Revelation · 17 verses
Revelation 6
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The slain are given white robes and told to wait until more of their fellow servants have been killed, while above them the stars fall like unripe figs.
Four horses, each with his particular errandvv. 1–8
The Lamb opens the seals one by one, and each living creature summons what follows with a thunderous “Come!” First comes a crowned rider on a white horse, carrying a bow and riding to overcome and conquer. Then comes the red horse, whose rider takes peace from the earth and receives a great sword. The black horse carries scales, and a voice announces dear wheat and barley while sparing the oil and wine—a remarkably precise arrangement in the middle of calamity. Last comes the pale green horse, with Death riding and Hades close behind; authority is given to them over a fourth of the earth, with sword, famine, plague, and beasts doing the grim arithmetic.
Under the altarvv. 9–11
The fifth seal reveals the souls of those slain for the word of God and the testimony they upheld. They ask the Lord how long judgment and vengeance will wait. Their answer is a white robe and an instruction to rest a little longer—not until the killing has ceased, but until the full number of their fellow servants has also been killed just as they were.
The sky comes loosevv. 12–17
At the sixth seal, the scene grows larger than the horses and their riders. An earthquake arrives; the sun turns black, the moon blood red, and the stars drop like unripe figs from a shaken tree. The sky rolls away, mountains and islands move, and everyone from kings to slaves hides among caves and rocks. They ask the mountains to fall on them and conceal them from the One on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day has come, and no one among them can withstand it.
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Rev 6:1Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
Rev 6:2So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.
Rev 6:3And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
Rev 6:4Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.
Rev 6:5And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
Rev 6:6And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
Rev 6:7And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
Rev 6:8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
Rev 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
Rev 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
Rev 6:11Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
Rev 6:12And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
Rev 6:13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
Rev 6:14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
Rev 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Rev 6:16And they said 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 wrath of the Lamb.
Rev 6:17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
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- 12Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- 14Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- 10Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
- 12Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- 16Luke 23:30At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
- 9Revelation 20:4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
- 12Acts 2:19–20I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
- 12Mark 13:24–25But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
- 16Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
- 14Revelation 16:20Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
- 9John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- 142 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
- 2Zechariah 6:3–8the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong.
- 11Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- 11Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
- 12Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
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