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What do the seal judgments represent in the historicist framework? What is the significance of the fifth seal altar cry (Rev 6:9-10) within the Day of Atonement framework? Who are the 144,000 and the great multitude?

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MARTYRDOM

  • General scriptures concerning: PSA 44:22; MAT 10:21,22,39; 16:25; 23:34,35; 24:9; MRK 13:12; LUK 9:24; 11:50; 21:16,17; JHN 12:25; ROM 8:36; 1CO 13:3; REV 6:9-11; 11:7-12; 12:11; 16:6; 17:6
  • See PERSECUTION
  • INSTANCES OF
  • Abel: GEN 4:3-8
  • Prophets killed by Jezebel: 1KI 18:4,13
  • Zechariah: 2CH 24:21,22
  • John the Baptist: MRK 6:18-28
  • Jesus (See JESUS)
  • Stephen: ACT 7:58-60
  • James the apostle: ACT 12:2
  • The prophets: MAT 22:6; 23:35; ROM 11:3; 1TH 2:15; HEB 11:32-37

SEAL

    1. A stamp used for signifying documents
  • Given as a pledge: GEN 38:18
  • Engraved: EXO 28:11,21,36; 39:6,14,30; 2TI 2:19
  • Decrees signified by: 1KI 21:8; EST 8:8
  • Documents sealed with:
    • Ahab's letter: 1KI 21:8
    • Covenants: NEH 9:38; 10:1; ISA 8:16
    • Decrees: EST 8:8; DAN 6:9
    • Deeds: JER 32:10
  • Treasures secured by: DEU 32:34
  • Lion's den secured by: DAN 6:17
  • The gravesite of Jesus: MAT 27:66
  • Circumcision was regarded as a seal of righteousness: ROM 4:11
  • FIGURATIVE
  • Of secrecy: DAN 12:9; REV 5:1
  • Of certainty of divine approval: JHN 6:27; ROM 15:28; 2CO 1:22; EPH 1:13; 4:30; REV 7:3,4
    1. An amphibious animal (skins used for tabernacle covering)

ALTAR

  • Built by: Noah (GEN 8:20), Abraham (GEN 12:7,8; 13:18; 22:9), Isaac (GEN 26:25), Jacob (GEN 33:20; 35:1-7), Moses (EXO 17:15; 24:4), Balaam (NUM 23:1,14,29), Joshua (DEU 27:4-7; JOS 8:30-32), Gideon (JDG 6:26,27), Samuel (1SA 7:17), Saul (1SA 14:35), David (2SA 24:18,19), Elijah (1KI 18:31,32)
  • Mosaic commandments prescribing construction: EXO 20:24-26; DEU 27:5-7; JOS 8:30,31
  • Used in idolatrous worship: JDG 6:25; 1KI 12:32; 16:32; 18:26; 2KI 16:10; 23:12,15; ISA 27:9; 65:3; HOS 8:11; ACT 17:23

OF BURNT OFFERINGS (BRAZEN ALTAR) - Called BRAZEN ALTAR (EXO 39:39; 1KI 8:64), ALTAR OF GOD (PSA 43:4), ALTAR OF THE LORD (MAL 2:13) - IN THE TABERNACLE: Pattern (EXO 27:1-8), Location (EXO 40:6,29; EZK 8:16; MAT 23:35), Horns (EXO 27:2), Uses of horns (PSA 118:27) - How sanctified: EXO 29:36,37,44; 30:26-28; 40:10; LEV 8:10,11; NUM 7 - Sanctified everything that touched it: EXO 29:37; 30:29; MAT 23:18,19 - A place of refuge: EXO 21:14; 1KI 1:50; 2:28

OF INCENSE (GOLDEN ALTAR) - Called GOLDEN ALTAR (EXO 39:38; NUM 4:11), ALTAR OF SWEET INCENSE (LEV 4:7), ALTAR BEFORE THE LORD (LEV 16:18) - Pattern: EXO 30:1-5; Constructed: EXO 37:25-28; Location: EXO 30:6; 40:5,26 - Uses: EXO 30:7-10,26,27; 40:27; LEV 4:7,18; 8:15; 9:9; 16:12,18 - In Solomon's temple: 1KI 6:19,20; 7:48; 1CH 28:18 - Seen in John's vision: REV 8:3; 9:13

TABERNACLES, FEAST OF

  • Also called FEAST OF INGATHERING
  • Instituted: EXO 23:16; 34:22; LEV 23:34-43
  • Design of: LEV 23:42,43
  • The law read in connection with, every seventh year: DEU 31:10-12; NEH 8:18
  • Observance of, after the captivity: EZR 3:4; NEH 8:14-18
  • By Jesus: JHN 7:2,14
  • Observance of, omitted: NEH 8:17
  • Penalty for not observing: ZEC 14:16-19
  • Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast to correspond to, in the eighth month: 1KI 12:32,33; 1CH 27:11

