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The First Seal: Then one of the four living beings called out with a voice that sounded like thunder "COME!" I looked up and saw a white hourse. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory. The Second Seal: Then the second living being said "COME!" And another horse appeared, it was red. It's rider was given a mighty sword and they authority to remove peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere. The Third Seal: Then I heard the third living being say "COME!" And I looked up to see a black horse, and its rider holding a pair od scales in his hand. And a voice from the four living beings said "A loaf of wheat bread or three loafs of barley for a day's pray, and don't waste the olive oil or wine." The Fourth Seal: The fourth being said "COME!" And I saw a horse whose color of pale green like a corpse. And Death was the name of the rider, followed around by the Grave. They were given over one-fourth of the people on earth, to kill by sword and famine and disease, and wild animals.
The Fifth Seal: When the Lamb broke the fifth seal I saw under the alter of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their witness. They called loudly to the Lord and said "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge the people who belong to this world for what they did to us? When will you avenge our blood against these people? Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters-their fellow servants of Jesus-had been martyed. The Sixth Seal: Then there was an earthquake. The sun became as red as blood. Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs fallen from trees shaken by mighty winds. And the sky was rolled up like a scroll and taken away. And all the mountains and all the islands disapeared. Then the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy people, the people with great power, and every slave and every free person-all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they cried to the mountian and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the thrown and from the wrath of the Lamb. For that great day of their wrath has come, and who will be able to survive?"
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