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The Lamb and the Book

Then, I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne, a scroll written on both sides, sealed with seven seals.

A mighty angel exclaimed in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and break the seals?” 

But no one in heaven or on earth, or in the netherworld, was found able to open the book and read it. 

I wept much when I saw that no one was found worthy to open the book and read it. 

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Look, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the shoot of David, has conquered; he will open the book of the seven seals.” 

And I saw next to the throne, with its four living creatures, and the twenty-four elders, a Lamb, standing, although it had been slain. I saw him with seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out to all the whole world. 

The Lamb moved forward and took the book from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 

When he took it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed before the Lamb. They all held in their hands, harps, and golden cups full of incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones. 

This is the new song they sang:

You are worthy to take the book

and open its seals,

for you were slain,

and by your blood, you purchased for God,

people of every race, language, and nation;

and you made them a kingdom, and priests for our God,

and they shall reign on earth.

I went on looking; I heard the noise of a multitude of angels, gathered around the throne, the living creatures and the elders, they were countless in number,

crying out with a loud voice:

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive

power and riches, wisdom and strength,

honor, glory, and praise.

Then, I heard the voice of the whole universe, heaven, earth, sea, and the place of the dead; every creature cried out:

To the one who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb,

be praise, honor, glory, and power, forever and ever.

The four living creatures said, Amen, while the elders bowed down and worshiped.

The Seals 

I saw the Lamb opening the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures cry out, with a voice like thunder, “Come and see!”

A white horse appeared, and its rider had a bow. He was crowned, and he went out as a conqueror, and he will conquer.

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature cry out, “Come forward!” 

Then, another horse, the color of fire, came out. Its rider was ordered to take peace away from the earth, that people might kill one another; so he was given a great sword.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third creature cry out, “Come forward!” This time, it was a black horse, and its rider held a scale in his hand.

Then, from the midst of the four living creatures, a voice was heard: “A measure of wheat for a piece of silver, and three measures of barley for a piece, as well! Do not spoil the oil or the wine.”

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard a cry from the fourth living creature, “Come forward!” 

A greenish horse appeared, its rider was called Death, and Hades rode behind him. He was allowed to utterly destroy, by sword, famine, pestilence, and wild beasts, a fourth of the inhabitants of the earth.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw, under the altar, the souls of those who proclaimed the word of God and were slain for its sake. 

They began to cry aloud, “Holy and righteous Lord, how long will it be before you render justice, and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?” 

Then each one of them was given a white garment. They were told to wait a little while, until the number of their brothers and sisters, and fellow servants who would be killed, as they had been, would be completed.

And my vision continued. When the Lamb opened the sixth seal, there was a violent earthquake. The sun turned black as a mourning dress, and the entire moon became blood-red, 

and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like dry figs falling from a fig tree shaken by a hurricane. 

The sky was folded up like rolled parchment; no mountain or continent was untouched or unmoved.

The kings of the earth, their ministers, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the people—slaves and free—hid in caves or among rocks, on the mountains, 

saying, “Fall on us, mountains and rocks, and hide us, for we are afraid of the one who sits on the throne, and of the wrath of the Lamb. 

The great day of his wrath has come, and who can endure it?” 

Those who Are Saved

After this, four angels were standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds, to prevent their blowing against the earth, the sea, and the trees.

I saw another angel ascending from the sunrise, carrying the seal of the living God, and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels empowered to harm the earth and the sea, 

“Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.” 

Then, I heard the number of those marked with the seal: a hundred and forty-four thousand from all the tribes of the people of Israel:

from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed;

from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand;

from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand.

After this, I saw a great crowd, impossible to count, from every nation, race, people and tongue, standing before the throne and the Lamb, clothed in white, with palm branches in their hands, 

and they cried out with a loud voice, “Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from the Lamb?” 

All the angels were around the throne, the elders and the four living creatures; they then bowed before the throne with their faces to the ground, to worship God. 

They said,

Amen. Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power and strength to our God forever and ever. Amen!

At that moment, one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these people clothed in white, and where did they come from?” 

I answered, “My lord, it is you who know this.” The elder replied, “They are those who have come out of the great persecution; they have washed and made their clothes white in the blood of the Lamb.

This is why they stand before the throne of God,

and serve him, day and night, in his Sanctuary.

He, who sits on the throne, will spread his tent over them.

Never again will they suffer hunger or thirst,

or be burned by the sun, or any scorching wind.

For the Lamb, near the throne, will be their Shepherd,

and he will bring them to springs of life-giving water,

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The Seventh Seal and the Censer

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Then, I looked at the seven angels standing before God, who were given seven trumpets. 

Another angel came and stood before the altar of incense, with a golden censer. He was given much incense to be offered, with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the golden altar before the throne; 

and the cloud of incense rose with the prayers of the holy ones, from the hands of the angel to the presence of God. 

Then, the angel took the censer, and filled it with burning coals from the altar, and threw them on the earth: and there came thunder, lightning and earthquakes.

The Seven Trumpets

The seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

When the first angel blew his trumpet, there came hail and fire mixed with blood, which fell on the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up with a third of the trees and the green grass.

When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a great mountain was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea was turned into blood. 

At once, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships perished.

When the third angel sounded his trumpet, a great star fell from heaven like a ball of fire, on a third of the rivers and springs. 

The star is called Wormwood, and a third of the waters were turned into wormwood, and many people died because of the water, which had turned bitter.

The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun, the moon, and the stars were affected. Daylight decreased one third, and the light at night as well. 

And my vision continued: I noticed an eagle flying through the highest heaven and crying with a loud voice,

“Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the land when the last three angels sound their trumpets.”