Six of Seven Seals Opened
Questions for Study 5

Revelation 6:1-17
Memory Verse: 4:1

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I. The First Two Seals (6:1-4)

1. As Jesus opened the first seal what was John invited to do? (1) How was the scroll unlike the scrolls of men? (2) What does the first rider represent?

2. What does the second rider and horse represent? How has the future two horses hooves' beats been echoing in our time and the past two thousand years? What would Jesus allow these two terrible horses to be released?

II. The Third and Fourth Seal (6:5-8)

3. What does the third rider's scales represent? (5) What will happen to the future world markets? (6) Why might oil and wine be spared?

4. What does the name of the fourth horse's rider reveal about what happens next? (7-8) How do most people respond to death?

5. What is Hades? How do people respond when a large calamity befalls mankind?

6. Why might Jesus allow the third and fourth horse be released?

III. The Fifth and Sixth Seal (6:9-17)

7. What was revealed when the fifth seal was opened? (9) What can we learn about Jesus who keeps these people so close to him? What can we learn about true faith from them?

8. What did the saints under the throne call Jesus? (10) What did they ask him? What does this say about them and Jesus?

9. What does the gift given them mean? (11) What does the fact that the exact count of martyrs is known mean?

10. What happened when the sixth seal was opened? (12-14) What was the mutual response of people on earth? (15-16) Even though they knew who Jesus how was their response wrong? What is wrath?