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Part 1 of End Time Revelation Let us begin by looking at some of the world's calamities leading up to this pre-tribulation time. God keeps books in Heaven such as the Book of Life, Book of Holy Remembrance, and Book of Judgment for the nations. The Lamb of God, Jesus, is the only one found worthy to open the book containing judgments with the seven seals that the Great God Almighty holds.
The breaking of seals in Revelation 6:1 is the cessation of the withholding of some of God's secrets. The seals are judgments. The horses behind the seals of judgment are demonic spirits that the Lord sends to and fro throughout the earth to bring His judgment upon rebellious people (Zechariah 1:7-12; 6). In verse 11, the Angel of The Lord asked who the horses were that were sent to and fro throughout the earth. The man amongst the myrtle trees answered that they were those God had sent to and fro throughout the earth. Why they had been sent is answered in the next verse when the Angel of The Lord ask The Lord God, "how long wilt thou not [will you no longer] have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou has had indignation [anger; abhorrence] these threescore and ten years" (Zechariah 1:12)? From that verse of Scripture we know that for 70 years there was judgment against the Hebrew people, and horses portrayed that judgment. We also know that the horses are satanic in spirit from the way Satan answered God's inquiry as to his whereabouts. "And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it" (Job 1:7). Judgment is affliction/curses that God permits. Satan carries it out. "An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength" (Psalm 33:17). Yes, the horse is strong, but he cannot be trusted to save one. The Hebrew word for VAIN is sheqer, meaning untruth or deceit; and the Hebrew word for SAFETY is teshuah, meaning deliverance, help, or victory. The horse is vain and is representative of deceit, lies, and falsehood, and he has no blueprint for delivering righteousness and holiness. Now, just who is the father of lies? Satan! Each seal broken releases a horse and each horse is a depiction of a particular group of demons assigned to carry-out the work of that seal of judgment throughout the earth due to gross sin. Seal 1 - White Horse (Deception)
Typically, white in The Bible represents purity, holiness, glory, majesty, innocence, and joy. Even though the horse behind this First Seal is wearing WHITE, he represents NON-TRUST because deep down he is impure and defiled, and cannot be trusted nor depended on for spiritual victory in this life. This White Horse is out to deceive the nations of the world because he represents falseness - deception, which there is a great deal of in the earth today. Deceitfulness in the earth today is both engaged in and accepted by the inhabitants of the world, resulting in a man's word meaning very little if any thing. It is so widespread that it is pretty much accepted by people everywhere even in The Church. Lies! And more lies! Cheating! And more Cheating! The lies and the cheating are "psychologically excused-off" as "one must feel good", or "one had a bad childhood," and it's forget God and others who are painfully affected by these acts. I did not used the Greek word for bow (toxom) because of the meaning ("simplest fabric; to produce; or be in travail") not fitting the message The Lord is conveying. I was led to choose the Hebrew word for BOW, qashah as in Psalm 7:12 and 11:2, and Isaiah 21:15, which means to be cruel, or to be fierce. The Hebrew word for CROWN, atarah, from the word atar, means to encircle for attack or to compass. (The use of the Hebrew words and definitions fit Revelation because they speak of judgment.) This spirit of deception/guile goes forth victoriously throughout the nations of the world cruelly drawing its victims into acceptance. This spirit of deceit is a conqueror - he is strong, and seeks to have all out of God's will and subject to him - Satan is the one. (Satan's time is short and he wants to take to hell with him as many as he possibly can.) The deception is so mesmerizing that people, overwhelmed by their fleshly desires, unhesitant surrender to this demonic influence. This explains the White Horse rider with a bow and a crown, looking holy and pure - of royalty, but is he? This fierce deception is not only among those in the world who don't have a relationship with the Lord, but it is also prevalent among the Saints in the Church of Jesus Christ. In The Church, this is apostasy and of course that is expected in these last days. To have this apostasy in the Church there had to have been something mighty enticing to bring people to that state - SELF, and forget what God's Word says. Some examples of this deception in the Church throughout the years are: Acceptance of Catholics as Christians · Catholics and Protestants joined together in ecumenism · Christmas, Easter, Sunday Sabbath · Christ crucified on a Friday · Denominations · Seminaries · Adultery · False moves of the Holy Spirit · False gifts of the Holy Spirit · Oppression of women in the Church · "Christianization" of worldly music · So-called Christian television and radio that are defunct as far as emitting the true Gospel of Jesus Christ · Acceptance of Masonry · Psychoheresy (psychology and Christian counseling, and self-esteem) · Replacement theology · Anti-Semitism · Racism, to name a few. Yes, the apostasy is now in the Church of Jesus Christ. This is the Apostate Church and all that is needed now is for the Antichrist to reveal himself. The White Horse is succeeding. Seal 2 - Red Horse (Inserenity)
The Red Horse is a spirit of INSERENITY and BLOODSHED that goes throughout the earth taking peace from the inhabitants; causing hatred; pitting one group against another - one man against another. He brings mankind to have no second thought about killing one another - even in wars between nations, Islamic terrorists, and street gangs, all committing indescribable atrocities. This spirit is a peace-breaking spirit carrying with it death and destruction.
