Judgement and vengeance for their murders.

The word of God and the testimony they had maintained.

They had to wait for the full number of their fellow saints to be martyred.

The entire world will hate the tribulation saints and new Jewish followers.

Those who refuse to worship the image of the Antichrist. Also those that did

not have the mark.

Session 13 The Martyr’s Cry to God and the End

In the last session we

reviewed how ½ of the

world’s population will die

during the Tribulation. In

this session we look at what

those that come to believe

in Christ during the

Tribulation will experience.

Please read Revelation 6:9-11.

1. What do the Martyrs of the Tribulation call upon God for?

2. Why had they been killed?

3. Why were they told to wait a little while longer?

Please read Matthew 24:9.

4. How widespread is the hatred of Christianity during the Tribulation?

In this next passage of

scripture, we see some of

the mechanisms that are

used to identify Christians

for this persecution. Please

read Revelation 13:15-17

5. What are two ways the

government of the

Antichrist will have to

identify those that are Christians?

In the Tribulation you are either a believer in Christ or you are not. You either make a

decision for Christ or you make one for the Beast (the Antichrist). There is no “on the

fence” type people. Please read about the eternal consequences for those who do not

choose Christ and instead choose one or both of these options of the Antichrist.

(Revelation 14:11)

Revelation 6:9-11 NIV

9 When 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. 10 They 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?” 11 Then 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, their brothers

and sisters, were killed just as they had been.

Matthew 24:9 NIV

9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death,

and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Revelation 13:15-17 NIV

15 The second beast was given power to give breath to

the image of the first beast, so that the image could

speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to

be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small,

rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their

right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could

not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the

name of the beast or the number of its name.

Horrible torment for all of eternity.

Rest from their labor.

They are blessed.

An uncountable multitude

in heaven. Millions

White robes.

6. What are the eternal consequences of following the Antichrist?

Apparently, it will be

obvious to the government

who is a Christian so the

target of persecution will be

clear. There will be no

escape for the average

Christian from

persecution.

Please read Revelation

14:13 to see the hope for

the martyrs.

7. What do Tribulation

saints see for their

devotion to Jesus?

Here we turn to a more

detailed description of the

Tribulation saints found in

Revelation 7:9-17.

8. How many Tribulation

Saints will there be at

this point?

9. What were the saints

wearing?

The color and garment

represent the garments of

angels and those exalted

to the heavenly state.

They also represent the

Revelation 14:11 NIV

11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and

ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who

worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who

receives the mark of its name.”

Interesting Facts 1

Under the Nazi Regime Jewish people were required to wear

identifying badges. These were used for isolating, dehumanizing

and marking them as being different. After the invasion of

Poland by the Nazis those Jewish people that failed or refused to

wear the badges were told “…the authorities have warned that

severe punishment – up to and including death by shooting – is

in store for Jews who do not wear the yellow badge on back and

front.”

Revelation 14:13 NIV

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor,

for their deeds will follow them.”

Revelation 7:9-17 NIV

9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great

multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe,

people and language, standing before the throne and before

the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were

holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried

out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who

sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

11 All the angels were standing around the throne and

around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell

down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

12 saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and

thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for

ever and ever. Amen!” 13 Then one of the elders asked me,

“These in white robes—who are they, and where did they

come from?” 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said,

“These are they who have come out of the great

tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them

white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore, “they are

before the throne of God and serve him day and night in

his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them

with his presence. 16 ‘Never again will they hunger; never

again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’

nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of

the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to

springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every

tear from their eyes.’”

Palm branches

Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the

throne, and to the Lamb.

Hunger, Thirst, scorching heat from the sun.

Famine & other judgements. Rev 16:8 The fourth

angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to

scorch people with fire.

innocence and purity of the soul.

One of the other related ideas to these white robes is the whitening color of ripening

grain (the last harvest of believers?)

10. What do the saints hold in their hands?

They hold these because they symbolize peace, joy, and victory.

11. What do the saints cry out?

This symbolizes the deliverance from sin through the blood of the Lamb for those

who resisted the two options of the Antichrist.

12. According to verses 16 and 17 what do the saints apparently endure during the

Tribulation that God the Father himself will comfort them?

13. From what you know of the

Tribulation, what might have

caused those sufferings for the

saints while they were on

earth?

After Revelation 6, our overview of the Tribulation, describes the persecution of the

martyrs it begins to describe the Day of the Lord (v12-18), which we studied long ago

in sessions 3 and 5. Remember, The Day of the Lord was one of the two bookends to

the Tribulation. The story of the Tribulation has come full circle. Now in Revelation

9:10, in addition to the inconceivable level of sin by humanity, we see another reason

for God’s wrath expressed in the Day of the Lord. The Tribulation Saints are pleading

with God to exact revenge upon the inhabitants of the earth for the horrible

persecution they have endured. In session 11 was saw in Matthew 24:22 that if God

would not shorten the destruction of humanity (for the elect’s sake) all life on earth

would end. It appears that he shortens and stops this horrific event by arriving in the

second coming and winning the battle of Armageddon.

Wrap up

I hope this study will encourage you, to again, to bring the Gospel to your friends and

family that do not know Christ. We can see that even if they do come to the Lord

during the Tribulation they will suffer terribly and be persecuted beyond

comprehension.

In these sessions we have seen prophecies concerning the Rapture up until The Day of

the Lord. We have seen specific details about the future that will come true someday.

Really, how close are we to these events? Can we see evidence of the world aligning

to fulfilling these specific details? What can we see from a broad review that point to

things that can only be fulfilled in a modern age? Our next session will explore our

current events and how they might tie into what we have learned so far.