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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seals</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, &#8220;Come!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, &#8220;Two pounds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Or about 1 kilogram</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wheat for a day&#8217;s wages,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">a denarius</span></span></span><span class="content"> and six pounds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Or about 3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley for a day&#8217;s wages,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">a denarius</span></span></span><span class="content"> and do not damage the oil and the wine!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They called out in a loud voice, &#8220;How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:11 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 12:10; 19:10.</span></span></span><span class="content"> were killed just as they had been.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They called to the mountains and the rocks, &#8220;Fall on us and hide us</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:16 </span><span class="ft">See Hosea 10:8.</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the great day of their</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:17 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">his</span></span></span><span class="content"> wrath has come, and who can withstand it?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">144,000 Sealed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="content">from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="content">from the tribe of Gad 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Asher 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="content">from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="content">from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="content">from the tribe of Levi 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="content">from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="content">from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="content">from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Great Multitude in White Robes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And they cried out in a loud voice:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Salvation belongs to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">who sits on the throne,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">and to the Lamb.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Amen!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">Praise and glory</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">and wisdom and thanks and honor</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">and power and strength</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">be to our God for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then one of the elders asked me, &#8220;These in white robes&#8212;who are they, and where did they come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;Sir, you know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.7.14"><span class="content">And he said, &#8220;These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">&#8220;they are before the throne of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">and serve him day and night in his temple;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">and he who sits on the throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">will shelter them with his presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8216;Never again will they hunger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">never again will they thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">The sun will not beat down on them,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:16 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 49:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">nor any scorching heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the Lamb at the center of the throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">will be their shepherd;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">&#8216;he will lead them to springs of living water.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 49:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">&#8216;And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 25:8</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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