THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

The first chapter of the book "Revelation: Gran Climax" (hereinafter referred to as "the King")Paragraphs 8 and 9 say ...8 An even more important reason for publishing this book was the need to keep up-to-date with the truth. Jehovah continues to make more and more light on the meaning of his Word, and we can expect that our intent of Revelation, together with that of other prophecies, will be refined as we approach the great tribulation. (Matthew 24:21, Revelation 7:14) 
It is important that we are well-informed. Speaking of divine prophecy, the Apostle Peter wrote: "You do well by focusing on it as a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day comes and the morning star comes into your hearts." - 2 Peter 1:19.9 
Revelation adds its testimony to many other Bible prophecies, showing that Jehovah God is proposing to create new heavens and a new earth. (Isaiah 65:17; 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21: 1-5) 
His message is primarily addressed to the faithful Christians who Jesus purchased with his blood to reign with him in the new heavens. (Revelation 5: 9, 10) 
Nevertheless, this good news will also restore the faith of those millions who hope to receive eternal life under the Kingdom of Christ. 
 Are you one of them?  
In this case, Revelation will strengthen your hope of living in Paradise as part of the new earth and enjoying plenty of peace, flourishing health, and countless blessings of God that will never end. (Psalm 37:11, 29, 34; 72: 1, 7, 8, 16) 
If you wish to survive and enter that new world, it is urgent, indeed, indispensable, to pay attention to the vivid description that Revelation makes of the imminent climax Which will change the story. - Zephaniah 2: 3; John 13:17.

In keeping with the above, this blog has the objective of evaluating an upgrade of understanding knowing that this will depend on the time and the will of Jehovah.
We will also see that, as far as we can see from the Word of God, though the united Christians have a primary role in the latter book of the Bible, some members of the great crowd will have an unexpected role in the last years of this system of things.
 The early chapters of Revelation, which imply messages to "the seven congregations," do not require any comment, addiction, or modification.All of this has been dealt with in the book "king" and is therefore simply studied and meditated.
 Moreover, it is not a part that lends itself to interpretations since it is not prophetic.
 Also the description of the glorified Jesus Christ, the throne, the four living creatures, the twenty-four elders etc. do not need any discussion. 
However, since in Revelation 1:10 we speak of the "Lord's Day," it is important not to "adapt" the events described to a specific date.The purpose of this book is to understand Revelation and not to reconsider the 1914 but since we will see how this book actually seems to be in chronological order (at least in large part), many events will no longer collide with certain official explanations and associated with them Which will inevitably touch the subject, even indirectly - I Thessalonians 5:20, 21
 Everyone will have to do a decent evaluation.
Speaking of prophecy, we will start from the third vision, that is, from chapter six.

 "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals and heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder:" Come! "2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse; And he that sat upon him had an arch; And a crown was given to him, and he went out, winning and completing his victory "(Revelation 6: 1, 2) 

We know that white color represents holiness and justice and that the knight "with the crown in the head" is nothing but Jesus Christ.
 The fact that Jesus comes out by winning and completing his victory does not mean that he has simply been crowned in the midst of his enemies (as the book "Revelation: His Great Summit" explains); But from the idea that He begins a real war to destroy the satanic system.
 In fact, the horse in the Bible represents war - Proverbs 21:31 
This is in harmony with the writing of Psalm 45: 4-7 that, speaking of Jesus, says that "the peoples continue to fall under his arrows".In this respect it is useful to note that the rider on the white horse embraces an arc. 
God's judgment on earth did not begin in 1914; The peoples did not begin to fall by the hand of the glorified Jesus Christ in that year that we must assume that this victorious ride is still in the future.The book "re" says ...

"Jesus' victorious ride continues during the early decades of the Lord's day while people like sheep come together. Although the whole world still lies "in the power of the wicked," Jesus continues lovingly to feed his loyal brothers and sisters by helping them individually to attain the victory of faith. "
However the writing of Revelation 6: 2 says in a very simple and direct that "He came out winning and completing his victory," and that has an arc refers to a literal war carried on by himself. 
The abovementioned writing does not mention in any way the battle of faith fought by the gods.
If we do not start from the principle that this should be done in 1914, it will not be difficult to see how the opening of the first seal announces the beginning of the end of the system of things.

