THE SEAL JUDGMENTS — UNMISTAKABLY GOD’S WRATH
Many try to separate the Seals from God’s wrath, suggesting they are merely the “wrath of man” or “Satan.” But Revelation 6 says otherwise—Jesus Christ initiates them, and the Greek text confirms they are divine judgments from the very start.
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1. THE LAMB INITIATES THE WRATH
Revelation 6:1
“Then I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals…”
Greek: τὸ ἀρνίον (to arnion) — “the Lamb”
He is the subject of every opening verb (ἤνοιξεν, “He opened” — aorist active indicative of ἀνοίγω)
The seals do not self-open. The Lamb is the agent of the action.
This places full divine authority on each judgment. To say the Seals are not God’s wrath is to say the Lamb enacts something outside God’s will, which is theologically and grammatically indefensible.
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2. REVELATION 6:16-17 NAMES IT “WRATH”
“Fall on us… and hide us from the face of Him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb…”
“For the great day of their wrath has come…”
Greek for “wrath”: ὀργή (orgē) — wrath, righteous indignation
Greek for “has come”: ἦλθεν (ēlthen) — aorist active indicative of ἔρχομαι, meaning “arrived decisively”, not “is coming.”
This means the wrath is already in motion—not future, not postponed. The sixth seal doesn’t initiate wrath—it reveals that what has already been happening (1st–5th seals) was God’s wrath all along.
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3. SEALS LEAD INTO TRUMPETS & BOWLS — A SINGLE WRATH SEQUENCE
The 7th seal contains the 7 trumpets (Rev. 8:1–2)
The 7th trumpet leads into the 7 bowls (Rev. 11:15; 15:1)
This is a unified chain of escalating judgment from the same scroll opened by the Lamb (Rev. 5:5).
To slice wrath into phases is to dissect the scroll, which no interpreter has the authority to do.
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4. PRAYERS FOR JUSTICE PROVOKE JUDGMENT
Revelation 6:10
“How long before You will judge and avenge our blood…”
These martyrs are not ignored—they are told to wait “a little longer”, implying God is already judging (cf. Luke 18:7–8).
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5. THE WRATH IS THE LAMB’S — NOT MAN’S
This wrath is not described as πολέμους (“wars”) or θυμός ἀνθρώπων (“rage of men”).
It is ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ ἀρνίου — “the wrath of the Lamb.”
This phrase is grammatically possessive (genitive case)—it belongs to the Lamb. No passage of Scripture calls it “the wrath of man.”
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FINAL TAKEAWAY — The Greek Leaves No Wiggle Room
ἤνοιξεν τὸ ἀρνίον — “The Lamb opened [each seal].”
ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ ἀρνίου — “The wrath of the Lamb.”
ἦλθεν — “It has come.”
There is no textual support for separating the seals from God’s wrath.
Christ opens them. The world recognizes it. The Spirit recorded it. The Seals are God’s wrath.
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