It appears from this survey that the judgments represented by the four horsemen will

really be the ministry of angels, and that the fellow-servants of the martyrs are the

144,000 sealed ones and the great multitude.

The wrath of the Lamb, the great day of wrath, the wonderful signs in the heavens,

and the effect upon the kings, captains, and mighty men, epitomized under the sixth seal,

are given at greater length and fuller detail in the chapters that follow, concluding with

the personal coming of Christ, the wrath of Almighty God, and the kings, captains, and

mighty men who suffer under this judgment, as shown in chapter 19:

We will now once more leave the book of the Revelation to obtain further light from

the prophecy of Christ Himself recorded in Matt. 24: There is an indirect link with

Zechariah's prophecy in the prophecy of Olivet, by the reference to the house being left

desolate, and its stones being overthrown. The disciples asked the Lord saying, "Tell us,

when shall these things be, and what shall be the sign of Thy coming (parousia) and of

the end (sunteleia) of the age?" This threefold question receives a threefold answer, but

the answers do not follow the order of the questions, but the reverse; the first answer

deals with the end (sunteleia) of the age (verses 4-22); the second answer deals with the

sign of the coming (parousia) (verses 23-31); the third answer is the parable of the Fig

Tree, which, by saying, "When ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at

the doors", answers the first question, "When shall these things be?" (verses 32, 33).

Let us now take note of the Lord's answers in fuller detail. There shall be false

Christs (5). Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. . . . the end (telos) not yet (6).

Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be

famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places (7).  All these are the

beginning of sorrows (8).

The disciples had asked as to what should be the sign of the sunteleia, consummation,

gathering point of the age? Here is the answer; the end (telos) is preceded by the

sunteleia, which is described as the "beginning of sorrows", and the characteristics of that

period are given. Following this period comes martyrdom and tribulation:--

We turned, it will be remembered, to this prophecy for further light upon Rev. 6: By

placing the records in parallel columns we shall easily see that Matt. 24: and Rev. 6:

cover the same ground:--