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Who Is Able to Stand?
Revelation 6:12–17 opens the sixth seal with earthquake, darkened sun, blood-like moon, falling stars, and the shaking of heaven and earth. The imagery draws from the prophets’ Day-of-the-LORD vocabulary and culminates with humanity hiding from the face of the One on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. The question “who shall be able to stand?” leads directly into Revelation 7.
Chapter 6 asks who can stand; chapter 7 answers by showing the redeemed multitude standing before the throne and the Lamb.
Revelation 6 places its “who shall be able to stand?” question beside “the wrath of the Lamb” (6:16–17), creating a Christological resonance with Nahum’s question about who can stand before the LORD’s indignation.
Revelation's terrified rulers hiding among rocks from divine wrath develops Isaiah 2's Day-of-the-LORD scene.
Revelation's 'who shall be able to stand?' closely echoes Malachi's question at the coming day.
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