Revelation 6
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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

a white. This seems to be a representation of the person and dignity of Christ, and the mild and beneficent triumphs of his Gospel over all the powers of paganism.

Revelation 19:11,14 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat …

Zechariah 1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding on a red horse, and he stood …

Zechariah 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot …

and he that.

Psalm 45:3-5 Gird your sword on your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and …

Psalm 76:7 You, even you, are to be feared: and who may stand in your sight …

and a.

Revelation 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and on the cloud one sat …

Revelation 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; …

Zechariah 6:11-13 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head …

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All power is given to me …

and he went.

Revelation 11:15,18 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…

Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that …

Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: …

Psalm 98:1 O sing to the LORD a new song; for he has done marvelous things: …

Psalm 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you …

Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away …

Romans 15:18,19 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ …

1 Corinthians 15:25,55-57 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet…

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh…

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

A measure. 'The word choenix signifieth a measure containing one wine-quart and the twelfth part of a quart.'

and see.

Revelation 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of …

Psalm 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath …

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
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 which they held:
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

they cried.

Genesis 4:10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood …

Psalm 9:12 When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets …

Luke 18:7,8 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night to …

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of …

How.

Psalm 13:1 How long will you forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will you …

Psalm 35:17 Lord, how long will you look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, …

Psalm 74:9,10 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there …

Psalm 94:3,4 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph…

Daniel 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain …

Daniel 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was on the waters …

Zechariah 1:12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how …

holy. See on ch.

Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things …

Revelation 15:3,4 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song …

dost.

Revelation 11:18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time …

Revelation 16:5-7 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, …

Revelation 18:20,24 Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; …

Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great …

Deuteronomy 32:36-43 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, …

Judges 16:28 And Samson called to the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, …

1 Samuel 24:12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: …

Psalm 58:10,11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall …

Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance …

Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? …

Luke 21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written …

Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath: …

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation …

avenge. This seal seems a prediction of the terrible persecution of the church under Dioclesian and Maximian, from A.D.

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

there.

Revelation 8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, …

Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part …

Revelation 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightning; and there was …

1 Kings 19:11-13 And he said, Go forth, and stand on the mount before the LORD. And, …

Isaiah 29:6 You shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with …

Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he …

Zechariah 14:5 And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley …

Matthew 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: …

Matthew 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, …

Matthew 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord …

the sun.

Isaiah 13:9,10 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce …

Isaiah 24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the …

Isaiah 60:19,20 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness …

Ezekiel 32:7,8 And when I shall put you out, I will cover the heaven, and make the …

Joel 2:10,30,31 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the …

Joel 3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw …

Amos 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I …

Haggai 2:6,7,21,22 For thus said the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, …

Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be …

Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land to the ninth hour.

Mark 13:24,25 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, …

Mark 15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole …

Luke 23:44,45 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all …

Acts 2:19,20 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; …

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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