5th Seal – Martyrs Under Altar – Biblical Interpretation & Picture Galleries

“Under the Altar” – Before God’s Throne in Heaven!

Note: In the Book of Revelation the GOLDEN ALTAR is located in Heaven before YHWH’s Throne!

➥ Revelation 6:9
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the ALTAR the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

➥ Revelation 8:3-5
3 And another angel came and stood at the ALTAR with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden ALTAR BEFORE THE THRONE, ⁴ and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5  Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the ALTAR and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

➥ Revelation 9:13
Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the GOLDEN ALTAR BEFORE GOD,

➥ Revelation 11:1
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the TEMPLE of GOD and the ALTAR and those who worship there,

➥ Revelation 14:18
And another angel came out from the ALTAR , the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”

➥ Revelation 16:7
And I heard the ALTAR saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!”

“Word of God & the Testimony of Jesus” in Revelation & Bible!

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➥ Revelation 1:2, 9
² who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.⁹ I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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 ➥ Revelation 11:7
⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit^[a] will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

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➥ Revelation 12:11
¹¹ And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

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➥ Revelation 12:17
¹⁷ Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.

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➥ Revelation 20:4
⁴ Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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 ➥ Matthew 10:18-23, 32-39
You will be brought before GOVERNORS and KINGS for MY SAKE, as a TESTIMONY to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But WHEN THEY DELIVER YOU UP, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT HOW OR WHAT YOU SHOULD SPEAK. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; 20 for it is not you who speak, but the SPIRIT OF YOUR FATHER WHO SPEAKS IN YOU. 21 Now BROTHER WILL DELIVER UP BROTHER TO DEATH, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

22 And you will be HATED BY ALL FOR MY NAME’S SAKE. But HE WHO ENDURES TO THE END WILL BE SAVED. 23 When they PERSECUTE you in this city, FLEE TO ANOTHER. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes……. 32 “Therefore WHOEVER CONFESSES ME BEFORE MEN, HIM I WILL ALSO CONFESS BEFORE MY FATHER who is in heaven. 33 But WHOEVER DENIES ME BEFORE MEN, HIM I WILL ALSO DENY BEFORE MY FATHER who is in heaven. 34 “DO NOT THINK THAT I CAME TO BRING PEACE ON EARTH. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE BUT A SWORD.

35 For I have come to ‘set a MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, a DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, and a DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW’; 36 and ‘a man’s ENEMIES will be those of his OWN HOUSEHOLD.’ 37 He who LOVES FATHER OR MOTHER MORE THAN ME IS NOT WORTHY OF ME. And he who LOVES SON OR DAUGHTER MORE THAN ME IS NOT WORTHY OF ME. 38 And he who DOES NOT TAKE HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW AFTER ME IS NOT WORTHY OF ME. 39 HE WHO FINDS HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, & HE WHO LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE WILL FIND IT.

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➥ Luke 21:12-19 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and PERSECUTE you, delivering you up to the SYNAGOGUES & PRISONS. You will be brought before KINGS and RULERS for MY NAME’S SAKE. But it will turn out for you as an OCCASION FOR TESTIMONY. Therefore SETTLE IT IN YOUR HEARTS NOT TO MEDITATE BEFOREHAND ON WHAT YOU WILL ANSWER; for I will give you a Mouth and WISDOM which all your adversaries will NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRADICT OR RESIST.

YOU WILL BE BETRAYED EVEN BY PARENTS & BROTHERS, RELATIVES & FRIENDS; & THEY WILL PUT SOME OF YOU TO DEATH. And you will be HATED BY ALL FOR MY NAME’S SAKE. But NOT A HAIR OF YOUR HEAD SHALL BE LOST. BY YOUR PATIENCE POSSESS YOUR SOULS.

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God’s Answer to When? “Judge & Avenge our Blood?”

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YHWH’s Answer to JUDGE OUR BLOOD at: Rev 16:4-7, 18:20 & Joel 3:2-3
YHWH’s Answer to AVENGE OUR BLOOD at:Rev 19:2, Deut 32:43, 2 Kings 9:7 & Psa 9:11

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YHWH’s Answer to JUDGE OUR BLOOD:

➥ Revelation 16:3-7
Seal 5 Partial Fulfillment in Bowl  2 & 3.
³ The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.

