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<span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/6-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until <i>the number of</i> their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Sixth SealTerror</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/6-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth <i>made</i> of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/6-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/6-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/6-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/6-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand? <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/revelation/6.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And now in loud voices they cried out, saying, "How long, O Sovereign Lord, the holy One and the true, dost Thou delay judgment and the taking of vengeance upon the inhabitants of the earth for our blood?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xxxiv_for_if_ye.htm">"For if Ye Live after the Flesh, Ye Shall Die, but if Ye through the Spirit do Mortify the Deeds of the Body, Ye Shall Live. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Rom. viii. 13.--"For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die, but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." Though the Lord, out of his absolute sovereignty, might deal with man in such a way, as nothing should appear but his supreme will and almighty power, he might simply command obedience, and without any more persuasions either leave men to the frowardness of their own natures, or else powerfully constrain them to their duty, yet he hath chosen that way that <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xxxiv_for_if_ye.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lee/sermons_on_various_important_subjects/sermon_xxvi_departed_saints_fellowservants.htm">Departed Saints Fellowservants with those yet on Earth. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets." The revelation made to St. John in the isle of Patmos, was a comfort to the suffering apostle, and a blessing to the church. "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the word, of this prophecy." The beginning indeed was dark; the prophetic sketch, was for sometime, gloomy: It unfolded a strange scene of declensions and abominations, which were to disgrace the church of Christ and mar its beauty; and dismal series of woes on woes, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lee/sermons_on_various_important_subjects/sermon_xxvi_departed_saints_fellowservants.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Lee et al—</span><span class="citation2">Sermons on Various Important Subjects</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the_redeemers_return/3_gods_dealings_with_the.htm">God's Dealings with the Earth During the Tribulation Period. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The interval of time which separates the removal of the Church from the earth to the return of Christ to it, is variously designated in the Word of God. It is spoken of as "the day of vengeance" (Is. 61:2). It is called "the time of Jacob's trouble" (Jer. 30:7). It is the "hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world" (Rev. 3:10). It is denominated "the great day of the Lord" (Zeph. 1:14). It is termed "the great tribulation" (Matt. 24:21). It is the time of God's "controversy with the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the_redeemers_return/3_gods_dealings_with_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Arthur W. Pink—</span><span class="citation2">The Redeemer's Return</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxv_opposition_to_messiah.htm">Opposition to Messiah Ruinous</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel T here is a species of the sublime in writing, which seems peculiar to the Scripture, and of which, properly, no subjects but those of divine revelation are capable, With us, things inconsiderable in themselves are elevated by splendid images, which give them an apparent importance beyond what they can justly claim. Thus the poet, when describing a battle among bees, by a judicious selection of epithets <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxv_opposition_to_messiah.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Messiah Vol. 2</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_on_the_crowned_christ_of_revelation/v_an_advance_step_in_the.htm">An Advance Step in the Royal Programme</a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Revelation, Chapters iv. and v.) "We are watching, we are waiting, For the bright prophetic day; When the shadows, weary shadows, From the world shall roll away. "We are watching, we are waiting, For the star that brings the day; When the night of sin shall vanish, And the shadows melt away. "We are watching, we are waiting, For the beauteous King of day; For the chiefest of ten thousand, For the Light, the Truth, the Way. "We are waiting for the morning, When the beauteous day is dawning, We are <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_on_the_crowned_christ_of_revelation/v_an_advance_step_in_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">by S. D. Gordon—</span><span class="citation2">Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_42_1896/an_awful_contrast.htm">An Awful Contrast</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Then did they spit in his face."--Matthew 26:67. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away."--Revelation 20:11. GUIDED BY OUR TEXT in Matthew's Gospel, let us first go in thought to the palace of Caiaphas the high priest, and there let us, in deepest sorrow, realize the meaning of these terrible words: "Then did they spit in his face." There is more of deep and awful thunder in them than in the bolt that bursts overhead, there is <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_42_1896/an_awful_contrast.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 42: 1896</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xxii_so_then_they.htm">"So Then they that are in the Flesh Cannot Please God. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Rom. viii. 8.--"So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God." It is a kind of happiness to men, to please them upon whom they depend, and upon whose favour their well-being hangs. It is the servant's happiness to please his master, the courtier's to please his prince; and so generally, whosoever they be that are joined in mutual relations, and depend one upon another; that which makes all pleasant, is this, to please one another. Now, certainly, all the dependencies of creatures one upon <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xxii_so_then_they.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/on_prayer_and_the_contemplative_life/from_the_supplement_to_the.htm">From the Supplement to the Summa --Question Lxxii of the Prayers of the Saints who are in Heaven</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I. Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers? II. Ought we to appeal to the Saints to intercede for us? III. Are the Saints' Prayers to God for us always heard? I Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers? On those words of Job,[267] Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand, S. Gregory says: "This is not to be understood of the souls of the Saints, for they see from within the glory of Almighty God, it is in nowise credible that there should be anything without of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/on_prayer_and_the_contemplative_life/from_the_supplement_to_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">St. Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">On Prayer and The Contemplative Life</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/5_christs_kingly_office.htm">Christ's Kingly Office</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Q-26: HOW DOES CHRIST EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF A KING? A: In subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies. Let us consider now Christ's regal office. And he has on his vesture, and on his thigh, a name written, "King of kings, and Lord of lords", Rev 19:16. Jesus Christ is of mighty renown, he is a king; (1.) he has a kingly title. High and Lofty.' Isa 57:15. (2.) He has his insignia regalia, his ensigns of royalty; corona est insigne <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/5_christs_kingly_office.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_prophet_amos.htm">The Prophet Amos. </a><br></span><span class="snippet"> GENERAL PRELIMINARY REMARKS. It will not be necessary to extend our preliminary remarks on the prophet Amos, since on the main point--viz., the circumstances under which he appeared as a prophet--the introduction to the prophecies of Hosea may be regarded as having been written for those of Amos also. For, according to the inscription, they belong to the same period at which Hosea's prophetic ministry began, viz., the latter part of the reign of Jeroboam II., and after Uzziah had ascended the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_prophet_amos.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary_on_revelation/the_seventh_vision_in_heaven.htm">The Seventh vision "In Heaven"</a><br></span><span class="snippet">H^7. Chap. xix. 1-16. The final heavenly Utterances and Actions. We now come to the last of the seven Visions seen "in Heaven," which is the subject of chap. xix. 1-16, giving us the final heavenly Utterances and Actions which lead up to, explain, and introduce the five concluding judgments which close up the things of Time, and pass on to what we call the Eternal State. This last Vision "in Heaven" is divided into two parts, each having its own independent construction. The first contains the words <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary_on_revelation/the_seventh_vision_in_heaven.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">E.W. 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