Whenever
action is about to be taken in the Middle East ,
we have to look at Revelation 6 which clearly demonstrates how the tribulation
begins.
The horse
found in Revelation 6 is symbolic of a war that begins as an effort to bring peace. The attempt quickly
evolves out of control.
Revelation 6: 1-2 states, “Now I saw when the
Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures
saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had
a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
The rider on the white horse has
a weapon and it is the bow. The bow is
used to attack an enemy from a distance.
When we see President Obama wanting to shoot 200 tomahawk missiles into Syria
The next step in this major
conflict is found in verse 3 and 4 where the red horse signifies a bloody
conflict when the second seal is unlocked. The battle that began with the
bow turns into a battle with the sword.
The conflict that began from a distance attack evolves into a conflict
that has men on the ground using the great sword, meaning significant weapons.
Revelation 6:3-4, “When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living
creature saying, “Come and see.” Another
horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take
peace from the earth, and that people should
kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.”
The third and fourth seal demonstrate
how the war begins to escalate. The
rider is given authority over a “quarter of the earth” attempting to control
the expansion of the conflict. The black
and pale horse demonstrates a major food shortage which expands to people dying from hunger during this struggle.
It is during this struggle that the saints were being killed when the fifth seal is opened. The saints who died then say, ““How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge
our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Then a white robe was given to
each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while
longer, until both the number of their
fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was
completed.”
The sixth seal shows how the
war then expands to affect the entire world when the people on the earth realize that God is going to judge the world.
The great earthquake reveals a significant time of change on the earth. The sun is a picture a great power that dominates the earth which was filled with death. The moon is the lesser power that is filled with blood shed. The stars fall to the earth which is a picture of the the rulers who are falling from power. The mountains and
islands are a picture of kingdoms both great and small being affected by the conflict. The conflict is so horrific that people
begin to cry out to the “mountains” which are the kingdoms to protect them from the events that are unfolding attributing it to the great wrath of the Lamb. The events
that unfold on the earth are of Biblical proportion affecting the entire world.
12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree
drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and
every mountain and island was moved out of its place.15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the
commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid
themselves in the caves 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 who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to
stand?”
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