Chapter 6 THE LORD OF THE EARTH THE WRATH POURED OUT WHEN THE SEALS ARE OPENED A. 1st seal - Conqueror. 6:1-2 B. 2nd seal - Conflict. 6:3-4 C. 3rd seal - Currency Crack. 6:5-6 D. 4th seal - Calamity. 6:7-8 E. 5th seal - Cry of the believing Martyrs. 6:9-11 F. 6th seal - Cosmic disturbance. 6:12-17 I. Now the most severe judgments begin in the history of man, which has not happened since the flood of Noah. II. The 7 seals are first revealed through an Announcer and then through Action. III. In this chapter begins the 7-year tribulation period. A. From 6:1-11 we perhaps have the first half of the tribulation 3½ year - The Beginning of Sorrows. Matt.24:8 B. From 6:12 - 19:21 we have the last half of the tribulation 3½ year - The Great Tribulation. Matt.24:21-22; Dan.9:27 IV. The first 6 seals are connected to the sermon Jesus gave on Mount Olives. Matt.24:5-29 V. The time of the Gentiles is about to end and God’ s timetable concerning the Jews begins again, Daniels last week (7 years). Dan.9:24-27