Revelation 6:12

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, etc.] Of the sealed book which the Lamb took out of the hand of him that sat upon the throne, in order to open it, and unloose its seals. About this seal interpreters much differ; some refer this to the destruction of Jerusalem, because of the likeness of expressions here used, and in (<402407>Matthew 24:7,29 <422125>Luke 21:25,26 23:29,30); but this was past many years before this seal was opened; and besides, though that time was a day of wrath to the uttermost upon the Jewish people, and it was the Lamb's day of wrath, taking vengeance on them for their unbelief and rejection of him as the Messiah; yet they had no sense of the Lamb, nor any…”

“As Rev 6:4, Rev 6:6-8, the sword, famine, and pestilence, answer to Mat 24:6-7; Rev 6:9-10, as to martyrdoms, answer to Mat 24:9-10; so this passage, Rev 6:12, Rev 6:17, answers to Mat 24:29-30, "the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven; . . . then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming"; imagery describing the portents of the immediate coming of the day of the Lord; but not the coming itself until the elect are sealed, and the judgments invoked by the martyrs descend on the earth, the sea, and the trees (Rev 7:1-3). and, lo--So A reads. But B and C omit "lo." earthquake--Greek, "shaking"…”

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal - See the notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1. And, lo, there was a great earthquake - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was designed to refer, it is proper, as in the previous cases, to furnish a particular explanation of the meaning of the symbols. All the symbols represented in the opening of this seal denote consternation, commotion, changes; but still they are all significant, and we are to suppose that something would occur corresponding with each one of them. It cannot be supposed that the things here described were represented on the part of the roll or volume that was now unfolded in any other way than that they…”

“And I saw - This sixth seal seems particularly to point out God's judgment on the wicked departed. St. John saw how the end of the world was even then set before those unhappy spirits. This representation might be made to them, without anything of it being perceived upon earth. The like representation is made in heaven, Rev 11:18. And there was a great earthquake - Or shaking, not of the earth only, but the heavens. This is a farther description of the representation made to those unhappy souls. Revelation 6:13”

“6:12-17 The opening of the sixth seal offers a glimpse into the end of the created order. 6:12-14 These cataclysmic signs are associated in Scripture with the day of the Lord, when God’s judgment will overturn the whole created order (see Isa 13:4-12; 34:1-4; Joel 2:1-32; Zeph 2:1-3; Mark 13:1-37).”

“there: Rev 8:5, Rev 11:13, Rev 16:18; Kg1 19:11-13; Isa 29:6; Amo 1:1; Zac 14:5; Mat 24:7; Mat 27:54, Mat 28:2 the sun: Isa 13:9, Isa 13:10, Isa 24:23, Isa 60:19, Isa 60:20; Eze 32:7, Eze 32:8; Joe 2:10, Joe 2:30, Joe 2:31, Joe 3:15; Amo 8:9; Hag 2:6, Hag 2:7, Hag 2:21, Hag 2:22; Mat 24:29, Mat 27:45; Mar 13:24, Mar 13:25, Mar 15:33; Luk 23:44, Luk 23:45; Act 2:19, Act 2:20 Revelation 6:13”