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The Six Seals and Four Horseman
Intro Information
The debate of when this happens is centered around the Tribulation.
Before or the Start of it
We have 4 living Creatures again
We have 4 horseman on 4 horses( represents speed, strength and warfare) these things will happen swiftly.
( like when Alexander the great swept the world or when Hitler with his blitzkrieg rolled through Europe)
In a Roman procession the general was in front riding a chariot pulled by 4 horses
7 seals - we will look at six of them today
Lamb which is Jesus
7 characteristics of Judgement Day. - Remember 7 represents completion -
We are still in the Throne Room- This vision is like a summary of what is to come.
We get pieces that seem to be in Chronological order, we obviously get some that overlap.
But in it all lets not lose the Main ideas
Worship Ch 4
Worthy Ch 5
Wrath Ch 6 ( Sovereign judgement over evil ) -this will challenge your fluffy Jesus / Mr Rodgers - Jesus Picture - This is a picture of a father who has been watching / involved / and patient saying we are done here.
It is the perfect timing of God- exercising His perfect Will - in an imperfect world
The question most people want to know is WHEN ?
The Answer is Not Yet but Soon
Lets get into the Seals
There is 6 seals opened in this Chapter with one to follow in Chapter 8
That seventh seal brings 7 angels with 7 judgments and seven bowls
Some say the seals are birth pains
Also the Anti Christ comes out with the first horse
1st Seal= White Horse
A very interesting word is used and it is the word COME.
It was not come and see but rather come forth.
- Lets use the phrase Let it begin
White Horse
The challenge with the first horse is it comes with 2 choices of who the rider is?
The main reason is because the horse is white
Jesus and theologians correlate this with Rev 19:11-16
Some of the Challenges is the rider of the Horse in Rev 6 has a bow - not a sword and the conquering of of this rider is one over nations to hurt the righteous not deliver them.
A crown Jesus already had - not one given him (symbol of authority to conquer.
Also Zechariah ch 1 there was a call to repentence and one of the horses was white.
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Anti Christ- This rider is the Anti-Christ who looks like the Christ but who is not - He is a false deliverer
It would seem the logical person is actually the AntiChrist the false Messiah - The great delusion
He was allowed to conquer - we do not see this as a good thing as we read on.
The rider of Rev ch 19 comes after this rider
2nd Seal = Red Horse
The Living Creature that says come has the face of an OX
The rider removes peace from the earth - He was given a sword this is not a large sword like the one David killed Goliath with it is a small sword used in hand to hand combat.
It does represent a great slaughter of people
Theologians think it is a religious genocide or at the very least religious persecution.
The world defines peace as crushed opposition b way of force.
Putin would say he is bringing peace on the people of Russia- Peace by the use of fear.
In reality he is not bringing peace - He is bringing bloodshed.
Our media does the same thing it trys to promote peace by crushing the opposition and using fear
3rd Seal = Black Horse
The rider has a scale which represents famine and economic disaster
the four staples of the region were Wheat , Barley if you were poor, Oil and Wine
The quart represents the portion for a man for one day
The famine would represent the scarcity of food and the food you did have would have been inflated up to 15 times its value.
To me sometimes the black horse represents crude oil and the inflation it causes - we see this today with an insignificant amount of oil USA uses from Russia but the price of our fuel has gone up astronomically
Interesting Revelation 13:17
In todays world it might not be the price of grain - but inflation.
I heard that next year PGE wants to rise the cost of energy 22%.
4th Seal = Pale Horse
The pale horse color is the color of death ( a greenish grey)
The Rider is death - responsible for a quarter of the earth deaths - at this point that would be approximately 2 billion people
Hades follows the rider it represents the place of the dead - the underworld grave
5th Seal = God Hears the voices of the Martyrs
God hears and assures us that your prayers will be answered - The prayer is really how long do we put up with this?
Interesting to note they are under the altar and prayers are like incense which is the altar of incense so it is a combination of sacrifice and worship - God recognizes it.
Not only does he recognize it He purifies and dresses you in white
We have already read about it in Rev 3
God is appealed to as - Sovereign, Holy, True, Judge
They cry - Vindication
6th Seal= Judgement Day - Cosmic Catastrophe
Six things happen - Earthquakes
Sun turns black
Moon turns red
Stars Fall - massive meteorite shower
Heavens curl up
Mountains and Islands are moved
In the midst of all this- those who thought they we secure were not.
He mentions the 7 groups - Kings- Great ones - Generals- Rich -Powerful - slave -free
Conclusion
Why is all this allowed?
God is giving you a glimpse of what evil looks like and its consequences.
God is showing you how He is going to decisively deal with it.
It shows the violence of demonic powers and the hostility towards Gods people
A very real anti-christ is coming and he is the master counterfeit - He will deceive many.
So what is the point of this chapter - Not only is God worthy to worship - but God will deal decisively with the enemy
The judge is going to judge righteously.
Evil will come under judgement once and for all eternity.
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