Thursday, July 21, 2011

5th Seal - Disturbing?

Rev 6:  9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, “How long,  Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants and brothers and sisters were killed just as they had been.

Do all true believers have to be killed/be dead?  How does that gel with a rapture of any kind?

I think you can argue that the 1st 4 seals may have already taken place or are in progress.  This one, obviously, has not.

What are your opinions on this?  I am confused.