Bible Chapter Summary
Revelation 6 Summary
Opening of the Six Seals
The Lamb opens six seals. The white horse represents conquest; the red horse brings war and bloodshed. The black horse brings famine with economic constraint. The pale horse brings death and Hades over a fourth of the earth. John sees martyrs under the altar crying for justice; they are given white robes and told to rest briefly. The sixth seal brings a great earthquake, darkening of sun and moon, falling stars, and cosmic upheaval that terrifies all people.
Key themes
Key verses
Revelation 6:1-2
“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.”
Revelation 6:8
“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.”
Revelation 6:9-11
“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:”
Revelation 6:12-17
“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;”
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