Revelation chapter 7

You may not have noticed, but something is missingThe action that began prior to this chapter involved a magic scroll secured with seven seals- six of those seals have been opened (chapter 6)• but now in chapter 7, there’s no mention of the seventh seal• instead, we have come to an interlude before returning to the seventh seal- this will happen again (after six trumpets sound, then there's a delay before the seventh)• while I’m at it, “After this” is not chronological◦ it does not refer to the next thing that happened as in a sequence, but the next thing John saw• he’s not marking days on calendar, he’s "changing channels"◦ John says, “Let’s see what’s happening over here”- then he takes us two places:• in verses 1-8 we see what is happening on the earth • in verses 9-17 we see what is happening in heaven