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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

Chapter 6Now in chapter six, He begins to open the scroll.And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer ( Revelation 6:1-2 ).And so the first thing that takes place upon the earth once the church has been taken out, the moment this first seal is... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 6:1-17

Revelation 6:1 . One of the living creatures, that is, the lion, with a voice roaring like thunder, said, Come and see. The saints must keep their eyes on what the Lord is doing in the earth. Revelation 6:2 . He went forth conquering, and to conquer. Christ having put down the jews, gave power to the apostles to subdue the nations to the faith; and the word of the Lord had free course, and was glorified. Revelation 6:4 . There went out another horse that was red, whose rider was... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 6:1-17

Revelation 6:1-17The Lamb opened one of the seals.The development of good and evil in human historyI. The development of good in human history.1. The good is embodied in a personal life. “He that sat,” etc. “Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” He was the Right--incarnate, living, acting; and this, not only during His corporeal life here, but in all His disciples through all times.2. The good embodied in a personal life is aggressive in its action. “He went forth,” etc. Wherever the sunbeams... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 6:15-16

Revelation 6:15-16Fall on us, and hide us.The last great prayer meetingIt is generally thought that none but the penitent really pray. And yet the day is coming when even impenitent people will throng together and hold a prayer meeting, and perhaps the most intensely earnest one ever upon record. Notice the time. It is future. It will be after the day of grace has passed, after the privilege for Christian prayer has ceased, and after human probation has been completed. Yes, when the righteous... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:12

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; Ver. 12. There was a great earthquake ] Understand hereby those horrible commotions and confusions that occured in the Roman empire upon those ten bloody persecutions, and the earnest supplications of the saints which can work wonders in heaven and earth. The death and destruction of the persecutors was (as it was said of the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:13

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Ver. 13. And the stars ] Rome’s dunghill deities, together with their chemarims or chimney chaplains, the priests. ConferIsaiah 34:4; Isaiah 34:4 ; Daniel 8:10 ; Exodus 12:12 ; Numbers 33:4 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:14

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Ver. 14. And every mountain ] See Trapp on " Rev 6:12 " Cinis quidam noxius e Visuvio emissus, Romam venit (inquit Dio) ita ut incolae putare coeperunt omnia sursum deorsum ferri, solemque in terram cadere, ac terrain in caelum conscendere. I myself saw, saith Bellarmine, a huge hill removed by an earthquake, and brought down to a town, which was wholly covered... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:15

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; Ver. 15. And the kings of the earth ] Who came in to help their gods against the mighty, against Constantine, Theodosius, &c., that threw out their priests, and pulled down their temples. These kings and grandees were Maximianus, Maximinus, Maxentius, Galerius, Licinius,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 6:12

there: Revelation 8:5, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 16:18, 1 Kings 19:11-1 Chronicles :, Isaiah 29:6, Amos 1:1, Zechariah 14:5, Matthew 24:7, Matthew 27:54, Matthew 28:2 the sun: Isaiah 13:9, Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Ezekiel 32:7, Ezekiel 32:8, Joel 2:10, Joel 2:30, Joel 2:31, Joel 3:15, Amos 8:9, Haggai 2:6, Haggai 2:7, Haggai 2:21, Haggai 2:22, Matthew 24:29, Matthew 27:45, Mark 13:24, Mark 13:25, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44, Luke 23:45, Acts 2:19, Acts 2:20 ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 6:13

the stars: Revelation 8:10-2 Kings :, Revelation 9:1, Ezekiel 32:7, Daniel 8:10, Luke 21:25 untimely figs: or green figs of a: Isaiah 7:2, Isaiah 33:9, Daniel 4:14, Nahum 3:12 Reciprocal: Job 15:33 - shake off Psalms 46:6 - earth Isaiah 13:13 - I will Isaiah 28:4 - the hasty Isaiah 34:4 - all the Ezekiel 38:20 - the fishes Joel 2:31 - sun Joel 3:15 - General 2 Peter 3:12 - the heavens read more

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