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Day 76
then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the
same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast.
The voice said, come up here and I will show you what must happen after this,
and instantly I was in the spirit.
And I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it.
The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones like Jasper and
Cornelian, and the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow.
24 thrones surrounded him and 24 elders sat on them.
They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads.
From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder.
And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames.
This is the sevenfold spirit of God.
In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal
in the center and around the throne.
Were four living beings, each covered with eyes front and back.
The first of these living beings was like a lion.
The second was like an ox.
The third had a human face.
And the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered
all over with eyes inside and out day after day and night after night.
They keep on saying, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God the Almighty.
The one who always was, who is and who is still to come.
Whenever the living beings give glory and honor, and thanks to the one sitting
on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever, the 24 elders fall down and
worship the one sitting on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever, and
they lay their crowns before the throne and say, you are worthy, oh Lord, our
God, to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created all things and they exist because you created what you pleased.
Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne.
There was writing on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and
it was sealed with seven seals.
And I saw a strong angel who shouted with a loud voice, who is worthy to break
the seals on this scroll and open it.
But no one in heaven or on Earth or under the Earth was able to
open the scroll and read it.
Then I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy
to open the scroll and read it.
But one of the 24 elders said to me, stop weeping.
Look.
The lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David's throne has won the victory.
He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.
Then I saw a lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now
standing between the throne and the four living beings, and among the 24 elders,
he had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold spirit of God that
is sent out into every part of the earth.
He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of
the ones sitting on the throne.
And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the 24
elders fell down before the lamb.
Each one had a harp and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which
are the prayers of God's people, and they sang a new song with these words.
You are worthy to take the scroll and break it seals and open it for you.
Were slaughtered and your blood has ransom, people for God from every
tribe and language and people and nation, and you have caused them to
become a kingdom of priests for our God, and they will reign on the earth.
Then I looked again and I heard the voices of thousands and millions
of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders,
and they sang in a mighty chorus.
Worthy is the lamb who was slaughtered to receive power and riches, and wisdom, and
strength and honor and glory and blessing.
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and
in the sea, they sang blessing and honor, and glory and power belong
to the one sitting on the throne and to the lamb forever and ever.
And the four living beings said Amen.
And the 24 elders fell down and worshiped the lamb.
As I watched the lamb broke the first of the seven seals on the scroll.
Then I heard one of the four living beings say with a voice like thunder come.
I looked up and saw a white horse standing there.
Its rider carried a bow and a crown was placed on his head.
He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory.
When the lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, come.
Then another horse appeared, a red one.
Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth and
there was war and slaughter everywhere.
When the lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, come.
I looked up and saw a black horse and its rider was holding a pair of scales
in his hand and I heard a voice from among the four living beings say a
loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will cost a day's pay and
don't waste the olive oil and wine.
When the lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living beings say, come.
I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green.
Its rider was named death and his companion was the grave.
These two were given authority over one fourth of the earth to kill with the sword
and famine and disease and wild animals.
When the lamb broke the fifth seal.
I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the
word of God and for being faithful.
In their testimony, they shouted to the Lord and said, oh,
sovereign Lord, holy and true.
How long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our
blood for what they have done to us?
Then a white robe was given to each of them.
They were told to rest a little longer until the full number of
their brothers and sisters, their fellow servants of Jesus, who were
to be martyred, had joined them.
I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal and there was a great earthquake.
The sun became as dark as black cloth and the moon became as red as blood.
Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth, like green figs falling
from a tree shaken by a strong wind.
The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands
were moved from their places.
Then everyone, the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the
powerful, and every slave and free person.
All hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, and they cried
to the mountains and the rocks fall on us and hide us from the face of the one
who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb for the great day of their
wrath has come and who is able to survive?
Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth.
Holding back the four winds.
So they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even on any tree.
And I saw another angel coming up from the east carrying the seal of the living God.
And he shouted to those four angels who had been given
power to harm, land and sea.
Wait.
Don't harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of
God on the foreheads of his servants.
And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God.
144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel.
From Judah.
12,000 from Ruben.
12,000 from Gad.
12,000 from Asher.
12,000 from nafta.
Lie 12,000 from man, 12,000.
From Simeon, 12,000 from Levi.
12,000 from Zakar.
12,000 from Zebulon.
12,000 from Joseph, 12,000 from Benjamin, 12,000.
After this, I saw a vast crowd too.
Great to count.
From every nation and tribe and people and language standing in front
of the throne and before the lamb.
They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands, and
they were shouting with a great roar.
Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the lamb,
and all the angels were standing around the throne and around the
elders and the four living beings.
And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God.
They sang, amen.
Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor,
and power and strength belong to our God forever and ever.
Amen.
Then one of the 24 elders asked me, who are these who are closed in white?
Where did they come from?
I said to him, sir, you are the one who knows.
Then he said to me, these are the ones who died in the great tribulation.
They have washed their robes in the blood of the lamb and made them white.
That is why they stand in front of God's throne and serve him day and
night in his temple, and he who sits on the throne will give them shelter.
They will never again be hungry or thirsty.
They will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.
For the lamb on the throne will be their shepherd.
He will lead them to springs of life-giving water, and God will
wipe every tear from their eyes.
When the lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll, there was silence
throughout heaven for about half an hour.
This concludes today's Immer reading experience.
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