The entire breaking open of the book with seven seals is set in the vision which is set up by God. It has a back page as it were, and Daniel sums it us as thus:”Judgment was set, and the books were opened.” (Dan.7:10) The same multitude we have in both. “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;”(Re.5:11)
In the mind of God eternity is in the ‘Now’ so trying to literally date the breaking of each seal is utter foolishness. The action is to be treated as by “the soul” or the heart of God. Prophet Ezekiel referring to the pride of the King of Tyrus says,”though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.”(Ez.28:2). Heart is not an anatomical part but it is a spiritual space where soul of man can track truth just as GPS system. Heart from God draws its own inferences for body spirit and soul just as tri-lateration does from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) network; similarly heart can decipher the world without and its characteristics as the tracker can from the network determine latitude, longitude, elevation, and time. St Paul speaks of it,”Redeeming the time, because the days are evil,” how we should conduct ourselves among the ungodly?(Ep.5:16). So man refusing to correct heresies fed to him by false shepherds may ever learn but never reach truth. For this reason God told Ezekiel how to deal with impudent stubborn Israel, ” and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.”(Ez.3:11). King of Tyrus set himself, “though thou set thine heart as the heart of God” it is set in hell. “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me,” (Re.22:11-12)
Only the one who is worthy to break open the seals is the heart of God which explains Jesus Christ having a position on the right hand of the most high God. Heart of God is also a spiritual place ‘heavenly places” So St Paul refers to it,”Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.”(Ep.1:3) This, to continue with the analogy of the GPS tracker, is the GNSS network where we have the body soul and spirit as memorial for our accuracy. The 24 elders are not merely for your amusement so one day you give them names to prove your cleverness but our own safety. By setting your position elsewhere as the misguided sects teach Sabbath as one day to be observed are you setting it in Christ by faith? It is a day settled by man who has no stomach for truth. What is soteriology for him? It is like casting pearls before swine. He is risen and “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” (Col3:1-3). St Paul says he has no excuse to persist in a lie by his literalism. “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” (Ro.1:20)
So Christ is our soul so our tracking system follows the mystery of God, ” Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:/ That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him./In whom also we have obtained an inheritance.”(Ep.1:9-11)
The day decreed for the Son is tagged ‘unto this day’ is the same as ‘in that day” a tag for the Father. So Jesus said,” My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”( John 5:17) What is the work of God? John 6:28 Ec.3:11) It is set in the heart of man.
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