Then the 3rd ANGEL poured out his BOWL on the RIVERS and SPRINGS of water, and they became BLOOD. And I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, the One who is and who was and who is to be, because You have JUDGED these things. For they have SHED THE BLOOD OF SAINTS AND PROPHETS (Seal 5), and YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM BLOOD TO DRINK. FOR IT IS THEIR JUST DUE.” And I heard another from the ALTAR saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your JUDGMENTS.”

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➥ Revelation 18:20
 Seal 5 Fulfillment in Bowl 7 (Babylon Has Fallen)
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets for God has given JUDGMENT for you against her!”

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➥ Joel 3:2-3, 19-21
Seal 6, Trumpet 7, Bowl 6
2 I will also GATHER ALL NATIONS (Bowl 6- Armageddon, Trumpet 7, Seal 6), and bring them down to the VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT; And I will enter into JUDGMENT with them there On ACCOUNT OF MY PEOPLE, My heritage Israel, Whom they have SCATTERED among the nations; They have also divided up My land. 3 They have CAST LOTS for my people & have given a boy as PAYMENT for a harlot, and SOLD a girl for wine, that they may drink.

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YHWH’s Answer to AVENGE OUR BLOOD

➥ Revelation 18:20 
Seal 5 Fulfillment in Bowl 7 (Babylon Has Fallen)
“REJOICE over her, O HEAVEN, & you HOLY APOSTLES & PROPHETS, for God has AVENGED you on her!”

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 ➥ Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are His JUDGMENTS, because He has JUDGED the GREAT HARLOT who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has AVENGED ON HER THE BLOOD OF HIS SERVANTS shed by her.”

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➥ Revelation 16:14-19
Seal 5 Fulfillment in Trumpet 7
15 Then the 7th  ANGEL SOUNDED: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” 16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying: “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.

18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should REWARD YOUR SERVANTS THE PROPHETS AND THE SAINTS, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.” 19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

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 ➥ Revelation 17:6
I saw the woman, DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS & WITH THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS OF JESUS…

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“The Blessings and The Curses” is recorded at Deuteronomy 28-32. It is one of the earliest places where YHWH has “made known the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:9).” These 5 Chapters are one of several amazing parallel prophecies to Revelation. At the conclusion of “The Blessings and The Curses” is “The Song of Moses” In Revelation 15:3 it says, “They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.”

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“Song of Moses” Sung at Deuteronomy Chapter 32 & Re-Sung at Rev 15:3
Seal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & Trumpet 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 & Bowl 3, 6 & 7 Language Combined!

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➥ Deut 32:22-25
22 For a fire is kindled by my anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; it shall consume the earth with her increase (Trumpet 1), and set on fire the foundations of the mountains (Trumpet 2). 23 ‘I will heap disasters on them; I will spend my arrows (Seal 1) on them. 24 They shall be wasted with hunger (Seal 3 & 4), Devoured by pestilence (Seal 4)   and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts (Seal 4), with the poison of serpents of the dust (Trumpet 5 & 6).

25 The sword (Seal 2 & 4) shall destroy outside; there shall be terror within for the young man and virgin, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs……. 41 If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment (The 7 Seals, Trumpets and bowls is God’s process of Judgment), I will render VENGEANCE to My enemies, and repay those who hate Me.

42 I will make My arrows (Seal 1) drunk with blood, And My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the heads of the leaders of the enemy (Seal 6, Bowl 6-Armageddon).” ‘ 43 “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; for He will AVENGE THE BLOOD OF HIS SERVANTS (Seal 5, Trumpet 7 & Bowl 3 & 7), and render VENGEANCE to His adversaries; He will provide ATONEMENT for His land and HIS PEOPLE.”

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➥ Isaiah 26:20-21
Seal 5, Trumpet 7 & Bowl 3 & 7 Shared Language
20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past. 21 For behold, the LORD COMES OUT OF HIS PLACE To PUNISH the inhabitants of the earth for their INIQUITY; The earth will also DISCLOSE HER BLOOD, & will NO MORE COVER HER SLAIN.

