Rev 6:12-17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Rev 6:12-17: 6:12-17 The opening of the sixth seal offers a glimpse into the end of the created order. Summary for Rev 6:12-14: 6:12-14 These cataclysmic signs are associated in Scripture with the day of the Lord, when God’s judgment will overturn the whole created order (see Isa 13:4-12 ; 34:1-4 ; Joel 2:1-32 ; Zeph 2:1-3 ; Mark 13:1-37 ).

Summary for Rev 6:12-17: 6:12-17 ^a The opening of the sixth seal offers a glimpse into the end of the created order.
Summary for Rev 6:12-14: 6:12-14 ^b These cataclysmic signs are associated in Scripture with the day of the Lord, when God’s judgment will overturn the whole created order (see Isa 13:4-12 ^c; 34:1-4 ^d; Joel 2:1-32 ^e; Zeph 2:1-3 ^f; Mark 13:1-37 ^g).
Summary for Rev 6:15-17: 6:15-17 ^h hid themselves: In the face of God’s judgment, unredeemed people will be terrified and seek a safe hiding place, but in vain (Isa 2:19-21 ⁱ; Ezek 38:20 ^j; Hos 10:8 ^k; Luke 23:30 ^l). The prophets repeatedly warned that the great day would be a day of wrath and judgment (Isa 13:6-11 ^m; Joel 1:15 ⁿ; Amos 5:18 ^o; Zeph 1:14-15 ^p).

• The ultimate question concerning God’s judgment is, who is able to survive? (Mal 3:2 ^q). God’s children will rejoice to see him (Rev 5:13-14 ^r; 14:3-5 ^s) because they understand God’s response to the martyrs’ cry for vengeance (6:9-11 ^t), and they themselves have nothing to fear from God’s judgment (Acts 10:34-36 ^u; Rom 5:1-2 ^v). Those who have persecuted God’s people, however, will quake in fear as they face the wrath of the Lamb.