Chapter
7: The Lamb opens the seals of the book in heaven:
In Chapter 6, we see the Lamb (Jesus) taking the book (scroll) with the seven
seals from the One who sits on the throne and
opening six of the seven seals. When the sixth
seal of the book was opened, John saw in his vision
a great earthquake, the sun was darkened, the moon
became red like blood, the stars fell to the earth,
the sky was divided, every mountain was moved from
its place, and all the people hid in caves.
The great day for the anger of Jesus and the One who
sits on the throne had come.
Chapter 7 records what John saw
prior to the Lamb (Jesus) opening the seventh and
final seal on the book. Let's begin by looking
at the first three verses:
After
this I saw four angels standing at the four corners
of the earth, holding back the four winds of the
earth, so that no wind should blow on the earth or
on the sea or on any tree. 2And I saw
another angel ascending from the rising of the sun,
having the seal of the living God; and he cried out
with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was
granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3saying,
"Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees,
until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on
their foreheads." Revelation 7:1-3 (NAS)
Question:
According to Revelation 7:1-3, how many angels did John see in
this portion of his vision?
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