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NASB | Revelation 8:1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 8:1 When He (the Lamb) broke open the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour [in awe of God's impending judgment]. [Zeph 1:7] |
Bible Question:
Searcher - what do you make of the "silence"? Who has been silenced? Has the praise and worship of God ceased? If so, what might God's reaction be to the cessation of worship? mommapbs |
Bible Answer: Hi mommapbs, I see a great reverence in worshipping in silence. As with a lost loved one, what words could be uttered to comfort. The Almighty, the Creator of all things must now, with a great grief, carry out His final decree. How He loves His creation and as He has shown us how He cried over Jerusalem and here I see all the heavenly host being aware of the immense pain that must be present, for now we are talking about the entire world. Just as the friends of Job came and were silent for seven days at his lose, how much more would be the grief of the Lord God at His lose. When I read this I get an intense mental impression of the heaviness and heartache of such a loving and Majestic Father that has poured out His all to so many but now has to do these things. How can we describe it; maybe that is why the Scriptures are also silent. terrib |