The beginning of Revelation 8 reads this way: “When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given Continue reading

At the beginning of Revelation 7, we see an angel from the place of the rising sun give orders to four angels to not harm the land or the sea until the 144,000 are sealed. He then proceeds to do so. This all happens in what appears to be a short period of time. As Continue reading

“After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back uthe four winds of the earth, vthat no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending wfrom the rising of the sun, with xthe seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,3 saying, y“Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God zon their foreheads.” 4 And aI heard the numberof the sealed, 144,000, sealed from everytribe of the sons of Israel: 5  12,000 from the tribe of Judah weresealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, 6  12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh, 7  12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar, 8  12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.” (Revelation 7:1-8) As we discussed in earlier writing, Michael is the sun character who becomes a man and has died in the sixth seal, ending has role as Continue reading

In the last installment, we began an examination of the roles that the one symbolized by the sun and the goat, that is the Michael/ Elijah figure appears to be in God’s plan. I examined the third seal and gave one of the roles that he seems to fill, the offer of forgiveness to those Continue reading

In the last writing I pointed out that the angel of the LORD is Michael and that he would be the one associated with the goat (and the sun) spoken of in the law of Moses. Can I point to any more specific verses apart from the symbolism presented? The answer to that can be Continue reading

The book of Judges mentions the angel of the LORD 14 times, in chapters 2, 5, 6 and 13. Most of those fall into the two most prominent of those listed in Judges, Gideon and Samson. Not coincidentally, the young goat also appears in both accounts, further cementing the angel of the LORD as the Continue reading

I mentioned in the last installment that I would begin to examine the cases of Gideon and Samson after a brief rundown of the goat in the law, but I came to realize the conflict that might arise in the mind of the believer over the implications of this section and the length of the Continue reading

Perhaps no verse is as enigmatic and puzzling as the command, “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” It appears 3 times in scripture, with its first appearance in Exodus 23:19, with the entirety of the verse being, “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Continue reading

In the last installment, we examined the sun/goat character as being the main character of the seals, entering his earthly life in the first seal, the subsequent consequential events of his lifetime and his (first) death in the sixth seal fulfilling his promise to the saints under the altar in the fifth seal, finally reaching Continue reading