The Must-See Connection Between Revelation 6 and Leviticus 26 - Part 3
In Part 2, we examined the judgments or punishments in Leviticus 26 that would come upon the people of Israel for breaking the old testament law.
In Part 3, we will examine the judgments or punishments contained in Revelation 6.
We will also compare the judgments of Revelation 6 with the judgments of Leviticus 26 and discover these are the same judgments.
In Revelation, there is a scroll that has Seven Seals (Revelation 5-6).
When these Seven Seals are broken, they contain Seven Trumpets and Seven Bowls (Revelation 6-19).
The Seven Seals, Seven Trumpets, and Seven Bowls are all associated with judgment.
The Seven Trumpets expound upon the Seven Seals.
The Seven Bowls expound upon the Seven Trumpets.
Let’s examine the Seven Seals of Revelation 6 and compare them with Leviticus 26.
The Seven Seals of Revelation 6 harken back to Leviticus 26 and the Seven Fold judgements that would come upon the people of Israel for violating the law of Moses.
As the Six Seals are broken in Revelation 6, we see the same judgments that are contained in Leviticus 26.
The First Two Seals contain two riders on horses, with both riders possessing a sword.
The two swords represent judgment.
Remember from Leviticus 26, the word sword is used by God to bring judgment upon old covenant Israel for violating the law of Moses (the word sword is used 7 times in Leviticus 26).
The judgments brought about by the sword are listed in Revelation 6:4-15.
The judgments include:
- peace is taken from the land (Revelation 6:4)
NOTE: Some Bibles translate the Greek word ges in Revelation 6:4 as land and others as earth. It is vital to understand that the word land is the correct translation, not earth. The judgments of Revelation 6 are taking place in the land of Israel and not over the entire earth. For example, the twelve tribes in Revelation 1:7 refer to the tribes in the land of Israel, not throughout the earth. Again, some translations use the word land and others earth. However, the correct contextual translation is the word land. This becomes clear as one studies the Seven Trumpets and Seven Bowls in Revelation, and as one studies the words of Jesus in Matthew 23:33-39; Matthew 24-25; Mark 13; and Luke 19:41-44; Luke 21; and Luke 23:26-31.
Youngs Literal Translation correctly translates the Greek word ges (the Greek word for land or earth) as land in Revelation 6:4
…and there went forth another horse -- red, and to him who is sitting upon it, there was given to him to take the peace from the land, and that one another they may slay, and there was given to him a great sword.
The MACE New Testament also correctly translates Revelation 6:4.
…and there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon, to banish peace from the land, and to make men kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
This land is the land of Israel.
It is the same land that God promised to give to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3.
It is the land where most of the Bible takes place.
And it is the land where Jesus lived.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.” (Matthew 2:19-20)
It is in the land of Israel where the judgments of Revelation 6 took place.
In these judgments, peace is taken from the land of Israel, which is exactly what Leviticus 26:14-39 described.
The word land is used 15 times in Leviticus 26, referring to the geographical location of the blessings and punishments.
This geographical location is the land of Israel.
As we continue to examine the judgments of Revelation 6, we will see that the judgments are the same as Leviticus 26.
The judgments of Leviticus 26 take place upon the land of Israel as do the judgments of Revelation 6.
We will continue to examine the judgments of Revelation 6 in Part Four: CLICK HERE