World Wars I and II, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Viet Nam Conflict, Korean Conflict, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Liberia, Rwanda, and too many other wars to name. Famine in the African countries. Pestilence such as the Ebola virus, AIDS, cancer. Earthquakes all over and more frequent. Volcanic activity. All of these are sorrows - destruction that has and will intensify. The Red Horse was given a "great sword." The Greek word for great is megas, meaning exceedingly; mighty; strong. The Greek word for sword is machaira, figuratively meaning war, judicial punishment, or judgment. Great sword is strong judgment brought on by God as in Jeremiah 47:6 "O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet...." This great sword is God's judgment, through wars, going to and fro through the earth today, and it is intensifying. Seal 3 - Black Horse (Economy)
Keep in mind, the horse represents deception, cannot be trusted, and is a demonic spirit ushering in judgment. He that sat on this BLACK HORSE had a pair of balances in his hand. Black is an indication of judgment, decay, calamity, death, and evil. It was previously stated that God's judgment is intensifying. Murder and war are afflictions one can learn to live with, but when what it takes to sustain human life is not available, what does one do? Interjection: These broken seals have been broken for many, many years, and each judgment emanating from them will increase until each comes to the full. The Hebrew word for balances is mo'zen, which is a pair of scales. Just balances for just weights as in Leviticus 19:36, and weighted the money in the balances as in Jeremiah 32:10. We see here where balances have to do with weights and values, money and trade - The Economy! The Hebrew word for measure as in a measure of wheat is ce'ah meaning a certain measure determined for grain. By way of the BLACK HORSE, the value of trade will be affected; it will be overrated/inflated. Without a doubt, this is the economy - right down to and including food shortages. Drought in this country and throughout the world has and continues to affect how much food is produced and the cost for food at the market. The flooding in this country and throughout the world has affected food production and cost at the market, as well as the hard freezing of the crops affecting how much or little food makes it to market. With the drought, flooding, and freezing, many farmers have gone out of business resulting in less natural food production.
Food is rationed during a famine. It is measured and weighed, and sold at an outrageous price, even inexpensive barley becomes expensive. The Prophet Elisha warned the woman whose son's life was restored through him by God that "the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years: (II Kings 8:1). Seven years! Yes, seven years of famine was also in the land of Egypt when Joseph was there (Genesis 41:54-56). "A pair of balances...A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny..." (Revelation 6:5-6). Quantity! Inflation! Hurt not the OIL is to hurt not the Saints of God. Oil makes man's face to shine (PS 104:15). Oil is for the light for the tabernacle (Exodus 27:20). We are now that Tabernacle that God dwells in. The Holy Spirit is the oil that is the light in our lives; the oil is an holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:25). It is the Saints anointed (I John 2:27). Anointing oil sanctifies (Leviticus 8:10) and we are sanctified in Christ (Hebrews 2:11; 10:10). SANCTIFIED: Consecrated; hallowed; appointed unto God through faith in Christ Jesus. Hurt not the WINE is to hurt not the Saints in which God's Holy Spirit dwells. When we fully trust in God, Holy Ghost wine maketh glad the heart/spirit of man (Psalm 104:15 and Judges 9:13). This wine is not strong drink, but is the Spirit of God that dwells in us, and bringeth joy to us regardless of the darkness around us. The Hebrew word for glad is sameach, meaning joyful. If we remain in The Lord, we will maintain our joy even as "the barley bread tumbles into the camp of economic disaster and famine." In the midst of the economic collapse and famine, the word to us is in Judges 7:13-14.
God directed Gideon to slim-down his force from 32,000 to 10,000 of which the process of elimination took place at the waterside. God led Gideon with 300 men divided into three companies. Three measures of barley - barley being victory over the enemies is God defeating the enemy of famine before us as we trust Him to provide for us. As we trust in God, we will not be touched by the bad economic times because the BLACK HORSE has already been told not to hurt those of us that have been anointed with the oil of the Holy Spirit; told not to hurt those of us that have been drinking in Holy Ghost wine that represents the blood atonement of Jesus. Saints, God is taking such good care of us now, and will do even more so during the economic hard times if we trust in Him. Seal 4 - Pale Horse (Fear)
Since the Greek word for pale, chloros, only described a color and that being green, my search took me to the Hebrew word for paleness, yeragown, which was the only definition that associated fright with the word pale. The PALE HORSE is a SPIRIT OF FRIGHT (fear). About death and hell! Psalm 9:17 says "The wicked shall be turned into hell and ALL the nations that forget God." Hell as in Psalm 18:5: "The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me." The Psalmist goes on to say in verse 6 of Psalm 18: "In my distress I called upon the Lord...." and the idea is to get man to call upon the One True God of the universe and repent of their sinful ways.
Again, the idea is to get people to acknowledge God's existence and then turn to Him, that is, "Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul" (Psalm 116:4). The PALE HORSE, those demon spirits of fright carry death and sorrow and hell and pain follows them. We are looking at (1) Fright - extreme fear; (2) Sorrow - affliction; grief, vexation, and (3) Pain - wearing effort; bodily suffering due to injury or illness. The word is, over a fourth part of the earth, a spirit of fright goes forth bringing upon the inhabitants grief and pain due to killing with the sword (warring against one another); hunger/famine, and starvation unto death; pestilence - to death (e.g., AIDS, Ebola virus to name a few); and (4) - the noisome beasts of the earth not fearing man, but attacking man. Seal 5 - Souls of Martyrs
These are the voices of the "Martyrs for Christ" of times past: Stephen, the Apostles of Christ, early "true" first and second century Christians, and those "true" Christians that lost their lives during the Inquisitions (Roman and Spanish) because they rejected the Pope and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. These are the souls of Saints slain for the Word of God and the testimony that they held. These are the Saints crying out, HOW LONG? These first five seals have been broken and are in effect now. The wicked people of the world, who have turned their backs on God, have been getting a tinge of judgment day-by-day and year-by-year, and it is increasing. Seals 6 and 7 have not yet been broken, but are very, very close to being broken.
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