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 ➥ 2 Kings 9:7
You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may AVENGE THE BLOOD OF MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, & The BLOOD OF ALL THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

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➥ Psalm 9
Seal 5 and the 7 Seals, 7 Trumpets & 7 Bowls Combined spoken of in past tense!
1 To the Chief Musician. To the tune of ‘Death of the Son.’ A Psalm of David. I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all your marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies turn back, they shall fall and perish at your presence. 4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; you sat on the throne judging in righteousness (Trumpet 7).

5 You have rebuked the nations (7 Seals, 7 Trumpets & 7 Bowls); , you have destroyed the wicked ; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. 6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities (Bowl 7); Even their memory has perished. 7 But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. 8 He shall judge the world in righteousness (Trumpet 7), and He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.

10 And those who know your name will put their trust in you; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. 11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people. 12 When He AVENGES BLOOD(Fulfillment of Seal 5 in Trumpet 7 & Bowl 2, 3 and 7) He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death (Trumpet 7), 14 that I may tell of all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in your salvation.

15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is caught. 16 The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. 17 the wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God (7 Seals, 7 Trumpets & 7 Bowls).

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever. 19 Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged (Trumpet 7 & 7 Bowls) in your sight. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord, That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah 

“White” & “White Robes” in Revelation:

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➥ Revelation 19:8
And to her it was granted to be arrayed in FINE LINEN, CLEAN & BRIGHT, for the FINE LINEN is the RIGHTEOUS ACTS OF THE SAINTS.

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 ➥ Revelation 3:4-5
4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 HE WHO OVERCOMES shall be clothed in WHITE GARMENTS, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

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➥ Revelation 3:17-18
Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’ –and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked – I COUNSEL YOU to BUY from Me GOLD REFINED IN THE FIRE, that you may be RICH; and WHITE GARMENTS, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

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➥ Revelation 7:9, 13-14
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a GREAT MULTITUDE which NO ONE COULD NUMBER, of ALL NATIONS, TRIBES, PEOPLES, AND TONGUES, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with WHITE ROBES, with PALM BRANCHES in their hands,……. 13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in WHITE ROBES, and where did they come from?” 14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who COME OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION, And they have WASHED THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.

➥ Revelation 22:14
“Blessed are those who WASH THEIR ROBES, that they may have the RIGHT to the TREE OF LIFE and may go THROUGH the GATES into the CITY. 

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“White” occurs 14 times in Revelation.
“White” Strong’s G3022 leukos occurs 25 times in the New Covenant writings and Strong’s H 3836, laban occurs 29 times in the Torah & Biblical Prophets. In the Verb use, laban occurs an additional 8 times.
➥ Rev 1:14 – The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow.
➥ Rev 2:17 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

➥ Rev 3:4-5, Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
➥ Rev 3:18 – I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

➥ Rev 4:4 – Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.
➥ Rev 6:2 – And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
➥ Rev 6:11 – Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

➥ Rev 7:9 – After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
➥ Rev 7:13 – Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”
➥ Rev 14:14 – Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

➥ Revelation 19:8 it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
➥ Rev 19:11 – Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
➥ Rev 19:14 – And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
➥ Rev 20:11 – Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.

“White” & “White Robes” used in the Bible

➥ Leviticus 16:4 – Priest Garments – White Linen
➥ Matthew 17:2 – And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.➥ Matthew 28:3 – His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

➥ Luke 9:29 – And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white.
➥ Acts 1:10 Transfiguration, 2 men dressed in white.
➥ John 20:12 – 2 Angels in white at Jesus’s tomb.➥ Isa 1:18 – “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
➥ Daniel 11:35 – and some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it still awaits the appointed time.

➥ Daniel 12:10 Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
➥ Ecclesiastes 9:8 – Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.

 “Brothers Killed” Language in Revelation & Bible!

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➥ Revelation 6:11
…and their BRETHREN, who WOULD BE KILLED AS THEY WERE, was COMPLETED.

