“And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:”
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony that they had given — the fifth seal shifts from the four horsemen's cosmic disturbances to heavenly realities: martyrs' souls beneath God's altar (recall Exodus 29:12, blood poured at the altar's base). Slain for the word of God and testimony establishes that martyrdom results from faithful witness.
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Mary PatelNote1mo agoStrength in weakness - Revelation 6
The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance.
God is faithful in every circumstance. This is ...
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Omar HassanNote1mo agoSouls Crying Out
I'm a genocide scholar, and I spend my days studying massacres - Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Myanmar. The casual way humans slaughter each other. The way the world watches and does nothing.
John's visi...
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