John also recorded that prior to Christ’s Second Coming, two prophets would be slain in Jerusalem and then resurrected after three and a half days. In spite of the plagues and judgments that would come upon the earth’s inhabitants in the last days, John saw that those who were washed clean through the blood of the Lamb would be spared many of the destructions. John saw visions associated with the opening of the first six seals of the book, which symbolize the earth’s first six thousand years of temporal existence. John saw that the One who could open the book was Jesus Christ.
In the first of John’s visions that are recorded in Revelation 4–11, he saw God the Father enthroned in heaven, exalted beings who worship Him, and a book sealed with seven seals. Introduction and Timeline for Revelation 4–11įollowing his vision of the Savior and his letters to the seven churches (see Revelation 1–3), John wrote about his visions concerning “things which must be hereafter” ( Revelation 4:1).
