Revelation 6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
In this chapter, Christ, the only One worthy to do so, begins to open the seals on the scroll. As he does so, it is revealed to John all of the devastation which would come on the earth: wars, murders, famine, pestilence, "natural" disasters. Among these terrible things is the fifth seal above. This was to help the believers to whom John was writing to keep perspective in the midst of persecution. Their plight was not being overlooked; they were being watched over and "sealed" until the time was right in the plan of God. Notice the plea that they make, addressing Christ as "Sovereign Lord, holy and true." This takes us back to Acts 4, and how the apostles, when they were persecuted cried out to God for boldness to stand firm in the faith. They fully trusted Him, and He saw them through. These saints, and those of today, need to so the same.
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