Seal six was opened Revelation 6:12-17: The sixth seal pictured the day of the Lord as a Day of Judgment upon a wicked nation. John used the same idea the prophets had used to picture the judgment of God. "Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come." (Joel 1:15) This is just a picture or promise of that coming judgment.

The Christian would think in this way, "For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" They would wonder what would happen to Christians when God brought that terrible judgment. Revelation seven helped to answer that question. The believer can stand in the face of this great wrath of God because Jesus bore the wrath the believer deserved.

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