Tujuh meterai
Tujuh meterai (bahasa Inggris: Seven Seals) adalah suatu istilah dalam Alkitab Kristen, khususnya terdapat pada kitab Wahyu kepada Yohanes, yang merujuk kepada tujuh meterai yang memeteraikan suatu "kitab" atau "gulungan" yang dilihat oleh Yohanes ketika berada di pulau Patmos. Saat itu ia mendapat penglihatan akan Wahyu Yesus Kristus. Pembukaan tiap-tiap meterai dicatat pada pasal-pasal 5-8 kitab Wahyu dan menandai akhir zaman. Dalam penglihatan Yohanes, satu-satunya yang berhak membuka meterai-meterai tersebut untuk dapat membuka kitab yang dimeteraikan itu hanyalah sesosok tokoh yang disebut "Singa Yehuda" dan "Anak domba yang mempunyai tujuh tanduk dan tujuh mata".Wahyu 5:5–6
Buku itu memuat informasi rahasia yang hanya diketahui oleh Allah sampai Anak domba/Singa itu dianggap layak untuk membuka gulungan dan membaca isinya.
Tabel ringkasan
| Meterai | Ketika dibuka | Lambang |
|---|---|---|
| Pertama | Kuda putih | Busur panah, mahkota |
| Kedua | Kuda merah padam | Pedang besar |
| Ketiga | Kuda hitam | NEraca |
| Keempat | Kuda hijau kuning | Tidak ada (Kematian/Hades mengikutinya) |
| Kelima | Jiwa-jiwa para syahid | Jubah putih |
| Keenam | Gempa bumi dahsyat | Kegelapan |
| Ketujuh | Tujuh malaikat | Tujuh sangkakala |
Pengaruh
- D.H. Lawrence wrote a poem called Seven Seals in 1916.
- The Book with Seven Seals (Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln) an oratorio by Austrian composer Franz Schmidt.
- The Seventh Seal, a 1957 film by Ingmar Bergman.
- A Russian translation of the sixth of The Seven Seals is read in Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979 film)
- The Seventh Sign, a 1988 film starring Demi Moore and Michael Biehn about a woman whose child is tied to the opening of the Seven Seals.
- The Rapture, a 1991 film
- The Reaping, a 2007 film starring Hilary Swank
- Countdown: Jerusalem, a 2009 TV movie
- Come and See, a 1985 Soviet War movie
- History Channel's 2009 Nostradomus Effect - Secrets of the 7 Seals
- The fourth season of Supernatural revolved around the breaking of seals as heralds of a coming war between angels and demons.
- The video game Darksiders presented the Seven Seals and the main character is the second seal War.
- The video game Darksiders II presented the Seven Seals and the main character is the fourth seal Death.
- The band Aphrodite's Child on their album 666 reference the seals in several songs. One is specifically entitled "The Seventh Seal".
- "The Seventh Seal" is the opening track of Van Halen's 1995 record Balance.
- Hip hop artist Rakim titled an album The Seventh Seal.
- Seven Seals is the name of a 2005 album by Primal Fear and also a track on that album.
- British experimental (apocalyptic folk) band Current 93 has several tracks that refer to the seven seals.
- Reggae artist Anthony B named an album Seven Seals and also references the Seven Seals in his song "Prophecy A Reveal".
- The Seven Seals were part of David Koresh's teachings to his followers among the Branch Davidians.
- Francis X. Gumerlock, The Seven Seals of the Apocalypse: Medieval Texts in Translation, Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2009.
- The Messengers, a TV series on The CW
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