Day 349 Bible Readings for December 16 – Revelation 6: 12-13 (ESV)

Malachi 1 & 2, Revelation 6, Proverbs 26: 1-12

Revelation 6: 12-13 (ESV)

“When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.”

I love the description of what happens when the sixth seal is open from verses 12 and 13 in Revelation 6. The sixth seal talks about there being a great earthquake, and the sun becoming black. Then the full moon becomes like blood and stars of the sky fall to earth, and there is a great gale. The sixth seal talks about natural disasters and whenever there is a cluster of natural disasters, people start talking about the Book of Revelation and they look for evidence of the seals being broken in Revelation 6.

There have been many movies about what the breaking of the seals might look like if it ever happened. One movie depicted the disasters happening all at once, and that is sort of how I picture what the breaking of the sixth seal would look like if it ever happened. If a multitude of disasters were happening at the same time, there would no doubt that something momentous was happening in the world and people of faith would recognize it as part of the sixth seal breaking.

I don’t think the sixth seal has been broken but when it does, the people who follow God’s words will know what it may mean.