“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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