➥ Revelation 2:10
DO NOT FEAR ANY OF THOSE THINGS WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO SUFFER. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into PRISON, that you may be TESTED, and you WILL HAVE TRIBULATION TEN DAYS. Be FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH, and I will give you the CROWN OF LIFE.

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 ➥ Revelation 20:4
And I saw THRONES, and they sat on them, and JUDGMENT WAS COMMITTED TO THEM. Then I saw the souls of those who had been BEHEADED for their WITNESS TO JESUS and for the WORD OF GOD, who had NOT WORSHIPED the BEAST or his IMAGE, and had not received his MARK on their foreheads or on their hands. And they LIVED and REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

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 ➥ Matthew 24:9
“Then THEY WILL DELIVER YOU UP TO TRIBULATION AND KILL YOU, and YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL NATIONS FOR MY NAME’S SAKE.

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➥ Luke 21:12-19
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and PERSECUTE you, delivering you up to the SYNAGOGUES & PRISONS. You will be brought before KINGS and RULERS for MY NAME’S SAKE. But it will turn out for you as an OCCASION FOR TESTIMONY. Therefore SETTLE IT IN YOUR HEARTS NOT TO MEDITATE BEFOREHAND ON WHAT YOU WILL ANSWER; for I will give you a Mouth and WISDOM which all your adversaries will NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRADICT OR RESIST.

YOU WILL BE BETRAYED EVEN BY PARENTS & BROTHERS, RELATIVES & FRIENDS; & THEY WILL PUT SOME OF YOU TO DEATH. And you will be HATED BY ALL FOR MY NAME’S SAKE. But NOT A HAIR OF YOUR HEAD SHALL BE LOST. BY YOUR PATIENCE POSSESS YOUR SOULS.

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➥ Revelation 12:17
17 And the dragon grew wrathful at the woman, and went off To Wage War With The Remaining Ones Of Her Seed, WHO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD & HAVE THE WORK OF BEARING WITNESS TO JESUS.

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 ➥ Revelation 13:1, 7 1
…and it stood still upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a WILD BEAST ascending out of the sea,……. 7 And there was granted it to WAGE WAR WITH THE HOLY ONES & CONQUER THEM (Seal 5), and authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

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 ➥ Daniel 7:2-6, 21, 24
Seal 5 & Daniel’s Parallel Prophecy of Revelation 13
21 “I kept on beholding when that very HORN made WAR UPON THE HOLY ONES, and it was PREVAILING against them, (Seal 5)……. 24 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall PERSECUTE THE SAINTS of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the SAINTS SHALL BE GIVEN INTO HIS HAND (Seal 5) for a Time & Times & Half A Time.

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➥ Revelation 15:2
2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the VICTORY OVER THE BEAST, OVER HIS IMAGE & OVER HIS MARK & OVER THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

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➥  Joel 3:2-3, 19-21
Seal 5 Fulfillment in Bowl 6
2 I will also GATHER ALL NATIONS (Bowl 6- Armageddon, Trumpet 7, Seal 6), and bring them down to the VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT; And I will enter into JUDGMENT with them there On ACCOUNT OF MY PEOPLE, My heritage Israel, Whom they have SCATTERED among the nations;

They have also divided up My land. 3 They have CAST LOTS for my people & have given a boy as PAYMENT for a harlot, and SOLD a girl for wine, that they may drink……. 19 “Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH (Seal 5), For they have SHED INNOCENT BLOOD in their land.

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 ➥ Matthew 10:18-39
39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

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 ➥ Isaiah 48:9-11 9
“For MY NAME’S SAKE I will defer My anger, And FOR MY PRAISE I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off. 10 Behold, I have REFINED you, but NOT AS SILVER; I have TESTED YOU IN THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION. 11 For MY OWN SAKE, for MY OWN SAKE, I will do it; For HOW SHOULD MY NAME BE PROFANED? And I WILL NOT GIVE MY GLORY TO ANOTHER.

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➥ Genesis 3:15
15 And I will put ENMITY Between YOU and the WOMAN, And between YOUR SEED and HER SEED; HE SHALL BRUISE YOUR HEAD, And YOU SHALL BRUISE HIS HEEL.”

