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The First Part of the Divine Revelation of St. John

When the Lamb opened the first of the seals I heard the noise of thunder, and one of the four beasts was saying, come and see, and I saw. Beholding a white horse and a man with a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth to conquer.

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, come and see, and I saw. Beholding a red horse and its rider, power was given to him to take peace from the earth, that man should kill man: and there was given unto him a great sword.

And when the lamb had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see, and I saw. Beholding a black horse and a rider with a pair of balances in his hand.

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see, and I saw. Beholding a pale horse and the name of the rider sitting upon him was Death. Hell followed with him, power was given unto him, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony that they held: they cried with a loud voice - ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?’ - white robes were given unto every one of them.

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake, the sun became dead and the moon became blood. The stars of heaven fell to the earth as a dying man casts away his love. The heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together. Every mountain and island was moved out of place.

The kings of the earth, the great men and the rich men, the chief captains, the mighty men, every serf and every free man, they all fled to the dens and hid in the rocks of the mountains. They cried out to the mountains and rocks - ‘fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sits upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,’

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to withstand Him?

The Second Part of the Divine Revelation of St. John

After these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

I saw another angel ascending from the east, bearing the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, - ‘hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have marked the servants of our God on their foreheads.’

And I heard the number of them that were marked: one hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Of the tribe of Juda and of Reuben. Of the tribe of Gad, Aser and Nepthalim. Of Manasses and of Simeon. Levi, Issachar and Zabulon. Of the tribe of Joseph and of Benjamin, one hundred and forty four thousand.

After this I beheld a great multitude, which no man could number; of all nations, peoples, tongues and kindred’s, clothed with white robes, they all stood before the throne and before the Lamb. Crying with a loud voice, saying, - ‘salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and salvation unto the Lamb.’

And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, all fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God.
Crying - ‘Amen: Blessing and glory, wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour, power and might be unto our God for ever and ever.’
And one of the elders said unto me – ‘What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?’
And I said unto him – ‘Sir, thou knowest.

And he said unto me – ‘These are they that came out of great tribulation, they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. They are before the throne of God because they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, thirst no more.’

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

The seventh seal is opened. There was silence in heaven. Only seven angels standing in the presence of God.

And the angels cast the fire of the altar upon the earth, there were thunders and voices, there was lightning and a great earthquake. Hail and fire mingled with blood was cast on the earth. And the third part of the earth was burnt up: and the third part of the trees was burnt up: and all green grass was burnt up.
A great mountain, burning with fire was cast into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood. A great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch.

And I beheld – the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound the trumpet.

And I heard – the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: ‘Woe, Woe, Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, by reason of the voices of the angels, who are to sound the trumpet!’

And he that sat on the throne, said – ‘Behold, I make all things new. I am Alpha and Omega: the Beginning and the End. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life. Write. For these words are most faithful and true.’

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