And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour./And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets."
Prior to this in ch.7 we have more or less the same events in heaven as was at the beginning when the new song was sung (5:11-14) The elders once again show foreknowledge this time with regards to the wave of persecutions that were currently going on under Caesar Domitian. The short colloquy between Apostle John and the elder tells us that. "What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?" It tells us that the elders identified John as coming there from among them. The line,"For the time is at hand."(1:3) sets John as a contemporary, and it is right about the nascent Apostolic age going through some 10 waves of persecution.
Leaving aside the sealing of 144,000 in Ch.7 let us trace backwards where we have the four winds "I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea."(Dan.7:2). The commotion that spawned nations has hit the doldrums by divine command, so this continuity of the nations (that began with the night vision) is now hit a hiatus that explains the nations warring with one another; it is a sure sign to the end times. Jesus warned us. "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places./All these are the beginning of sorrows."(Matt.24:7-8)
This silence in heaven shall be broken by the angel that has everlasting covenant to preach. (Re.14:6-7) What is this everlasting gospel but the same gospel preached by the Apostles, and the Acts is part of the Bible. The everlasting covenant and the gospel go hand in hand. The angel declares it in heaven and man treats it as manna in the wilderness was the angel's food. The silence in heaven refers to the present state.
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour./And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets."
Prior to this in ch.7 we have more or less the same events in heaven as was at the beginning when the new song was sung (5:11-14) The elders once again show foreknowledge this time with regards to the wave of persecutions that were currently going on under Caesar Domitian. The short colloquy between Apostle John and the elder tells us that. "What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?" It tells us that the elders identified John as coming there from among them. The line,"For the time is at hand."(1:3) sets John as a contemporary, and it is right about the nascent Apostolic age going through some 10 waves of persecution.
Leaving aside the sealing of 144,000 in Ch.7 let us trace backwards where we have the four winds "I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea."(Dan.7:2). The commotion that spawned nations has hit the doldrums by divine command, so this continuity of the nations (that began with the night vision) is now hit a hiatus that explains the nations warring with one another; it is a sure sign to the end times. Jesus warned us. "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places./All these are the beginning of sorrows."(Matt.24:7-8)
This silence in heaven shall be broken by the angel that has everlasting covenant to preach. (Re.14:6-7) What is this everlasting gospel but the same gospel preached by the Apostles, and the Acts is part of the Bible. The everlasting covenant and the gospel go hand in hand. The angel declares it in heaven and man treats it as manna in the wilderness was the angel's food. The silence in heaven refers to the present state.
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