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When Jesus took the scroll in His hands everyone in heaven looked in suspense to find out what was written on it. The sinless spotless Lamb opened seal after seal, revealing the judgment of God:
First - a white horse, its rider a conqueror with a bow and a crown. Second - a fiery red horse. Its rider with a sword was given the power to take peace from the earth. The third one - a black horse. Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hands. He brought famine to earth. The fourth seal - a pale horse. Its rider's name was Death. Hades was following him and together they killed one-fourth of the people on the earth. The fifth seal revealed the souls of those who had been slain because of their testimony. And the sixth seal brought a great earthquake, so great that the sun turned black, the moon turned blood red and the stars in the sky fell to earth. The skies rolled like a scroll and mountains moved.
Then everyone on earth, from kings to princes, rich and poor, slave and free realized that the Day of the wrath of God had come. "And who can withstand it?!"
Father, I come before You today. Holy Spirit, cleanse me and fill me. Lead me as I read the Word. Jesus, speak to me, touch my heart, open my eyes, reveal Yourself, renew my mind, strengthen my faith. Amen.
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The seals
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’
2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, ‘Come!’
4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come!’ I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, ‘A kilogram of wheat for a day’s wages, and three kilograms of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!’
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, ‘Come!’
8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a quarter of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.
10 They called out in a loud voice, ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?’
11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.
12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig-tree when shaken by a strong wind.
14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 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 wrath of the Lamb!
17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?’
Take a moment to ponder on what you've read and respond to God in prayer.
INTERCESSION
"And I will show wonders in the heavens and the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as the Lord has said, among the remnant whom the Lord calls." (Joel 2:30-32)
PRAYER
Pray for the salvation of those who don't know the Lord yet.
Pray for your family, children, brothers and sisters, parents.
Pray for your unsaved friends, colleagues at work, and neighbors.
Pray for them by name. Ask the Holy Spirit to remove the spiritual barriers that are still hindering them from believing in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.
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