Seal #7- Christ Owns Everything (TMF:1320)

Friday, March 06, 2020
Peace to Live By: Seal #7- Christ Owns Everything (TMF:1320) - Daniel Litton
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       Recall, no one was found worthy in Heaven to open the seals but him. And we noted that many theologians believe the scroll to represent the title deed to the earth, though, the text does not come out and say that directly. Accepting that as the case, it shows Christ’s ownership and rulership over the Creation; over Heaven, over the Universe, over the earth, and even over Hell. And, here in this passage, we see the slain Lamb opening the seventh seal. When Christ opens the seventh seal, notice that John tells us there was silence in Heaven for about half and hour. As I was thinking about this, again, what came to my mind was the fact of what Jesus has already told us in Matthew 24. Remember? We read it last week. He said, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be” (v. 21, ESV). That’s a gigantic statement. And the realization of this may be what is causing the silence in Heaven for the half hour.