SEVENTH SEAL

(Silence.)

Rev. 8:1. "And when He had opened the 'SEVENTH SEAL,' there was SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR." We must not forget that the "SEVENTH SEAL" includes all that happens during the sounding of the "Trumpets," and the pouring out of the "Vials," and so extends down to the ushering in of the Millennium. To illustrate, a rocket fired into the air may burst into "seven stars," and one of these stars into "seven other stars," and one of the second group of stars into a third group of "seven stars." So the "Seventh" Seal includes the "Seven Trumpets," and the "Seventh" Trumpet includes the "Seven Vials."

The "SILENCE" that followed the breaking of the "Seventh Seal" was preparatory to what was to follow during the sounding of the "Trumpets," and the pouring out of the "Vials." This "SILENCE" was something remarkable. The Four and Twenty Elders ceased their harp-playing; the angels hushed their voices, and the Cherubim and Seraphim and all the host of Heaven were silent, and so great was the silence that all Heaven was awed by it; and to add to the noticeableness of it, John added that it lasted for "HALF AN HOUR." The suspense of the half hour of SILENCE in Heaven was intense. But why that half hour of silence? What did it portend? It was the period of silent preparation for the awful judgments that were to burst forth in the earth under the "Trumpets" and "Vials."

The Tribulation is referred to as the Day of the Lord.  1/2 hour = 1/48 of the day.  If we take the number of days in the Tribulation times 1/48 we come up with 52.5.  52 days from First Fruits mid-April 2006 is June 6, 2006, in numerology 666 (this date occurs once a millenium).  This is the period of time of realignment of world events in the Middle East AFTER THE RAPTURE. Could this be the date the Peace Treaty is signed?  Bible Codes II (the book) states that Atomic War occurs in the year 2006.  One more sign...and if this analyses is correct it triangulates all of the dates.  jerry grenoughgtgrenough@earthlink.net