DOUlos [1401] kai eLEUthe-ros [1658],

and the rich, and the strong, and every onebond and free,

Ekru-psan [2928] he-auTOUS eis ta SPElai-a [4693]kai eis tas PEtras [4073]ton oREon [3735];

hid themselves into the caves and into the rocks of the mountains;

kai LEgou-sin tois Ore-sin [3735] kai tais PEtrais,

16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks,

PEsa-te [4098] eph' heMAS, kai KRUpsa-te [2928]heMAS aPO proSOpou [4383]tou

Fall upon us, and hide us from theface of the one

ka-theMEnou ePI tou THROnou, kai aPO tes orGES [3709]tou arNIou [721]:

sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

HOti ELthen he heMEra he meGAletes orGES [3709]auTON; kai tis DUna-tai staTHEnai [3476]?

17 because the great :day of their :wrath is come: and who can stand?

NOTE: There are 7 seals, 7 trumps and 7 vials - 21 judgments altogether listed in the book of Revelation, over against the 10 plagues against Pharaoh in the book of Exodus. These 21 Revelation plagues are not overlapping, but separate according to the insight God gave to Daniel Juster. When one looks at the 7-fold key of the plagues on Pharaoh and the Exodus, this makes a great deal of sense, and greatly simplifies the many confusing theories that surround the interpretation of this last book of the Bible. See the note again under chapter 4 of Revelation to review these 7 insights.

Notice again, that just as Israel in Goshen shared the first few plagues with the Egyptians, so the church of the One New Man, Jew and Gentile, will share the first of these 21 judgments. But just as Goshen was a haven for Israel in the days of the Exodus, so “little Goshens” will be prepared for these end times to protect the true church from these later judgments and the wrath of God and the Lamb.

The first 4 seals releasing the 4 horses are serious indeed. Meditate on 6:9-11 and the fifth seal. The Holy Spirit, our Teacher, will be pleased to open the significance of this seal to us.

The church is notappointed to the wrath of God and of the Lamb. Tribulation? Yes - but that in no wisecompares with God's wrath. It is at this time the the little Goshens will do for us what Goshen did for Israel when in Egypt.

Isn't it interesting that the last book of the Bible is the only onethat promises us a blessing for reading it! The book of Daniel in the OT is very similar to this NT book. John, the beloved disciple of Jesus, has written 5 of the NT books. The Gospel of John is remarkable and different from the first 3 Synoptic Gospels. And his 3 letters that follow the two of Peter, are a greatblessing. But the book of Revelation, given by Jesus through His angel to John, and recorded by him, is the most remarkable book of the entire Bible. Let us take the exhortation of the first few verses, and regularly read it and meditate upon it. We will miss much if we fail to obtain and listen to the remarkable insights given on this book to Daniel Juster. J.A.W.