The First Four and the Sixth Seals, representative of the judicial manner of “taking out of the way” the Pagan constitution of the “Dreadful and Terrible Fourth Beast”, which withheld the revelation of “the Lawless One,”
In the Most Holy Place of the Temple of Solomon there were two
In Isa. 6:2, these cherubic symbols are styled seraphim. “I saw the Adonai,” saith he, “sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Seraphs stood near to it... .
“Before the Throne a translucent sea, like to crystal” — Verse 6.
The time when they begin to go forth into all the earth is, of course, subsequently to their resurrection. The sons of Zion are to be raised up against the sons of Greece, or the Gentiles. Being resurrected, they are in readiness to “follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth” — ch. 14:4.
The whole scene is a manifestation of Spirit in preparation for the reduction of the great mountain before Zerubbabel to the level of a plain. This is to be effected, not by ordinary military prowess or force, “but by my Spirit saith Yahweh of Hosts” — Zech. 4:6.
Lightning is what philosophy terms electricity in luminous excitation. Scripturally, it is the “free Spirit of the Deity.” Thunder is the- sound produced by the electrical condensation of the constituents of the aerial. The free oxygen and hydrogen floating in the air are electrically combined, and thereby caused to occupy less space than before, and so giving out lightning, and forming a vacuum, into which the surrounding air rushes, causing a loud report, or thunder.
The throne established in the heaven in its inauguration is a throne of judgment; so that when the throne is set, “the judgment is set and the books are opened” — Dan. 7:10. This throne is “the Great White Throne” seen of John in ch. 20:11. It is all conquering; for from before the face of him who is to sit upon it, he says, “the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.” In other words, the Fourth Beast dominion was destroyed; and the other three beasts had their dominion taken away.
“And out of the throne proceed lightnings and thunders and voices; and Seven Lamps of Fire burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of the Deity.’’ — Ch. 4:5.