It will be a real time event. With a reaction by the wicked men on the earth who had persecuted the saints.
12 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;
13 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.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
It is a PROPHETIC UTTERANCE by Jesus, notice the difference between the Seals, which is a scroll bound up, and the Trumps and Vials. The Trumps are SOUNDED by Angels, the Vials are POURED OUT by Angels but the Seals are merely a covering Beast (Might Angel) in heaven who says each tome a seal is opened up "COME AND SEE" come and see, come and see, its Prophetic Visions of what will come only when the 7th Seal is taken off the scroll that looses the 7 Trumpet Judgments, wherein all Gods wrath is contained.
Rev. 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened
one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of
the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And
I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a
crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And when he had
opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say,
Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was
red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
5 And when he had
opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say,
Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a
black horse(Famine); and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7 And when he had
opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say
, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a
pale horse: and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hell(the grave) followed with him. And power was given unto them over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
9 And when he had
opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Meanwhile the Wrath of God only comes when the 7th Seal is opened up, that is why it is over in Rev. 8 with the Trumpet Judgments which is what is contained in the "Sealed Scrolls". Seals 1-5 is God telling us what the Anti-Christ/Beast will bring in each case over the 42 months period he is allowed to rule. John SAW THIS, as in a vision of the soon to come future. He goes forth conquering, he brings war, his 42 month rule brings famine, and his 42 month rule brings Sickness, Death & the Grave (Hades not hell). He will also murder all the Christians he can get at over his 42 months of terroristic rule.
The above is a part of God's wrath, but it shows up or is allowed to go forth only when Seal #6's prophecy comes to pass, that prophesy can be seen in Rev. 8 with the first Four Trumps. Seal #6 and Joel 2:31 BOTH POINT to the exact same event, the Rev. 8 Four Trumps, AND the Three Woes that are soon to come as shown in Rev. 8:13. So, you UNDERSAND that Joel 2:31 is a future prophecy, but you can not wrap your craws around the fact that the Six Seal is likewise a prophetic utterance, but it is. Open up Rev. 8 and read, the first Trump is the fires that come from the asteroid breaking up as it passes through our atmosphere. The 2nd Trump is THE IMPACT (where it all starts on day 1260). The 3rd Trump is the coming FALLOUT or Wormwood which poisons the fresh waters or rivers (in the New World the 1/3 imho). The Fourth Trump is the Six Seal COME TO PASS !! And its Joel 2:31 COME TO PASS. Both foretell of the Sun & Moon going Dark, but Trump #4 is the REAL EVENT !!
So, why is it you can look at Joel 2:31 and understand its future prophecy, because it was over 2500 years ago, but John 2000 years ago, foretold the same events, but just showed Jesus, in the future, after the Rapture but before the Wrath falls, taking off Seals that BIND the 7 Sealed Scroll of Judgments, but can't see that as a prophetic event also? BOTH, point to the exact same event, Trump #4 in Revelation 8. Yes the Sun & Moon will indeed go dark, but only when all 7 Seals (see below) are taken off the scroll.
The scroll can not be opened and read until all seven seals have been taken off !! That is why the 7th Seal is over in Rev. 8 and why there is silence in heaven, the Wrath of God is a terrible thing in heaven, not a joyous thing. It repented God when He had to flood the earth, the heavens are sad, its a somber task that must be brought to pass. Its like silence at a funeral, thus the wrath starts in Rev. 8. Yes, his wrath has come in the VISION, just like in Joel 2:31, but the Wrath falls with the Asteroid.
