And I saw, when the Lamb opened the first of the seals, and I heard
one of the four living creatures saying with a loud voice like the
sound of thunder: "Come!" And I saw, and, behold a white horse, and he
who was seated on it had a bow, and a conqueror's crown was given to
him, and he went forth co... [ Continue Reading ]
And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I
heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud voice like
the sound of thunder, "Come!" And I saw, and, behold, a white horse,
and he who was seated on it had a bow, and a conqueror's crown was
given to him, and he went fo... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS (Revelation 6:1-8)
As one by one the seals of the roll are opened, history unfolds itself
before John's eyes.
As we study this section, we must remember one general fact which is
basic to its understanding. In this series of visions John is seeing
in advance the end of ter... [ Continue Reading ]
When he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature
say: "Come!" And there came forth another horse, blood-red in colour,
and to him that sat upon it there was given to take peace from the
earth, and to bring it about that men should slay each other, and a
great sword was given to... [ Continue Reading ]
When he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature
say: "Come!" And, behold, there came a black horse, and he who sat
upon it had the beam of a balance in his hand. And I heard, as it
were, a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying: "A
measure of wheat for a denarius... [ Continue Reading ]
When he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
living creature saying: "Come!" And I saw, and, behold, there came a
pale horse, and the name of him who sat upon it was Death, and Hades
followed with him; and they were given power over a fourth part of the
earth, to kill with the... [ Continue Reading ]
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of
those who had been stain for the sake of the word of God and because
of the witness which they bore. And they cried with a loud voice: "How
long, Lord, Holy and True, will you refrain from judging and avenging
our blood on those who... [ Continue Reading ]
I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake,
and the sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole
moon became like blood; and the stars of the heaven fell upon the
earth, as a fig-tree casts its figs, when it is shaken by a high wind;
and the heavens were spl... [ Continue Reading ]
And the kings of the earth and the great ones and the captains and the
rich and the strong, and every slave and every free person hid
themselves in the caves and the rocks of the hills, and said to the
mountains and to the rocks: "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of
him who is seated on the thr... [ Continue Reading ]