December 15
Rev 6:1-17
I saw that the Lamb opened one of the
seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a
voice of thunder, “Come and see!” And behold, a white horse, and he who sat
on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and
to conquer.
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying,
“Come!” Another came out, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power
to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There
was given to him a great sword.
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying,
“Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a
balance in his hand. I heard a voice in the middle of the four living
creatures saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of
barley for a denarius! Don’t damage the oil and the wine!”
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying,
“Come and see!” And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was
Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to
kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the
earth was given to him.
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those
who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb
which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the
holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on
the earth?” A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that
they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their
brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their
course.
I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The
sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as
blood. The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its
unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. The sky was removed like a
scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of
their places. The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers,
the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the
caves and in the rocks of the mountains. They told the mountains and the
rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of his wrath has come; and
who is able to stand?”
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