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And now, unleashing God's truth one verse at a time,

here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Well, with much joy, again this morning, I return to the book of Revelation. It's been a long

break since we finished chapter 5, but we find ourselves at the beginning

of chapter 6, and this is a notable portion of Scripture.

So open your Bible, if you will, to Revelation chapter 6.

As you will remember, the book of Revelation is chronological.

The first three chapters deal with Christ moving in his church on the earth. So in chapters one to three, you have the church on earth. In chapters four and five,

the church appears in heaven, symbolized by the 24 elders, which means that by the time you get to

four and five, the church has been raptured and is now in the presence of

saints and angels around the throne of God. But then in chapter six, it comes back to earth,

back to earth for the time known as the tribulation when everything comes to its final end.

And in chapter six, there is a picture that is very graphic. It's laid out in sealed judgments.

Wills were sealed in the Roman era. So they would only be opened by the one who had the

authority to access the will. That's what you have here. Christ has taken the will of God,

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