When the final Great Federation comes to power in the Middle of the tribulation it will demand allegiance to it. Many will follow, thinking this is the way to peace, however many others will not obey but turn to God. Some of these will be martyred. 

 

5. Martyrs –   Under the Altar.

 

                                                    `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 testimony which they held.

                      And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true,

                      until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

 

                                            And a white robe was given to each of them;

                             and it was said to them that they should rest a while longer,

                       until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren

,                                 who would be killed as they had been, was completed.”``

                                                                                             (Rev. 6: 9)

 

These martyrs are `under the altar,` referring to the ultimate protection of God. Man may kill the body but God protects the soul. They are given a `white robe,` which is righteousness in Christ Jesus, and then they have to wait for all those who would still be martyred.

 

6. The Great Earthquake –   Shaking Heaven & Earth.

 

                                        `I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold,

                 there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair,

                                                and the moon became like blood.

                                          And the stars of heaven fell to the earth,

                    as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.

                              Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up,

                          and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

      And the Kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men,

    every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,                                     

                                                                                                                                  (Rev. 6: 12 – 15)

 

The final cataclysmic judgments shake the heavens and earth to such an extent that even

great leaders and mighty men are hiding, fearful of God`s wrath being poured out.

 

                                    `and said to the mountains and rocks,

                 “Fall on us and  hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne

                                                  and from the wrath of the Lamb!

                    For the great day of His wrath has come and who is able to stand?”`

                                                                                                          (Rev. 6: 16 & 17)

7. The Seventh Seal –   Silence in Heaven.

 

Judgement is completed, Satan is dealt with and Christ is King over all the nations of earth.

 

           `The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ,

                                              and He shall reign forever & ever!`

                                                                                          (Rev. 11: 15)

 

The 7 Seals of the Scroll mark three key points in the tribulation period

                                     Beginning, Middle & End.

This helps us to place all the other details that are to come in chronological order.