December 16

<p>Revelation 7-11 We are in the Church Stream reading from the New Living Translation. 7streamsmethod.com | @7streamsmethod | <a href= "http://www.sevenstreamsmethod.com/donate"><u>Donate</u></a> Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <blockquote>Lord, those who are against you have such woe coming to them. While those who are for you have protection and covering that can be relied upon. We thank you for putting us in the "latter camp".  It's much better being behind Your barricade than behind enemy lines.  Thank you Jesus.  Amen.</blockquote> <div>07 - We've come to an interlude within the first seven seals that have inflicted terrible suffering on the earth.  The first six of the seven seals are spelled out in the prior chapter. The seventh commences in chapter eight. Here there is a moment of pause.  There is a section where God's protection is declared on those who have His seal on their foreheads. [This is in clear contrast to those who have '666' on their foreheads]. This is God preserving His own; people who have come to Him even during the Tribulation. The Church has been raptured away from this in case you were wondering where all the Believers are.  The other part of this chapter is John's vision of paradise (so far) where God has gathered His own from every tribe and tongue and nation (the reverse of Babylon if you will).  It is angels and elders and paradise and God's children beyond number worshipping. It is a colossal scene that seems to spread wonder across an entire galaxy in terms of its size.  God is merely giving pause in here to encourage His own --> that He has a plan for them that is beyond this world and magnificent in its scope.  This scene is a vitally important vision to share with the church, presently as in the first century, amid a Roman government that is taking sadistic delight in tormenting them. It is an ensuring vision that pertains to the church in every century.</div> <div>08 - The Seventh Seal is opened. It is segmented into seven trumpets that contain more horror than the first