New Testament in a Year – Revelation 6

The Seals - Revelation 6:1-17

Understand It

• What happens in the opening scenes of this passage? (6:1)
• What did John hear after Christ opened the first seal? (6:2)
• What was the nature and the appearance of the first horse and its rider? (6:2)
• What happened after the second seal was opened? (6:3)
• How are the second horse and its rider described? (6:4)
• What happened at the opening of the third seal? (6:5)
• How did the voice that John heard explain the meaning of the scales in the hand of the third rider? (6:6)
• What were the fourth horse and its rider like? (6:7-8)
• What did John see at the opening of the fifth seal? (6:9)
• What question did the martyrs ask God? (6:10)
• What answer was given the slain ones? (6:11)
• What happened at the opening of the sixth seal? (6:12-14)
• How did the inhabitants of earth respond to the events unleashed by the breaking of the seals? (6:15-17)
• How will people try to escape from being judged by God? (6:15-17)

Apply It

• How can you help a non-Christian friend or family member see his or her need for Christ?
• How can you encourage a faithful Christian today who is being persecuted for following Christ?