Dual PanelThe Lamb Opens the Scroll
1Then I watched while the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living things speak with a voice like thunder. It said, “Come!”
2I looked and there before me was a white horse. The rider on the horse held a bow. The rider was given a crown. And he rode out, defeating the enemy. He rode out to win the victory.
3The Lamb opened the second seal. Then I heard the second living thing say, “Come!”
4Then another horse came out. This was a red horse. The rider on the horse was given power to take away peace from the earth. He was given power to make people kill each other. This rider was given a big sword.
5The Lamb opened the third seal. Then I heard the third living thing say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse. The rider on the horse held a pair of scales in his hand.
6Then I heard something that sounded like a voice. The voice came from where the four living things were. The voice said, “A quart of wheat for a day’s pay. And three quarts of barley for a day’s pay. And don’t hurt the oil and wine!”
7The Lamb opened the fourth seal. Then I heard the voice of the fourth living thing say, “Come!”
8I looked and there before me was a pale-colored horse. The rider on the horse was death. Hades
9The Lamb opened the fifth seal. Then I saw some souls under the altar.
10These souls shouted in a loud voice, “Holy and true Lord, how long until you judge the people of the earth and punish them for killing us?”
11Then each one of those souls was given a white robe. They were told to wait a short time longer. There were still some of their brothers in the service of Christ who must be killed like they were. Those souls were told to wait until all of this killing was finished.
12Then I watched while the Lamb opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun became dark like {black} cloth made from hair. The full moon became red like blood.
13The stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree drops its figs when the wind blows.
14The sky was divided. It was rolled up like a scroll.
15Then all the people hid in caves and behind the rocks on the mountains. There were the kings of the world, the rulers, the army commanders, the rich people and the powerful people. Every person, slave and free, hid himself.
16The people said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us. Hide us from the face of the One who sits on the throne. Hide us from the anger of the Lamb!
17The great day for their anger has come. No person can stand against it.”