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- After everything that John has been shown up to this point, with the seals being opened, has been focused on what is going to be happening on earth! However, when this fifth seal is opened, John’s attention goes from what’s going to be happening on earth, back to what’s happening in Heaven. That’s the thing about Revelation, it’s constantly going back and forth to what is going to be going on, both on earth and back to what’s going on in heaven.
- John said that he saw under the altar, the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
- There is some debate about who these souls are.
- Obviously, we know that they are martyrs.
- There is some debate about who these souls are.
- John said that he saw under the altar, the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.