Revelation 6
17 verses
The Lamb opens the first four seals, releasing the four horsemen of the apocalypse: conquest on a white horse, war on a red horse, famine on a black horse, and death riding a pale horse with Hades following, representing the instruments of God's judgment upon the earth. The souls of the martyrs under the altar, those killed for the word of God and their testimony, cry out How long, O Lord, holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?—the eschatological prayer of the persecuted for vindication. The sixth seal triggers cosmic upheaval: a great earthquake, the sun becoming black as sackcloth, the moon becoming like blood, the stars of heaven falling like figs shaken from a tree, and every mountain and island being removed from its place. The inhabitants of the earth hide in caves and among rocks, calling out to the mountains and rocks to fall on them and hide them from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. The universal response of terror to God's judgment demonstrates the reality of divine retribution that no earthly power can escape. Yet the question—who is able to stand?—remains unanswered, creating tension and anticipation for the revelation of those sealed by God's protection.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
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And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
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And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
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And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
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And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
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And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
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And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
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And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
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And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
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And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
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And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
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And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
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For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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