Revelation 6
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Opening the first six seals
1Then I looked on as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2So I looked, and there was a white horse. Its rider held a bow and was given a crown. And he went forth from victory to victory.
3When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4Out came another horse, fiery red. Its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth so that people would kill each other. He was given a large sword.
5When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” So I looked, and there was a black horse. Its rider held a balance for weighing in his hand. 6I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures. It said, “A quart of wheat for a denarion,#6.6 A denarion was a day’s pay for a laborer. and three quarts of barley for a denarion, but don’t damage the olive oil and the wine.”
7When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8So I looked, and there was a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and the Grave was following right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, famine, disease, and the wild animals of the earth.
9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar those who had been slaughtered on account of the word of God and the witness they had given. 10They cried out with a loud voice, “Holy and true Master, how long will you wait before you pass judgment? How long before you require justice for our blood, which was shed by those who live on earth?” 11Each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little longer, until their fellow servants and brothers and sisters—who were about to be killed as they were—were finished.
12I looked on as he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as funeral clothing, and the entire moon turned red as blood. 13The stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its fruit when shaken by a strong wind. 14The sky disappeared like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. 15Then the kings of the earth, the officials and the generals, the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in caves and in the rocks of the mountains. 16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the Lamb’s wrath! 17The great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
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Revelation 6
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First Seal: The Conqueror
1Now #Is. 53:7; (John 1:29; Rev. 5:5–7, 12; 13:8)I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard #Rev. 4:7one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” 2And I looked, and behold, #Zech. 1:8; 6:3a white horse. #Ps. 45:4, 5, LXXHe who sat on it had a bow; #Zech. 6:11; Rev. 9:7; 14:14; 19:12and a crown was given to him, and he went out #Matt. 24:5; Rev. 3:21conquering and to conquer.
Second Seal: Conflict on Earth
3When He opened the second seal, #Rev. 4:7I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4#Zech. 1:8; 6:2Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to #Matt. 24:6, 7take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth
5When He opened the third seal, #Rev. 4:7I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, #Zech. 6:2, 6a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of #Matt. 24:7scales in his hand. 6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and #Rev. 7:3; 9:4do not harm the oil and the wine.”
Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth
7When He opened the fourth seal, #Rev. 4:7I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8#Zech. 6:3So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, #Jer. 14:12; 15:2; 24:10; 29:17; Ezek. 5:12, 17; 14:21; 29:5; Matt. 24:9to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, #Lev. 26:22and by the beasts of the earth.
Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs
9When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under #Rev. 8:3the altar #(Rev. 20:4)the souls of those who had been slain #Rev. 1:2, 9for the word of God and for #2 Tim. 1:8the testimony which they held. 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, #Ps. 13:1–6; Zech. 1:12“How long, O Lord, #Rev. 3:7holy and true, #Rev. 11:18until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11Then a #Rev. 3:4, 5; 7:9white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them #Heb. 11:40that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances
12I looked when He opened the sixth seal, #Matt. 24:7; Rev. 8:5; 11:13; 16:18and behold, there was a great earthquake; and #Is. 13:10; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:24the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13#Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:25; Rev. 8:10; 9:1And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14#Ps. 102:26; Is. 34:4; (2 Pet. 3:10); Rev. 20:11; 21:1Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and #Jer. 3:23; Rev. 16:20every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15And the #Ps. 2:2–4kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, #Is. 2:10, 19, 21; 24:21; Rev. 19:18hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16#Hos. 10:8; Luke 23:29, 30; Rev. 9:6and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who #Rev. 20:11sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17For the great day of His wrath has come, #Is. 63:4; Jer. 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; Zeph. 1:14; Rev. 16:14and who is able to stand?”
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