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Colossians 1

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¹ And I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look into it.

² Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals."

³ And there[2] between the throne (with the four living creatures) and among the elders I saw a Lamb (Christ) standing, [bearing scars and wounds] as though it had been slain, with seven horns (complete power) and with seven eyes (complete knowledge), which are[3] the seven Spirits of God who have been sent [on duty] into all the earth.

⁴ And He came and[4] took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

⁵ And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb (Christ), each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of fragrant incense, which are the prayers of the saints (God's people).

⁶ And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying, "Worthy and deserving are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

⁷ "You have made them to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth."

⁸ Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and [the voice] of the living creatures and the elders; and they numbered myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands (innumerable),

⁹ saying in a loud voice, "Worthy and deserving is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."

¹⁰ And I heard every created thing that is in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] or on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying [together], "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (Christ), be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."

¹¹ And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped [Him who lives forever and ever].

¹² Then I saw as the Lamb (Christ) broke one of the seven[1] seals [of the scroll initiating the judgments], and I heard one of the four living creatures call out as with a voice of thunder, "[2] Come."

¹³ I looked, and behold, a[3] white horse [of victory] whose rider carried a[4] bow; and a crown [of victory] was given to him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer.

¹⁴ When He (the Lamb) broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, "Come."

¹⁵ And another, a[5] fiery red horse [of bloodshed], came out; and its rider was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that men would slaughter one another; and a great sword [of war and violent death] was given to him.

¹⁶ When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse [of famine]; and the rider had in his hand a pair of scales (a balance).

¹⁷ And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day's wages), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not[6] damage the oil and the wine."

¹⁸ When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, "Come."

¹⁹ So I looked, and behold, an ashen (pale greenish gray) horse [like a corpse, representing death and pestilence]; and its rider's name was Death; and Hades (the realm of the dead) was following with him. They were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword and with famine and with[7] plague (pestilence, disease) and by the wild beasts of the earth.

²⁰ When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained [out of loyalty to Christ].

²¹ They cried in a loud voice, saying, "O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?"

²² Then they were each given a white robe; and they were told to rest and wait quietly for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed.

²³ I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as[8] sackcloth [made] of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

²⁴ and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree shedding its late [summer] figs when shaken by a strong wind.

²⁵ The sky was split [separated from the land] and rolled up like a scroll, and every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places.

²⁶ Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the[9] military 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;

²⁷ and they called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne, and from the [righteous] wrath and indignation of the Lamb;

²⁸ for the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and who is able to [face God and] stand [before the wrath of the Lamb]?"

²⁹ After this I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, holding back the[1] four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

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1	And I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look into it.
2	Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals."
3	And there[2] between the throne (with the four living creatures) and among the elders I saw a Lamb (Christ) standing, [bearing scars and wounds] as though it had been slain, with seven horns (complete power) and with seven eyes (complete knowledge), which are[3] the seven Spirits of God who have been sent [on duty] into all the earth.
4	And He came and[4] took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
5	And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb (Christ), each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of fragrant incense, which are the prayers of the saints (God's people).
6	And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying, "Worthy and deserving are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
7	"You have made them to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth."
8	Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and [the voice] of the living creatures and the elders; and they numbered myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands (innumerable),
9	saying in a loud voice, "Worthy and deserving is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
10	And I heard every created thing that is in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] or on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying [together], "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (Christ), be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."
11	And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped [Him who lives forever and ever].
12	Then I saw as the Lamb (Christ) broke one of the seven[1] seals [of the scroll initiating the judgments], and I heard one of the four living creatures call out as with a voice of thunder, "[2] Come."
13	I looked, and behold, a[3] white horse [of victory] whose rider carried a[4] bow; and a crown [of victory] was given to him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer.
14	When He (the Lamb) broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, "Come."
15	And another, a[5] fiery red horse [of bloodshed], came out; and its rider was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that men would slaughter one another; and a great sword [of war and violent death] was given to him.
16	When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse [of famine]; and the rider had in his hand a pair of scales (a balance).
17	And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day's wages), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not[6] damage the oil and the wine."
18	When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, "Come."
19	So I looked, and behold, an ashen (pale greenish gray) horse [like a corpse, representing death and pestilence]; and its rider's name was Death; and Hades (the realm of the dead) was following with him. They were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword and with famine and with[7] plague (pestilence, disease) and by the wild beasts of the earth.
20	When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained [out of loyalty to Christ].
21	They cried in a loud voice, saying, "O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?"
22	Then they were each given a white robe; and they were told to rest and wait quietly for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed.
23	I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as[8] sackcloth [made] of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;
24	and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree shedding its late [summer] figs when shaken by a strong wind.
25	The sky was split [separated from the land] and rolled up like a scroll, and every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places.
26	Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the[9] military 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;
27	and they called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne, and from the [righteous] wrath and indignation of the Lamb;
28	for the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and who is able to [face God and] stand [before the wrath of the Lamb]?"
29	After this I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, holding back the[1] four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

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