Terrible Tribulation

Revelation 6:1 KJV

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

That the six seals broken in this chapter each describe a future judgment during the Tribulation that is to come there is no doubt. I am of the persuasion that what is described is meant to cover the majority if not the entire Tribulation. It seems to me that the Revelation is written in layers, each layer resulting in a cumulative effect rather than subsequent one.

I however cannot help but be impressed with the severity of these six seal judgments coming in rapid succession.

• There is no time to recover
• There is no break to regroup

The judgments just keep being broken open and the pain just keeps heaping up upon the children of men.

This is one of the great tragedies of the Tribulation; it is merely a precursor to the pain of hell and the Lake of Fire where they have no rest day or night forever and ever.

• No words could adequately describe this suffering
• There is no possible way to exaggerate the problem
• Therefore there is no price too high to pay in our desire to see others rescued while rescue is still possible

We are not the savers of souls. Only God is that.

But:

• We are the messengers of His Word.
• We are the representatives of His grace.
• We are the ambassadors of His good will.

And we could never do enough to save one from the fire which is to try them who are lost.