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The First Seal—The Conqueror

¹ Then I saw as the ^(C1)Lamb (Christ) broke one of the ^(C2)seven ^(F1)seals of the scroll initiating the judgments, and I heard one of the ^(C3)four living creatures call out as with a ^(C4)voice of thunder, "^(F2)Come."² I looked, and behold, a ^(F1)(C1)white horse of victory whose rider carried a ^(F2)bow; and ^(C2)a crown of victory was given to him, and he rode forth ^(C3)conquering and to conquer. ^(VR1)

The Second Seal—War

³ When He (the Lamb) broke the second seal, I heard the ^(C1)second living creature call out, "Come."⁴ And another, ^(C1)a ^(F1)fiery red horse of bloodshed, came out; and its rider was empowered to ^(C2)take peace from the earth, so that men would slaughter one another; and a great sword of war and violent death was given to him. ^(VR1)

The Third Seal—Famine

⁵ When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the ^(C1)third living creature call out, "Come." I looked, and behold, a ^(C2)black horse of famine; and the rider had in his hand a ^(C3)pair of scales (a balance). ^(VR1)6 And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the ^(C1)four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day's wages), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ^(C2)do not ^(F1)damage the oil and the wine." ^(VR1)

The Fourth Seal—Death

⁷ When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^(C1)fourth living creature call out, "Come."⁸ So I looked, and behold, an ^(C1)ashen (pale greenish gray) horse like a corpse, representing death and pestilence; and its rider's name was ^(C2)Death; and ^(C2)Hades (the realm of the dead) was following with him. They were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth, ^(C3)to kill with the sword and with famine and with ^(F1)plague (pestilence, disease) and by the wild beasts of the earth. ^(VR1)

The Fifth Seal—Martyrs

⁹ When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw ^(C1)underneath the ^(C2)altar the ^(C3)souls of those who had been slaughtered ^(C4)because of the word of God, and because of the ^(C5)testimony which they had maintained out of loyalty to Christ.¹⁰ They cried in a loud voice, saying, "O ^(C1)Lord, ^(C2)holy and true, ^(C3)how long now before You will ^(C4)sit in judgment and avenge our blood on ^(C5)those unregenerate ones who dwell on the earth?" ^(VR1)11 Then they were each ^(C1)given a white robe; and they were told to ^(C2)rest and wait quietly for a little while longer, ^(C3)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^(C4)completed.

The Sixth Seal—Terror

¹² I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great ^(C1)earthquake; and the ^(C2)sun became black as ^(F1)(C3)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; ^(VR1)13 and ^(C1)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^(C2)like a fig tree shedding its late summer figs when shaken by a strong wind. ^{(VR1)14 (C1)}The sky was split separated from the land and rolled up like a scroll, and ^(C2)every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places.¹⁵ Then ^(C1)the kings of the earth and the great men and the ^(F1)military commanders and the wealthy and the strong and everyone, whether slave or free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;¹⁶ and they ^(C1)called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him ^(C2)who sits on the throne, and from the righteous ^(C3)wrath and indignation of the Lamb; ^(VR1)17 for ^(C1)the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and ^(C2)who is able to face God and stand before the wrath of the Lamb?" ^(VR1)