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Revelation 6
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| 6:1
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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| 6:2
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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"A white horse"
God gives someone on a white horse a bow and sends him out to conquer people.
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| 6:3
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come
and see. |
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| 6:4
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. |
"Power was given ... to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one
another."
God gave power to someone on a red horse
"to take peace from the earth ... that they should kill one another."
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| 6:5
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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| 6:6
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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| 6:7
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
beast say, Come and see. |
Death on a pale horse
(Benjamin West, 1796)
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| 6:8
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. |
"To kill with sword, and with hunger, and with
death, and with the beasts of the earth."
God tells Death and Hell to kill one quarter of the earth's
population with the sword, starvation, and "with the beasts of the earth."
How many more
will God kill?
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| 6:9
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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| 6:10
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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"How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"
The martyrs just can't wait until everyone
else is slaughtered. God gives them a white robe and tells them to wait until
he's done with his killing spree.
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| 6:11
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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| 6:12
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; |
 (6:12-14)
"And the stars fell unto the earth."
The sixth seal is opened and there is a great earthquake, the sun becomes black, and the moon red,
the stars fall from heaven, and mountains and islands move around.
And I beheld when the moon became as blood
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| 6:13
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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| 6:14
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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| 6:15
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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| 6:16
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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| 6:17
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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