Then I saw as the ^aLamb (Christ) broke one of the ^bseven ¹seals of the scroll initiating the judgments, and I heard one of the ^cfour living creatures call out as with a ^dvoice of thunder, “²Come.” 2 I looked, and behold, a ^1awhite horse of victory whose rider carried a ²bow; and ^ba crown of victory was given to him, and he rode forth ^cconquering and to conquer. Ps 45:4, 5; Zech 1:8; 6:1-8

3 When He (the Lamb) broke the second seal, I heard the ^asecond living creature call out, “Come.” 4 And another, ^aa ¹fiery red horse of bloodshed, came out; and its rider was empowered to ^btake peace from the earth, so that men would slaughter one another; and a great sword of war and violent death was given to him. Zech 1:8; 6:1-8

5 When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the ^athird living creature call out, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a ^bblack horse of famine; and the rider had in his hand a ^cpair of scales (a balance) . Zech 6:1-8 6 And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the ^afour living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day’s wages) , and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ^bdo not ¹damage the oil and the wine.” 2+@Kin 6:25

7 When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^afourth living creature call out, “Come.” 8 So I looked, and behold, an ^aashen (pale greenish gray) horse like a corpse, representing death and pestilence; and its rider’s name was ^bDeath; and ^cHades (the realm of the dead) was following with him. They were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth, ^dto kill with the sword and with famine and with ¹plague (pestilence, disease) and by the wild beasts of the earth. Ezek 14:21; Hos 13:14

9 When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw ^aunderneath the ^baltar the ^csouls of those who had been slaughtered ^dbecause of the word of God, and because of the ^etestimony which they had maintained out of loyalty to Christ. 10 They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O ^aLord, ^bholy and true, ^chow long now before You will ^dsit in judgment and avenge our blood on ^ethose unregenerate ones who dwell on the earth?” Gen 4:10; Ps 79:10; 94:3; Zech 1:12 11 Then they were each ^agiven a white robe; and they were told to ^brest and wait quietly for a little while longer, ^cuntil the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^dcompleted.

12 I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great ^aearthquake; and the ^bsun became black as ^1csackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; Joel 2:10, 31 13 and ^athe stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^blike a fig tree shedding its late summer figs when shaken by a strong wind. Is 34:4 14 ^aThe sky was split separated from the land and rolled up like a scroll, and ^bevery mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places. 15 Then ^athe kings of the earth and the great men and the ¹military 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 ^acalled to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him ^bwho sits on the throne, and from the righteous ^cwrath and indignation of the Lamb; Is 2:19-21; Hos 10:8 17 for ^athe great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and ^bwho is able to face God and stand before the wrath of the Lamb?” Joel 2:11; Mal 3:2; Jude 14; Rev 19:11-16