Bible Question: what do the seven seals indicate? |
Bible Answer: It is know that documents of this time were often sealed by the author. They insure the privacy of the what was written and prevented anyone from covertly reading them undetected. The author usually used a number of seals and if their was any witnesses they often placed their seal on the document and at times the scribe or the person that actually wrote the document placed his seal on it. So it was not unusually to have a number of seals on a document. In the book of Revelations each seal reveals something. seals 1-4 the four horsemen, the fifth the souls of the martyrs, they sixth great earthquake and seventh the 7 angels with trumpets. These all have meanings depending on your theology. To explore it more check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_seals Or go to a good commentary written by someone that shares your theology on the Book of Revelation. Another excellent book is Revelation Four Views editted by Steve Gregg and published by Nelson |