THE SEVEN-SEALED SCROLL We are now about to behold the most momentous act in human history, for when the Lambkin takes the scroll from the right hand of Him Who is sitting on the throne, the tide turns in the affairs of mankind, the crisis is reached which will eventuate in the utter destruction of…

THE CHERUBIM THE cherubim of the Hebrew Scriptures and the animals or living creatures (called “beasts” in the common version), which support the throne of the Divine Majesty in the apocalyptic visions, are identical. The cherubim are called animals or “living creatures” by the prophet Ezekiel. He does not call them cherubim in his first…

THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS AROUND the throne are twenty-four thrones, occupied by twenty-four elders. Just as one of them afterward asks John concerning the vast crowd with palm branches in their hands, we, too are tempted to inquire: “Who are they?” We shall seek to imitate John and endeavor to extract our answer from the Scriptures…

THE THRONE THE THRONE SECTION Of this scroll which we now enter, fills the next eight chapters and comprises the Seals, the Trumpets, and the Thunders, each of which has an introductory vision. As the Trumpets are but an expansion of the seventh Seal, the breaking of the Seals is the dominant thought throughout this…