In this sermon, Keith Miller walks through Revelation 6:9–11 and the opening of the fifth seal. After the first four seals reveal a world marked by conquest, war, famine, and death, the fifth seal shifts our attention from what is happening on earth to what heaven sees when God’s people suffer for the word of God and the testimony they maintain.

John sees the souls of the martyrs beneath the altar, crying out to the Sovereign Lord, holy and true, asking how long until He judges evil and vindicates His people. Their cry is not rooted in doubt, but in faith. They know God is sovereign. They know He is holy. They know He is true. And they trust that He will do what is right.