The seven seals (6:1)

[Jeffersons Ghost]

After taking the scroll from God and being worshiped by all creation the Lamb now opens the seven seals to reveal its contents. The seals as with the trumpets are in a group of four, two and one. The opening of the first four seals is introduced by each of the four living creatures in turn. Each one of the four living creatures reveals a horseman, the first three are summed up by the fourth horsemen, 'They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth'. These are popularly known as the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The power of these horsemen is limited to a quarter, with the trumpets later it is limited to a third. The fifth seal reveals those who had been slain because of the word of God and their testimony, that is the persecuted church. The sixth seal reveals the day of the Lord, which brings the Lamb's wrath to those on the earth. The opening of the seventh seal reveals silence.

[geckosfeet]

1. Christ on a stick. WTF?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. No, Christ on a stick was in a prequel to this.

In this episode, seven different seals are opened up and their contents revealed. Of course, in these enlightened days, practising haruspicy on pinnipeds would be frowned on. At least, if the meat wasn't also used in traditional indigenous ways.

[cliffordu]

8. WEll.....

:rofl: :bounce: :rofl: :bounce::rofl: :bounce::rofl: :bounce::rofl: :bounce:

[geckosfeet]

10. Are you speaking tongues? Or being pretentiously obtuse? eom

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Hmm, references to the mammals called seals in #4 gets "+many" from you

while my reference gets called 'obtuse' or 'speaking tongues'. Thanks.

[Nihil]

22. See? There you have the difference between providing picturesque speech and ...

... just providing pictures for those who are incapable of understanding the former.

Hey, the rest of us enjoyed it!
:toast:

[Silent3]

15. "Of course, in these enlightened days, practising haruspicy on pinnipeds would be frowned on."

Now there's a line I'll have to remember and save up for the right occasion. :)

[DeSwiss]

19. ....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. ???

[struggle4progress]

3. I've decided to brush up on my Shakespeare. This is from Act III Scene 3:

Hugh Otecake, sir, or George Seacole; for they can write and read

OK, that's enough of the timeless bard for now

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Seven seals

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/63542/63542,1178989600,3/stock-photo-seven-seals-in-a-seal-sanctuary-3283098.jpg

[Raster]

6. And behold, they caught their fish, and blew their trumpets and their trainer said:

They were good!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. Not that kind of seal. They were a Navy Seal team

“Reports of christian fundamenta­list running the military have been leaking out over the last year and if true is a huge problem for our government­. Nothing worse than a religious zealot especially if their in charge of the countries military.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Jazz88105/seymour-hersh-military-crusaders_n_812363_74803919.html

[geckosfeet]

11. +many

[Raster]

5. And this fairy tale moment brought to you by Myth and Mythology Today...

...and now to Candace with the weather!

[old mark]

13. I thought this was from the History Channel...right after the Nostradamus Files and

End Of The World Predictions Of The Aztecs...

Actually, here is a commercial for a book giving YOU understanding of the Book of Revelation and the Seven Seals, as it relates to the End Times and all that stuff...

http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine23&item=1104165518

I was able to read half a page of it...

mark

[Raster]

14. half a page? I clicked on the link, saw the gist and immediately moved on.

There are no angels. There are no demons. There are no gods, save those we create. There is no heaven and there is no hell. There is only this natural world, of which we are a part, surrounding us, permeating us. Religion, for the most part, seeks to divide us from our natural world and place itself artificially in the natural order of the universe.

In my opinion, religion is myth and superstition, denying logic and defying fact. I believe religious conviction hardens hearts. I believe religious faith enslaves minds.

[old mark]

17. Me, too- after having attended religious schools through high school.

I am interested in what they are reading and how it warps their humanity and thinking...and how it makes them dangerous to everyone who believes other than their orthodoxy.


mark

[provis99]

16. ok....

Is there a counselor we should refer you to?

[EvolveOrConvolve]

18. Who's driving the bus you're on?

Cuz it's about to go off the cliff.

You've gone from being saved and posting minor biblical quotes to the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse in just a few short days. :shrug:

[dimbear]

20. The books of the New Testament aren't all equally weighted.

Many of them were strongly argued pro and con before being allowed into the canon. Most controversial of all, most nearly excluded: Revelation.

[golddigger]

21. Revelations (14:1-5)

1.Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his father's name written on their foreheads.2. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing together.
3. This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders? No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4. They have kept themselves as pure as virgins,* following the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been "PURCHASED" from among men, first-fruits on the earth as a special offerings? to God and to the Lamb. 5. They told no lies;they are without blame.

*14:4a Greek- They are virgins who have not defiled themselves with women. Hmmm?