"And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say," Come! "4 And another horse came out with fire; And he who sat on it was allowed to take peace from the earth to scare one another; And he was given a great sword "(Revelation 6: 3, 4) 
  

In this respect, the book mentioned above says the following.

What a horrible sight! And there is no doubt about what it represents: war! Not the just war of the victorious King of Jehovah, but the cruel international war promoted by men, with its useless bloodshed and suffering. How good is this knight riding a red fire horse!Certainly John does not want to have anything to do with this rider and his unstoppable ride, for he was prophesied concerning the servants of God: "Neither will they learn the war any more." (Isaiah 2: 4) 
While still "in the world," John and, by extension, John's class and the great crowd today, "are not part of this bloody system. Our weapons are spiritual and "powerful by God" to actively proclaim the truth without participating in any fleshly war. - John 17:11, 14; 2 Corinthians 10: 3, 4.

This explanation, however, is related to our understanding of 1914 and the belief that Jehovah can not use human wars as an instrument of our own judgment.
 This, whether we like it or not, is in harmony with many of the judgments described in the Scriptures - Exodus 15: 3; Isaiah 3:25 
Jehovah used the Babylonian empire to punish his people; In the meantime he used the Medo-Persian empire to punish Babylon and punished Edom, Ammon, Assyria, Tyrus, Egypt and many other great or small nations - Isaiah 11:14; 14:31; 34: 6; Jeremiah 4: 6, 7; 46: 20-26 (See also Chapters 47 to 49 of Jeremiah, which refer to Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Chedar, Hazor, Elam, and Babylon, all these judgments are executed through human wars).
 Many nations have disappeared by the will of Jehovah, who, when he did not use his own people, did it through other powers.Even Babylon the Great, of which we will see further details later, will be destroyed by the political powers and thus exclude that the red horse is part of the will of God does not take into account the scriptural facts.
 The rider of the white horse, Jesus Christ, came out "winning and completing his victory" and therefore why should not he use the human wars to start wavering the satanic system? - Compare Luke 11:17; Haggai 2:22
Just like the first knight, the second one begins to ride only after the living creature's signal that says "Come!"
 Does this not imply that the red horse rider, as well as the subsequent knights, are obeying orders?
 The script also states that the rider "was allowed to remove peace from the earth so that they would scare one another" - Compare Ezekiel 38:21 
Was it granted by whom?Wars have always been part of the history of humanity and we know that many of the past wars have been fomented by Satan, the ruler of this world, and his demons.
 Now if the red horse rider represented war in general, even if it was more crude than the previous one, there would be no reason to specify that he was "granted" to remove peace from the earth. 
It is evident that this war is different from the others not only for its reach.
 It is different from the past wars because it must be part of the war begun by the knight of the white horse who "comes out winning and completing his victory."
 It is also worth noting that Daniel's biblical book mentions a series of events and wars related to the kings of North and South. 
"In the time of the end," says Daniel 11:40, the king of the south would clash with the king of the north, and the king of the north would "flood and overflow" and would "triumph many countries." 
Although some nations survive or escape from the hand of the king of the north (Edom, Moab, and the main part of Ammon's sons), after this clash there is no mention of the king of the south.
This implies that the king of the south has been defeated and it is difficult to imagine that this has happened by the will of the ruler of this world.
 If we analyze the vicissitudes of these two kings, we see that they have always clashed with an "ineffective", that is, the various kings are always "resurrected" under other names or empires. 
This has happened as if Satan and his demons had fun, in these wars, balancing their forces and balancing their forces was an indispensable prerequisite for "continuing to play."
 If we think that interest would be, Satan, to definitively eliminate one of the two kings so that the forces in full can be unbalanced and from that moment on, can no longer create real conflicts? 
According to the words of Jesus Satan was a murderer from the beginning but if one earth only one force left in the game, no satellite nation would ever have the strength or courage to fight the dominant power - John 8:44 ; Compare Revelation 13: 4
 In this respect it is interesting to note that the Book of Revelation does not mention at all two antagonistic powers but one dominant world power to which Satan has all his authority and power - Revelation 13: 2 
In the biblical book of Revelation, where have the kings of north and south gone?  
If the white horse and the red horse started their ride in 1914, the year when the First World War broke out and then the second one, why not talk about these two kings like Daniel does?
 It seems obvious that this part of Revelation, that is, the ride of the knight of the white horse and that of the red horse, begins with a human war, led by Jesus Christ, which will end the king of the south. 
This knight is probably the first knight's arrow on the white horse - Psalm 45: 4-7
 We must therefore expect an unprecedented world war that many nations will fall, especially those that make up the southern king.

