The July 27 Blood Moon is NOT the Sixth Seal

Scripture Layers

In previous articles I have admitted my struggle in understanding the Book of Revelation, particularly the timing of the catching away or rapture of the Overcoming Church of Christ.

THEN I came across Scott Clarke’s video July 27, 2018 Blood Moon a 6th Seal Sign or Not? where he revealed things in the Scripture I had not noticed before and taught how the Book of Revelation is written in layers (much like layering in music and video production). Harmonizing the Scripture, he explains how the blood moon and earthquake of Revelation 6:12 will occur at Christ’s Second Coming after the 7-year Tribulation. Some of the verses include:

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. - Revelation 6:12-13 KJV

 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. - Matthew 24:29-30 KJV

Scottie points out that the throne room scene in Revelation Chapter 4 and 5 is the same throne room scene in Revelation Chapter 14. He unveiled something I had NEVER BEFORE thought of which is that the 144,000 sealed of Israel are the Old Testament saints Jesus offered up to YHWH at His own resurrection as a Firstfruits Wave Offering (Matthew 27:52-53)!  

A careful reading of Revelation 4 and 5 indicates that Jesus’ opening of the seals is for the purpose of REVEALING the contents of the scroll to John who recorded it, thus we have The Book of Revelation unsealed to us now:

And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. - Revelation 22:10 KJV

Daniel was told to seal the prophecy “until the time of the end” (Daniel 12:4 and 9); however, John was told not to seal the prophecy! 

The Seals are a Synopsis

Therefore, the opening of the Seals is not a separate part of the 7-year Tribulation but is a synopsis of it.

Dr. Robert D. Luginbill’s article, “The Heavenly Prelude to the Tribulation”, gives further insight:

The so-called "four horsemen" of seals one through four are symbols representing specific tribulational trends (as is the case with seals five and six as well), and are not actual entities in their own right. . .

The "four horsemen", the consecutive trends which accompany antichrist's rise to power and administration of his satanic kingdom, represent patterns of activity destined to occur during the first half of the seven-year Tribulation. On the other hand, the fifth and sixth seals represent the most important events of the Tribulation's second half or "the Great Tribulation", namely, the Great Persecution (seal five), and the divine response to it (most notably the ten "bowl judgments" and the final judgments of Armageddon which accompany the Second Advent). . .

The Tribulation's First Half (four major trends):

   1. White horse: Antichrist's Conquests: the trend of warfare and aggression

   2. Red horse: Civil Discord: the trend of lawlessness and political destabilization

   3. Black horse: Economic Constraint: the trend of economic dislocation and famine

   4. Pale-green horse: Accelerated Mortality: the trend of plague and rampant death

The Great Tribulation (two major events):

   5. Martyrs: the Great Persecution (of believers by antichrist and his religion)

   6. Judgments: the Second Advent (with its preliminary and concomitant judgments)

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Like the false labor pains or Braxton-Hicks contractions of a woman before her labor or travail begins in earnest, so we see signs of these coming tribulations now with civil division, economic unrest, sporadic plague outbreaks, persecution, exponentially-increased volcanic and quake activity and rumors of war.

The Great Harvest Explained

In a related video—The Rapture | Dispensation Resurrections & The Great Harvest—Scott explains THE GREAT HARVEST and how it is divided into the First Resurrection and the Second Resurrection.

I had researched this subject myself leaning heavily on Perry Stone’s teachings; however, I believe Scott Clarke has rightly divided the Word of Truth regarding the order of all the end time resurrections and catching away of the saints:

THE GREAT HARVEST

Matthew 9:37-38

(foreshadowed in the Old Testament in Leviticus 23)

1^st Resurrection—is made up of three parts:

1—Firstfruits—Leviticus 23:10; Matthew 27:52-53; Revelation 7:3-8 and 14:1-5

2—Main Harvest—1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:52; Revelation 4:1-2 and 12:5

3—Gleanings—Leviticus 23:22; Revelation 6:9-11 and 7:9-17 and 14:15-16 and 20:4-6

Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. - Revelation 20:6 KJV

2^nd Resurrection—is unto eternal torment

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:12-15 KJV

Those who are given eternal life through the Messiah are judged according to His righteousness; however, those who are part of the second resurrection are judged according to their works. Since no one is without sin, your works will not give you eternal life in Heaven (Galatians 2:16).

Not much time is left for those who desire to be part of the Main Harvest that is gathered before Daniel’s 70^th Week, The 7-year Tribulation also known as The Birthpangs of Messiah (the Gleanings or Tribulation Saints aren’t gathered until the end of the Tribulation!).

Loving Jesus is NOT Enough!

Loving Jesus is not enough. If you want to meet Him in the air, you must make Him the Lord or Master over your life instead of you being your own master (Romans 10:9). He is the only way to eternal life with the true God of Love!

Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. Revelation 20:6