“And, lo, there was a great earthquake.”

Paganism cast out

Revelation 6:12-17

Theme : God answers the prayers of the saints.

Winfield Bible School 2012

“Come and See!”

Seals1 2 3 4 5 6

Judgement on Pagan Rome

Rev.6

AD 96 – AD 324

96 180 211 235

White horse Truth preached Red horse

Assassinations

Black horse Injustice

Pale horse Death

Souls under the Altar

Persecution

1 2 3 45

Diocletian

311303

Revelation 6:9-11

10

8yrs303-311

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Struggle for Imperial

Title

285 AD

How long ,O Lord, holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge our blood

on them that dwell on the earth

The fourth seal

A pale horse

The fifth seal Souls under

the altar

The sixth seal The

great earthquake

303 AD312 AD313 AD

Constantine

“Come and See!”

Seals1 2 3 4 5 6

Judgement on Pagan Rome

Rev.6

AD 96 – AD 324

96 180 211 235 303

White horse Truth preached Red horse

Assassinations

Black horse Injustice

Pale horse Death

Souls under the Altar

Persecution

Great earthquake Paganism cast out

1 2 3 45

3246

311

Diocletian

Deut.32:1

3 Great Earthquakes

Isa.1.2,10

1 2 3 4 5 6 Vials 7

Judgement - Holy Roman Empire

1 2 3 4 5 6 Trumpets 7 Seals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Judgement - Pagan Rome

Rev.6

Judgement - Christian Rome

AD 96 – AD 324

AD 395 – AD 1685

AD 1789 – AD 1820

Rev.16

Rev.8 & 9

Unsealed - “Come and See!”

Deut.32:1

3 Great Earthquakes

Rev.6:12Rev.11:13Rev.16:18

Note the only other two occasionsRev.8:5 Rev.11:19

Isa.1.2,10

Rev. 6:12-13

Rev. 12Rev. 6:12-17Sixth Seal

v.12 Great earthquake v.7 Paganism cast out (Dragon) Michael (He like God) Constantine

v.13 Stars of heaven fell to the earth

v.4 Drew the third part of the stars of heaven

v.12 Sun black – Moon blood

v.1 Clothed with the sun, moon under her feet

v.16 ... Fall on us and hide us from the face of him

that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb

v.10-11 … And they over came him by

the blood of the lamb…..

Pagan Dragon

Galerius

MaxentiusLicinius

ROME?

War in Political Heaven – War

for Rome!

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Revelation 17 v9 7 Heads = 7 Mountains (geographic identification)

v10 “and there are seven kings:” = 7 forms of Government

(political identification)

“five are fallen”•Regal

•Consular

•Dictatorial

•Decemviral

•Tribunitial

“one is”•Imperial

“the other is not yet come”•Goths

‘and when he cometh he must continue a

short space.’

13

Revelation 17 v10 “and there are seven kings:”

= 7 forms of Government

“five are fallen”

“one is”

“.. not yet come, when he comes he

must continue a short space”

8th Head“The one that was and is not” Rev. 13:3

Pagan Dragon

Galerius

MaxentiusLicinius

Christian

Dragon

Constantine and

successors

A Pagan Dragon becomes a Christian Dragon

The edict of Milan, the great charter of toleration, had confirmed to each individual of the Roman world the privilege of choosing and professing his own religion. But this inestimable privilege was soon violated: with the knowledge of truth the emperor imbibed the maxims of persecution; and the sects which dissented from the catholic church were afflicted and oppressed by the triumph of Christianity. Decline and fall of Roman Empire p.146 Abridged

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