From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for December 27   
      
   Revelation Chapter 4   
      
   1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the   
   first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me;   
   which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be   
   hereafter.   
      
   2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in   
   heaven, and one sat on the throne.   
      
   3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone:   
   and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an   
   emerald.   
      
   4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the   
   seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment;   
   and they had on their heads crowns of gold.   
      
   5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices:   
   and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are   
   the seven Spirits of God.   
      
   6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and   
   in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts   
   full of eyes before and behind.   
      
   7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf,   
   and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a   
   flying eagle.   
      
   8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they   
   were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy,   
   holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.   
      
   9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat   
   on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,   
      
   10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the   
   throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their   
   crowns before the throne, saying,   
      
   11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for   
   thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were   
   created.   
      
   Revelation Chapter 5   
      
   1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book   
   written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.   
      
   2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy   
   to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?   
      
   3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able   
   to open the book, neither to look thereon.   
      
   4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read   
   the book, neither to look thereon.   
      
   5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the   
   tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and   
   to loose the seven seals thereof.   
      
   6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four   
   beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been   
   slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of   
   God sent forth into all the earth.   
      
   7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat   
   upon the throne.   
      
   8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty   
   elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and   
   golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.   
      
   9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book,   
   and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us   
   to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and   
   nation;   
      
   10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign   
   on the earth.   
      
   11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the   
   throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten   
   thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;   
      
   12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to   
   receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and   
   glory, and blessing.   
      
   13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under   
   the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I   
   saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that   
   sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.   
      
   14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell   
   down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.   
      
   Revelation Chapter 6   
      
   1 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.   
      
   2 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.   
      
   3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say,   
   Come and see.   
      
   4 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.   
      
   5 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.   
      
   6 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.   
      
   7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the   
   fourth beast say, Come and see.   
      
   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.   
      
   9 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:   
      
   10 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?   
      
   11 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.   
      
   12 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;   
      
   13 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.   
      
   14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and   
   every mountain and island were moved out of their places.   
      
   15 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;   
      
   16 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:   
      
      
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