Wrong timeline.
The wrath of God begins with Seal 1 — because Jesus Himself is opening the scroll.
Revelation 5:7 — “He went and took the scroll…”
Revelation 6:1 — “I watched when the Lamb opened…”
Who’s executing judgment? The Lamb.
If Jesus is the one initiating the seals, how can it not be His wrath?
Seal 1 unleashes a conqueror — a false peace, likely tied to the Antichrist (cf. 1 Thess 5:3).
Seal 2 brings war.
Seal 3, famine.
Seal 4, mass death — a fourth of the earth.
This is no ordinary chaos — this is divine judgment.
And what do people cry out at Seal 6?
“The great day of their wrath has come…” (Rev 6:17)
That doesn’t mean it just started — it means they finally realize it.
Just like in Exodus — the plagues didn’t feel like wrath at first, but eventually even Pharaoh’s magicians said, “This is the finger of God.” (Ex 8:19)
Seal 1 is wrath.
Because the Lamb is executing judgment from the first click of the scroll.