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➥ Zechariah 13:7-9
The Shepherd Savior 7 “AWAKE, O SWORD, against MY SHEPHERD, AGAINST the MAN who is MY COMPANION,” Says the Lord of hosts. “STRIKE THE SHEPHERD, And the SHEEP will be SCATTERED; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the Lord,

“That TWO-THIRDS in it SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE, But ONE–THIRD shall be LEFT in it: 9 I WILL BRING THE ONE–THIRD THROUGH THE FIRE, Will Refine Them As Silver Is Refined, And TEST THEM AS GOLD IS TESTED. THEY WILL CALL ON MY NAME, And I WILL ANSWER THEM. I will say, ‘THIS IS MY PEOPLE’; And each one will say, ‘THE LORD IS MY GOD.’”

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➥ Daniel 3:26-29
Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king’s command and were WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES RATHER THAN SERVE OR WORSHIP ANY GOD EXCEPT THEIR OWN GOD. 29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”

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 ➥ 2 Thessalonians 3:11-13
11 The saying is trustworthy, for: IF WE HAVE DIED WITH HIM, We Will Also Live With Him; 12 IF WE ENDURE, WE WILL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM; IF we Deny Him, he also will DENY US; 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

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➥ 2 Thessalonians 1:4-12
4 Therefore we ourselves BOAST about you in the churches of God for your STEADFASTNESS & FAITH IN ALL YOUR PERSECUTIONS and in the AFFLICTIONS THAT YOU ARE ENDURING. 5 This is EVIDENCE of the righteous judgment of God, that YOU MAY BE CONSIDERED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it just to REPAY with affliction those who AFFLICT you,

7 and to grant RELIEF to you who are AFFLICTED as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting VENGEANCE on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the PUNISHMENT OF ETERNAL DESTRUCTION, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when he comes on that day to be GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

11 TO THIS END WE ALWAYS PRAY FOR YOU, THAT OUR GOD MAY MAKE YOU WORTHY OF HIS CALLING and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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➥ 1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to ESTABLISH and EXHORT you in your FAITH, 3 THAT NO ONE BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS. For you yourselves know that we are DESTINED FOR THIS. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that WE WERE TO SUFFER AFFLICTION, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

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➥ 2 Timothy 2:1-7
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses ENTRUST TO FAITHFUL MEN WHO WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO. 3 SHARE IN SUFFERING AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF CHRIST JESUS. 4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. 5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. 7 THINK OVER WHAT I SAY, FOR THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU UNDERSTANDING IN EVERYTHING.

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➥ Hebrews 11:32-40
32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through FAITH conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.

36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy— wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

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➥ Hebrews 12:7-11
7 It is for DISCIPLINE THAT YOU HAVE TO ENDURE. GOD IS TREATING YOU AS SONS. FOR WHAT SON IS THERE WHOM HIS FATHER DOES NOT DISCIPLINE? 8 IF YOU ARE LEFT WITHOUT DISCIPLINE, IN WHICH ALL HAVE PARTICIPATED, THEN YOU ARE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN AND NOT SONS. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but HE DISCIPLINES US FOR OUR GOOD, THAT WE MAY SHARE HIS HOLINESS. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it YIELDS THE PEACEFUL FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY IT.

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➥ Galatians 6:6,9,14,17
6 Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches.
9 AND LET US NOT GROW WEARY OF DOING GOOD, FOR IN DUE SEASON WE WILL REAP, IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP
14 But far be it from me to boast EXCEPT IN THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
17 From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I BEAR ON MY BODY THE MARKS OF JESUS.

 “Number Completed” & the 144,000!

➥ Revelation 6:9-11
“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?””Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the NUMBER of their FELLOW SERVANTS and their BROTHERS should be COMPLETE, who were to be KILLED as they themselves had been.

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➥ Revelation 7:4
And I heard the NUMBER of the SEALED, 144,000, SEALED from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

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➥ Revelation 14:1-5
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders.

No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

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➥ Revelation 21:17
He also measured its WALL, 144 CUBITS by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement.