9 Jul 2013
Revelation 6:1
Revelation 6:1: “And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.”
One of the key things that I would like to emphasize is that Revelation 6 actually parallels what Christ taught in Matthew 24 (the Olivet Discourse). Most people who read Matthew 24 interpret it to be talking about the days leading up to the Rapture, but they are mistaken. Matthew 24 is actually talking about the Tribulation period and the days leading up to the Second Coming.
The Second Coming and the Rapture are not the same thing. The Rapture happens before the Tribulation; the Second Coming happens after the Tribulation. The first time Christ returns He comes to get His Bride; the second time Christ returns He comes to rescue Israel and put an end to the antichrist. They are two separate events and they should not be confused.
If you read Matthew 24 and you then start reading through Revelation beginning in this chapter, you will see a lot of parallels. Matthew 24 gives a high-level overview of the entire Tribulation; the book of Revelation goes into a lot more detail.