6I watched while the Lamb ripped off the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the Animals roar, "Come out!"G2532G1492G3753G721G455G3391G1537G4973G2532G191G5613G5456G1027G1520G1537G5064G2226G3004G2064G2532G9912I looked—I saw a white horse. Its rider carried a bow and was given a victory garland. He rode off victorious, conquering right and left.G2532G1492G2532G2400G3022G2462G2532G2521G1909G846G2192G5115G2532G4735G1325G846G2532G1831G3528G2532G2443G35283When the Lamb ripped off the second seal, I heard the second Animal cry, "Come out!"G2532G3753G455G1208G4973G191G1208G2226G3004G2064G2532G9914Another horse appeared, this one red. Its rider was off to take peace from the earth, setting people at each other's throats, killing one another. He was given a huge sword.G2532G1831G243G2462G4450G2532G1325G846G2521G1909G846G2983G1515G575G1093G2532G2443G4969G240G2532G1325G846G3173G31625When he ripped off the third seal, I heard the third Animal cry, "Come out!" I looked. A black horse this time. Its rider carried a set of scales in his hand.G2532G3753G455G5154G4973G191G5154G2226G3004G2064G2532G991G2532G1492G2532G2400G3189G2462G2532G2521G1909G846G2192G2218G1722G846G54956I heard a message (it seemed to issue from the Four Animals): "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, or three quarts of barley, but all the oil and wine you want."G2532G191G5456G1722G3319G5064G2226G3004G5518G4621G1220G2532G5140G5518G2915G1220G2532G91G3361G1637G2532G36317When he ripped off the fourth seal, I heard the fourth Animal cry, "Come out!"G2532G3753G455G5067G4973G191G5456G5067G2226G3004G2064G2532G9918I looked. A colorless horse, sickly pale. Its rider was Death, and Hell was close on its heels. They were given power to destroy a fourth of the earth by war, famine, disease, and wild beasts.G2532G1492G2532G2400G5515G2462G2532G846G3686G2521G1883G846G2288G2532G86G190G3326G846G2532G1849G1325G846G1909G5067G1093G615G1722G4501G2532G1722G3042G2532G1722G2288G2532G5259G2342G10939When he ripped off the fifth seal, I saw the souls of those killed because they had held firm in their witness to the Word of God. They were gathered under the Altar,G2532G3753G455G3991G4973G1492G5270G2379G5590G4969G1223G3056G2316G2532G1223G3141G3739G219210and cried out in loud prayers, "How long, Strong God, Holy and True? How long before you step in and avenge our murders?"G2532G2896G3173G5456G3004G2193G4219G1203G40G2532G228G2919G3756G2919G2532G1556G2257G129G575G2730G1909G109311Then each martyr was given a white robe and told to sit back and wait until the full number of martyrs was filled from among their servant companions and friends in the faith.G2532G3022G4749G1325G1538G2532G4483G846G2443G373G2089G3398G5550G2193G846G4889G2532G2532G846G80G3195G615G5613G2532G846G3739G413712I watched while he ripped off the sixth seal: a bone-jarring earthquake, sun turned black as ink, moon all bloody,G2532G1492G3753G455G1623G4973G2532G2400G1096G3173G4578G2532G2246G1096G3189G5613G4526G5155G2532G4582G1096G5613G12913stars falling out of the sky like figs shaken from a tree in a high wind,G2532G792G3772G4098G1519G1093G5613G4808G906G846G3653G4579G5259G3173G41714sky snapped shut like a book, islands and mountains sliding this way and that.G2532G3772G673G5613G975G1507G2532G3956G3735G2532G3520G2795G1537G846G511715And then pandemonium, everyone and his dog running for cover—kings, princes, generals, rich and strong, along with every commoner, slave or free. They hid in mountain caves and rocky dens,G2532G935G1093G2532G3175G2532G4145G2532G5506G2532G1415G2532G3956G1401G2532G3956G1658G2928G1438G1519G4693G2532G1519G4073G373516calling out to mountains and rocks, "Refuge! Hide us from the One Seated on the Throne and the wrath of the Lamb!G2532G3004G3735G2532G4073G4098G1909G2248G2532G2928G2248G575G4383G2521G1909G2362G2532G575G3709G72117The great Day of their wrath has come—who can stand it?"G3754G3173G2250G846G3709G2064G2532G5101G1410G2476
Dublin, OH
