Thematic Bible: The seven seals
Thematic Bible
Seals » The seven seals
AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and heard one of the four cherubs say like the sound of thunder, Come. And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it had a bow, and a crown was given him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer. And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second cherub say, Come. read more.
And there went out another fiery horse, and it was given to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and there was given him a great sword. And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third cherub say, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he that sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four cherubs, saying, A choenix [a quart] of wheat for a denarius [14 cents], and three choenices of barley for a denarius; and injure not the oil and wine. And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth cherub say, Come. And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and one sat on it, whose name was Death, and Hades followed him, and there was given him power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the beasts of the earth. And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? And a white robe was given them, and it was told them to rest yet a little while, till their fellow servants and their brothers and those about to be killed as they also had been should finish [their testimony]. And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and all the moon became as blood, and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts down its unseasonable figs when shaken with a mighty wind, and heaven departed like a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their places. And the kings of the earth and the great men and the chiliarchs and the rich and the mighty and every servant and freeman hid themselves in caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of his wrath has come, and who can stand?
And there went out another fiery horse, and it was given to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and there was given him a great sword. And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third cherub say, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he that sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four cherubs, saying, A choenix [a quart] of wheat for a denarius [14 cents], and three choenices of barley for a denarius; and injure not the oil and wine. And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth cherub say, Come. And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and one sat on it, whose name was Death, and Hades followed him, and there was given him power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the beasts of the earth. And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? And a white robe was given them, and it was told them to rest yet a little while, till their fellow servants and their brothers and those about to be killed as they also had been should finish [their testimony]. And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and all the moon became as blood, and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts down its unseasonable figs when shaken with a mighty wind, and heaven departed like a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their places. And the kings of the earth and the great men and the chiliarchs and the rich and the mighty and every servant and freeman hid themselves in caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of his wrath has come, and who can stand?
AND when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and there were given them seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood by the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given him much incense to present with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne. read more.
And a cloud of incense ascended with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God. And the angel took the censer and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth; and there were thunders and lightning and voices and an earthquake. And the seven angels having the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. And the first sounded; and there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth; and a third part of the earth was consumed, and a third part of the trees were consumed, and all the green grass was consumed. And the second angel sounded; and the appearance of a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and a third part of the sea became blood, and a third part of the creatures in the sea having life died, and a third part of the ships were destroyed. And the third angel sounded; and there fell from heaven a great star, burning like a lamp, and it fell on a third part of the rivers and on the fountains of waters. And the name of the star was called Bitterness. And a third part of the waters became bitter, and many men died by the waters, because they were bitter. And the fourth angel sounded; and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, and a third part of them were darkened, and the day did not appear a third part of it, nor the night. And I saw, and heard an eagle flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who live on the earth on account of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.
And a cloud of incense ascended with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God. And the angel took the censer and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth; and there were thunders and lightning and voices and an earthquake. And the seven angels having the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. And the first sounded; and there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth; and a third part of the earth was consumed, and a third part of the trees were consumed, and all the green grass was consumed. And the second angel sounded; and the appearance of a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and a third part of the sea became blood, and a third part of the creatures in the sea having life died, and a third part of the ships were destroyed. And the third angel sounded; and there fell from heaven a great star, burning like a lamp, and it fell on a third part of the rivers and on the fountains of waters. And the name of the star was called Bitterness. And a third part of the waters became bitter, and many men died by the waters, because they were bitter. And the fourth angel sounded; and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, and a third part of them were darkened, and the day did not appear a third part of it, nor the night. And I saw, and heard an eagle flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who live on the earth on account of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.
And the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth, and there was given him the key of the pit of the abyss. And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there arose up a smoke from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. And from the smoke went out locusts on the earth, and power was given them like the power which scorpions of the earth have. read more.
And it was told them not to injure the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but the men who had not the seal of God on their foreheads. And it was given them not to kill them, but to sting them five months; and their sting was like the sting of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. And in those days men shall seek death and not find it, and shall desire to die and death flee from them. And the forms of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle, and upon their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men, and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like [those] of lions, and they had cuirasses like steel cuirasses, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. And they had tails like scorpions and stings, and in their tails was their power to injure men five months. They had over them a king, an angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he is called Apollyon. One woe has passed; behold, there come yet two woes after this. And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Unbind the four angels bound by the river, the great Euphrates. And the four angels were unbound, who were prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, to kill a third part of men. And the number of the armies of the horse was two ten thousands of ten thousands; I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those sitting on them, having cuirassess of fire, of hyacinth and of sulphur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths proceeded fire and smoke and sulphur. By these three plagues a third part of men were killed, by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur which proceeded from their mouths. For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like serpents, having heads, and with them they did injury. And the rest of men, who were not killed with these plagues, did not change their minds [to turn] from the works of their hands, not to worship demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which cannot see nor hear nor walk, and did not change their minds [to turn] from their murders, nor from their magic arts, nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts.
And it was told them not to injure the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but the men who had not the seal of God on their foreheads. And it was given them not to kill them, but to sting them five months; and their sting was like the sting of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. And in those days men shall seek death and not find it, and shall desire to die and death flee from them. And the forms of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle, and upon their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men, and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like [those] of lions, and they had cuirasses like steel cuirasses, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. And they had tails like scorpions and stings, and in their tails was their power to injure men five months. They had over them a king, an angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he is called Apollyon. One woe has passed; behold, there come yet two woes after this. And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Unbind the four angels bound by the river, the great Euphrates. And the four angels were unbound, who were prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, to kill a third part of men. And the number of the armies of the horse was two ten thousands of ten thousands; I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those sitting on them, having cuirassess of fire, of hyacinth and of sulphur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths proceeded fire and smoke and sulphur. By these three plagues a third part of men were killed, by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur which proceeded from their mouths. For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like serpents, having heads, and with them they did injury. And the rest of men, who were not killed with these plagues, did not change their minds [to turn] from the works of their hands, not to worship demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which cannot see nor hear nor walk, and did not change their minds [to turn] from their murders, nor from their magic arts, nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts.
AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and an iris was about his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire, and he had in his hand a little book opened. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land, and cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. And when he cried, seven thunders spoke their words. read more.
And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders spoke, and write it not. And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted up his right hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever and ever, that created heaven and the things in it and the earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it, that time should be no longer, but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God shall be finished, as he told his servants the prophets.
And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders spoke, and write it not. And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted up his right hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever and ever, that created heaven and the things in it and the earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it, that time should be no longer, but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God shall be finished, as he told his servants the prophets.
AND the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, the kingdom of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign forever and ever. And the twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, the Is and the Was, that thou didst take thy great power and reign, read more.
and the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets and to the saints and those that fear thy name, small and great, and to destroy those that destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple, and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and great hail.
and the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets and to the saints and those that fear thy name, small and great, and to destroy those that destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple, and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and great hail.