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• Four HorsemenBible

  The Four Horsemen are the four figures, riding a white horse, a red horse, a black horse, and a pale horse, who appear in succession in Revelation 6 as the Lamb opens the first four of the seven seals.

• Revelation 16Bible

  Revelation 16 is the chapter in which seven angels pour out, one after another, the seven bowls of God's wrath. The plagues follow in succession, kings gather at Armageddon, and the great city Babylon comes under judgment.

• Revelation 5Bible

  Revelation 5 is the chapter in which the slain Lamb takes the book sealed with seven seals from the hand of the One seated on the heavenly throne, and all beings in heaven and on earth praise Him.

• Revelation 7Bible

  Revelation 7 stands between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals. It contains two scenes: the sealing of God's servants on their foreheads (the 144,000 from the tribes of Israel), and a great multitude clothed in white, which no one can number, praising God before the throne.

• Seven TrumpetsBible

  The seven trumpets are the trumpets blown in succession by seven angels in Revelation 8–11, together with the plagues and events that follow each one. They form the second set of seven judgments, placed between the seven seals and the seven bowls.

• Revelation 8Bible

  Revelation 8 is the chapter in which the Lamb opens the seventh seal and heaven falls silent. Seven angels receive trumpets, and four of them sound in turn, bringing plagues upon a third of the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the heavens.

• Seven SealsBible

  The seven seals are the seals that close the scroll held in the hand of God in Revelation 5–8. As the slain Lamb opens them one by one, war, famine, death, martyrdom, and cosmic upheaval follow in succession.

• Revelation 6Bible

  Revelation 6 depicts the Lamb opening the first through the sixth of the seven seals. In succession appear the four horses and their riders, the cry of the martyrs beneath the altar, cosmic upheaval, and "the great day of his wrath."

• Four HorsemenBible

  The Four Horsemen are four figures riding horses of different colors who appear in turn in Revelation 6 as the Lamb opens the first four of the seven seals. They are commonly called the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

• Psalm 110Bible

  Psalm 110 is a seven-verse royal psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." In it the LORD seats "my Lord" at His right hand and establishes him as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It is one of the psalms most frequently quoted in the New Testament.

• Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the PearlBible

  The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl are two brief parables of Jesus recorded in Matthew 13:44-46. They convey the worth of the kingdom of God by depicting a person who discovers it and joyfully sells everything he owns to obtain it.

• Seven Churches of AsiaBible

  The seven churches of Asia are the seven churches in the Roman province of Asia to which Christ sent letters in Revelation 2–3. They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

• Seven Last Words of ChristBible

  The Seven Last Words of Christ is the traditional name for the seven sayings that Jesus Christ spoke from the cross before his death, as gathered from the four Gospels.

• The Seven Signs of the Gospel of JohnBible

  The seven signs of the Gospel of John are seven events recorded in John 1–12, a Gospel that calls Jesus' miracles "signs." John presents these events as indications that reveal who Jesus is and lead people to faith.

• Seven DeaconsBible

  The Seven Deacons were seven men chosen by the early church in Jerusalem to ensure the fair distribution of relief to those in need. They included Stephen and Philip, and their appointment is commonly regarded as the origin of the office of deacon.

• Seven Nations of CanaanBible

  The seven nations of Canaan is a collective term for the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, the peoples who lived in the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The expression derives from Deuteronomy 7:1.

• Seven SacramentsDoctrine & Theology

  The Seven Sacraments are the seven rites that the Catholic Church professes to be signs of grace instituted by Christ: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Most Protestants recognize only two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

• Seven BowlsBible

  The seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God that seven angels pour out in succession upon the earth, the sea, the rivers, the sun, the throne of the beast, the river Euphrates, and the air in Revelation 15–16, together with the plagues they bring.

• Cambridge SevenHistory

  The Cambridge Seven were seven young British men who went to China in 1885 as missionaries with the China Inland Mission, founded by Hudson Taylor. Six came from the University of Cambridge and one from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.