This seal is the only one that reveals rather than acts, and has an ending though it isn’t there yet. They’re all told to wait. Not unkindly, but wait with rest.
Revelation 6:9-11 – Amplified Bible
Please read Revelation 6:9-11
The Fifth Seal—Martyrs
9 When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained [out of loyalty to Christ]. 10 They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given a white robe; and they were told to rest and wait quietly for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed.
The souls of those slaughtered for their faith ask “How long now…?” And they’re told to rest and wait, for more will be added to their number before He will avenge them.
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