Outline
I. Introduction (1:1-8)
Revelation 6 NLT
1 As I watched, the Lamb broke the
first of the seven seals on the scroll. Then I heard one of the four living
beings say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”
2 I looked up and saw a white horse
standing there. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He
rode out to win many battles and gain the victory.
3 When the Lamb broke the second seal,
I heard the second living being say, “Come!”
4Then another horse appeared, a red one. Its
rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth.
And there was war and slaughter everywhere.
5When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard
the third living being say, “Come!” I looked up and saw a black horse, and its
rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice from among the
four living beings say, “A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will
cost a day’s pay. And don’t waste the olive oil and wine.”
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal,
I heard the fourth living being say, “Come!”
8 I looked up and saw a horse whose
color was pale green. Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the
Grave. These two were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill
with the sword and famine and disease and wild animals.
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I
saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God
and for being faithful in their testimony.
10 They shouted to the Lord and said,
“O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who
belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”
11 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 who were to be
martyred—had joined them.
12 I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth
seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth,
and the moon became as red as blood.
13Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth
like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind.
14 The sky was rolled up like a scroll,
and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.
15 Then everyone—the kings of the earth,
the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free
person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the
mountains.
16 And they cried to the mountains and
the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the
throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
17 For the great day
of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”
Revelation 7 NLT
1 Then I saw four angels standing at
the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so they did not blow
on the earth or the sea, or even on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel coming up
from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those
four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea,
3 “Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea
or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his
servants.”
4 And I heard how many were marked with
the seal of God—144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:
5 from Judah 12,000 from Reuben 12,000
from Gad 12,000
6 from Asher 12,000 from Naphtali
12,000 from Manasseh 12,000
7 from Simeon 12,000 from Levi 12,000
from Issachar 12,000
8 from Zebulun 12,000 from Joseph
12,000 from Benjamin 12,000
9 After this I saw a vast crowd, too
great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing
in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes
and held palm branches in their hands.
10 And they were shouting with a great
roar, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the
Lamb!”
11 And all the angels were standing
around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they
fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God.
12 They sang, “Amen! Blessing and glory
and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God
forever and ever! Amen.”
13 Then one of the twenty-four elders
asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come
from?”
14 And I said to him, “Sir, you are the
one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in the great
tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made
them white.
15 “That is why they stand in front of
God’s throne and serve him day and night in his Temple. And he who sits on the
throne will give them shelter.
16 They will never again be hungry or
thirsty; they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.
17 For the Lamb on the
throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of life-giving
water. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
Revelation 8 NLT
1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal
on the scroll, there was silence throughout heaven for about half an hour.
