Revelation 6-8

Revelation 6-8 Study Guide – to be discussed March 10
Day 1: Read Revelation 6:1-5, D&C 77:6-7, Moses 7:13-16, Abraham 1:29-30
1. Review D&C 77:6-7 with Revelation 6:1-2 and Moses 7:13-16. What period of time is represented by the first seal? What might the “white horse” represent? The bow? The crown?


BONUS: What do we need to conquer and what tools have we been given?


2. What time period does the second seal represent? (See also Genesis 6:11-13, Moses 8:22, 28-29.) What might the “red horse” represent? The “great sword”?



3. What time period does the third seal represent? What does it seem the “black horse” represents? [Note: A “measure” of grain = about two pints; a penny (denarius) was the equivalent of a day’s wages for a common laborer. Ordinarily, a denarius would buy 10-16 quarts of wheat flour or twice that amount of barley meal.]



Day 2: Read Revelation 6:7-11, D&C 97:23-28
4. What time period is represented by the fourth seal? What is the name of the rider?


5. How much of the earth did the rider have power over? What four sufferings are named?


BONUS: Read D&C 97:23-28. How can we avoid the same fate as those in the fourth seal?


6. What time period is represented by the fifth seal? Where did John see the souls of martyred saints?


BONUS: Why do you think the Lord takes so long to avenge his elect?



Day 3: Read Revelation 6:12-17 (with footnotes 13a, 14a), D&C 88:86-91
7. What time period is represented by the sixth seal? List signs of the sixth seal that are universally visible.



8. Read D&C 88:86-91. How does the earth bear testimony of the One who created it?


9. What kinds of men will try to hide from “the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb”? Why? (See also Isaiah 2:10-11.)



BONUS: What question is asked in Revelation 6:17? Look for the answer to this question in Revelation 7.

Day 4: Read Revelation 7:1-8, D&C 77:8-11
10. Read D&C 77:8 with Revelation 7:1. In your own words, who are the four angels John saw? What does the number “4” represent?


11. We don’t know the name(s) of the angel (or angels) mentioned in Revelation 7:2, but we do know the angels’ calling. What is it? What does this calling entail? Why was the destruction of the earth postponed? (See D&C 77:9.)



12. Read D&C 77:11. Who are the 144,000 and why are they sealed? (See also JS-Matt. 1:27-30.)


BONUS: Read D&C 112:24-26. When destruction comes, where will it begin?

Day 5: Read Revelation 7:9-17, Bible Dictionary entry, “Amen”
13. After John’s vision of the 144,000 from the twelve tribes of Israel, how many more exalted beings did he see before the throne of God?


14. What does “Amen” mean? Why do you think those who John saw in worship said “amen” at the beginning and at the end of their exclamation?


15. List the blessings promised to the faithful in Revelation 7:15-17.



Day 6: Read Revelation 8:1-6, D&C 38:11-12, D&C 77:12, Bible Dictionary entries, “Altar,” “Incense,” and “Censer”
16. Read D&C 38:11-12 with Revelation 8:1. What causes silence to reign? What might the silence indicate? (See also D&C 88:95.)


17. Read D&C 77:12. What is the purpose of the seven angels with seven trumpets?


18. Read the Bible Dictionary entry, “Altar.” What are the three main purposes of altars? Read the Bible Dictionary entries, “Incense” and “Censer.” Who in ancient Israel carried the incense to the altar? What did the incense represent?


Day 7: Read Revelation 8:7-13, Exodus 9:24-26, 7:17-21, Bible Dictionary entry “Wormwood,"
19. List the plagues of the first and second trumpets. Compare to Exodus 9:24-26 and Exodus 7:17-21. What was the purpose of the plagues in Egypt?


20. What happened when the third angel sounded? Read the Bible Dictionary entry, “Wormwood.” What does “wormwood” indicate?


21. What happened at the fourth trump? How many trumpets are left to sound at the end of chapter 8? How many “woes” did the flying angel call out?