PALM TREE

  • Deborah led Israel from under a: JDG 4:5
  • Wood of, used in the temple: 1KI 6:29,32,35; 2CH 3:5
  • In the temple seen in the vision of Ezekiel: EZK 40:16; 41:18
  • Branches of, thrown in the path when Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem: JHN 12:13
  • Jericho was called "The City of Palm Trees": DEU 34:3
  • FIGURATIVE
  • Of the prosperity of the righteous: PSA 92:12
  • Used as a symbol of victory: REV 7:9

VENGEANCE

  • Belongs to God: PSA 94:1; ROM 12:19
  • INSTANCE OF: Sons of Jacob on Hamor and Shechem (GEN 34:20-31)
  • See JUDGMENTS, REVENGE, RETALIATION

COLORS

  • BLACK: Symbol of affliction and calamity: JOB 3:5; 10:20-22; 30:26; PSA 107:10,11; 143:3; ISA 5:30; 8:22; 9:19; 24:11; 50:3; JOL 2:6,10; 3:14,15; AMO 5:8; NAM 2:10; ZEP 1:14,15; MAT 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; 2PE 2:4; Jude 1:13; REV 16:10
  • BLUE: Symbol of deity: EXO 24:10; 25:3,4; 26:1; 28:28,37; 38:18; 39:1-5,21,24,29,31; NUM 4:5-12; 15:38-40; 2CH 2:7,14; 3:14; JER 10:9; EZK 1:26; 10:1. Also symbol of royalty: EST 8:15; EZK 23:6
  • CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET: Symbols of various ideas
  • Of iniquity: ISA 1:18; REV 17:3,4; 18:12,16
  • Of royalty: JDG 8:26; DAN 5:7,16,29; MAT 27:28
  • Prosperity: 2SA 1:24; PRO 31:21; LAM 4:5
  • Conquest: NAM 2:3; REV 12:3
  • These colors figured largely in tabernacle furnishing and priestly vestments: EXO 25:3-5; 26:1,14,31,36; etc.; ISA 63:1-3; HEB 9:19-23
  • WHITE: Symbol of holiness
  • High priest's holy garments of white linen: LEV 16:4,32
  • Choir singers arrayed in white: 2CH 5:12
  • Scriptures employing the symbol: PSA 51:7; ECC 9:8; ISA 1:18; DAN 7:9; 11:35; 12:10; MAT 17:1,2; 28:2,3; MRK 9:3; REV 1:13,14; 2:17; 3:4,5,18; 4:4; 6:2,11; 7:9,13,14; 15:6; 19:8,11,14; 20:11

EARTHQUAKES

  • General scriptures concerning: JOB 9:6; PSA 18:7; 46:2,3; 104:32; JER 4:24
  • As judgments: PSA 18:15; 60:2; ISA 13:13,14; 24:19,20; 29:6; NAM 1:5
  • Prophecies of: EZK 38:19; ZEC 14:4; MAT 24:7; MRK 13:8; LUK 21:11; REV 11:19
  • INSTANCES OF: Sinai (EXO 19:18; PSA 68:8; 77:18; 114:4-7; HEB 12:26), Korah (NUM 16:31,32), Jonathan (1SA 14:15), Elijah (1KI 19:11), Uzziah (AMO 1:1; ZEC 14:5), Crucifixion (MAT 27:51), Resurrection (MAT 28:2), Paul and Silas (ACT 16:26)
  • FIGURATIVE: PSA 60:2
  • SYMBOLICAL: REV 6:12-14; 11:13; 16:18,20

JUDGMENT (THE GENERAL)

  • 1CH 16:33; JOB 14:17; 21:30; 31:13-15; PSA 9:7; 50:3-6; 96:13; 98:9; ECC 3:17; 11:9; 12:14; EZK 18:20-28; DAN 7:9,10; AMO 4:12; MAT 3:12; 7:22,23; 8:29; 10:15; 11:22; 12:36,37,41,42; 13:30,40-43,49,50; 16:27; 22:11-13; 23:14; 25:1-46; MRK 4:22; 8:38; 13:32; LUK 3:17; 10:10-14; 11:31,32; 12:2-5; 13:24-29; 19:12-26; 20:45-47; JHN 5:22; 12:48; ACT 2:19-21; 10:42; 17:31; 24:25; ROM 2:5-10,12-16; 14:10-12; 1CO 3:13; 4:5; 6:2; 2CO 5:10; 2TH 1:7,8; 2TI 4:1,8; HEB 6:2; 9:27; 10:27; 1PE 4:5,7; 2PE 2:4,9; 3:7,10-12; 1JN 4:17; Jude 1:6,14,15,24; REV 1:7; 6:15-17; 11:18; 20:11-15; 22:12
  • ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS: (extensive list including EZK 9:4-6)