6: 9. (The Waiting Martyrs.) And when he opened the Fifth Seal, I saw under the Altar The souls of those who had been slain And the witness which they held. On those who are living on the earth?" Till their fellow-slaves, also, and their brothers, (Opening of Day of Wrath.) And I saw when he opened the Sixth Seal, And the sun became black as pitch, And the whole moon became like blood, 148 And every mountain and island And every slave and freeman, Hid themselves in the caves And the rocks of the mountains. And they kept saying to the mountains And to the rocks: "Fall on us, And hide us 6:14. From the face of him who is sitting on the Throne, And from the wrath of the Lamb. For their wrath has come. And who is able to stand it?" 7: 1. PROEM TO THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. (Judgment Restrained.) After this I saw Four Angels PART I. Standing at the four corners of the earth, Or on the sea, or on any tree. And I saw another Angel Ascend from the east, With the Seal of the Living God. And he cried in a loud voice to the Four Angels, To whom it was given to hurt the earth, And the sea, saying: "Do not hurt the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, Till we have sealed the slaves of our God in their foreheads." And I heard the number of those who were sealed, A hundred and forty-four thousand, Sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel. 7:5. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand : Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand : Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. After this I saw, and lo, a great throng, Which no one could count Out of every nation, And out of all tribes and peoples and tongues, Standing before the Throne and before the Lamb, Dressed in white robes, and palms in their hands. And they kept crying in a loud voice, Saying: "Salvation to our God Who is sitting on the Throne, And to the Lamb." 7: 11. And all the Angels were standing round the Throne, And the Elders and the four Living Creatures, And they fell on their faces before the Throne, And worshipped God, saying: "Amen. The blessing and the majesty and the wisdom, And the honor, and the power, and the might, Forever and ever, Amen." And one of the elders answered And said to me: "These who are clothed in the white robes, Who are they and where did they come from?" And I said to him: "My dear sir, you know." And he said to me: "These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, And they washed their robes And made them white in the blood of the Lamb. So they are before the throne of God, And they are serving him day and night in his |