5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I saw, and behold, a black horse; And the one who sat on it had a scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice like in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quencher of wheat for a price, and three chunks of barley for a money; And do not harm the oil and the wine "(Revelation 6: 5, 6)

 If we accept the scriptural possibility that the rider of the red horse has been sent by Jesus Christ, then we can only apply the same principle to this knight. 
Before thinking that the image is too raw to be accepted, we should see if it is found in the Bible - II Timothy 3: 16, 17 
Meanwhile, we know for sure that every great war always follows a great famine.
 When Jerusalem was destroyed in the 70's E.V. It is said that some mothers came to the point of eating their children - compare Ezekiel Chapters 3 to 5
 In so many scriptures, Jehovah used very bad famine to punish his own people - Isaiah 14:30; Jeremiah 11:22; 14:11; 15: 2; Jeremiah 21: 7 (Jeremiah chapters 38 to 44 speak of famine).
 If all that has been written in the past has been written "for our education," are we really sure the Bible does not confirm world famine as part of God's judgment? - Romans 15: 4
 Are we really sure that this knight does not represent the second arrow of the knight on the white horse?    

"And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale horse; And he who sat upon him named Death. And Ades followed him closely. And they were given authority over the fourth part of the earth to kill with a long sword and with the shortage of food and with a deadly plague and the wild beasts of the earth". (Revelation 6: 7, 8)

 The book "Revelation: Gran Climax" lists millions of deaths caused by Spanish influenza, heart disease, cancer, AIDS etc. 
All the explanation does not absolutely attach these scourges to the will of the white horse; Indeed, it is often said that "the horse of the white horse" will stop the riders of other riders as if they were antagonists. 
However, it is significant that the rider is called Death and that Ades follows him closely because shortly before, in Revelation 1:18, Jesus himself says "to have the keys of death and of Ades."
 Only the one who has the keys of Death and Ades is the one who can enter and go out - Revelation 3: 7 - See also Revelation 20:13, 14
 Jesus, as we well know, is also "the angel of the abyss".
 So who can have authority over death and onad? Who can order that rider to start his race? 
 In addition, the latter seems to encompass the previous two riders as he says he kills "with the long sword" (and is a reference to the red horse rider) and the shortage of food (the black horse).
 The mortal plague remembers the plague and we know that Jehovah's judgments have also been revealed in this way (see, for example, Exodus 9:15, Leviticus 26:25, Samuel 24:15, Psalm 78:50, Jeremiah 21: 6; Ezekiel 5:12) and finally the mention of the "wild beasts of the earth" seems to point out that it is war or war-related consequences.
 Political powers, in fact, have always been seen as wild beasts - see Daniel 7: 2-12 
If we meditate on the various judgments God has directed against nations, we can not deny that He has exactly used war, famine, and various mortal wounds as they are vividly described by these knights - see Ezekiel 5:16, 17 
Also, does not it seem a contradiction that the first knight, who comes out once the first seal is opened, has nothing to do with the other three?
 Yet all of them are part of the same scroll, they are all called by the four living creatures, and even what happens at the opening of the fifth, sixth and seventh seals makes it clear that it is the set of purposes and will of Jehovah.In the Book of Revelation we speak of the seven trumpets, which mark the judgments of God, so we speak of the seven cups of the wrath of God.
 It is therefore reasonable to believe that, speaking of the seven seals, three of these (or three out of seven) have nothing to do with the judgments or the will of God?

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