The Four Horsemen Of Revelation 6 – Part Ii Series

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF REVELATION 6 – PART II

Let’s stand together and open our Bibles to Revelation 6, as we continue with part II of one of the most astounding prophecies in God’s word, “The Four Horsemen of Revelation 6.”

Revelation 6:3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4 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. NKJV

REVIEW

The four horsemen of Revelation 6 are among the most well-known characters in the Bible. For centuries, the world has searched for the meaning of these four horsemen and their arrival upon the world stage. But now, in our generation, we can see their shadows looming upon the world. The arrival of these horsemen is so close, that if we were to place our ears to the ground, we can hear their hoofbeats as they prepare to sprint across the world stage.

Last week, we saw when Jesus opened the first seal, He released a rider on a white horse. The Bible calls this rider the beast, and he will be a beast far more terrifying than anything the world has ever known. He will explode upon the world scene with promises of world peace, but instead of peace, he will bring world conquest and terrible destruction. He will be a global dictator and will force every person to take his mark without which no one will be able to buy or sell. The deadly terror of this rider that strikes fear in the heart of men, is that all who take his mark, will forever lose their soul, and those who refuse to take the mark, will have their heads cut off. It is these acts of conquest and his deception of false peace that ultimately leads to the opening of the second seal…

THE SECOND SEAL

Revelation 6:3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4 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. NKJV

When Jesus opens the second seal, He releases a fiery red horse, known as a horse of war.

This prophecy reveals three things about this future red horse. First, he takes peace from the earth. Second, he will cause people to kill each other. Third, he is given a great sword.

TO TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH

The first thing about this red horse that captures our attention is that he is given the authority to take peace from the earth. Immediately after the rapture, and before the start of the tribulation, there will be at least two great wars, one being the Magog War of Ezekiel 38, and the other is most likely a world war, that will probably be WWIII.

However, for the red horse to take peace from the earth, there must first be a time of peace. What that says to me is that after the rapture, and after the world experiences a world war, the antichrist will suddenly appear on the world stage with promises of peace.

When Jesus opens the first seal and allows the antichrist to ride across the world stage, he will not be wearing a black t-shirt with a tattoo of an upside-down cross that says I am the antichrist. He will be a world politician, and he will have real answers for world peace.

In his quest for world peace, he will forge a 7-year peace covenant or treaty with Israel and

many other nations that will fulfill the prophecy of Daniel 9:27 that starts the tribulation.

I personally believe he establishes this covenant of peace with Israel, because after the Magog War and the Psalm 83 war, Israel will be a very powerful end time nation of military might with a powerful economy. The antichrist and the world will recognize that in order to have world peace, Israel must be a part of that peace.

But… here’s the point; this covenant of peace, is a false peace without God. It is a peace that rejects God. In spite of God delivering Israel from the Magog armies, Israel will believe the antichrist is their promised Messiah and will turn to him for their peace rather than to God.

God does not want Israel, or anyone, to believe and trust in the false peace of the antichrist. To turn the world away from the false peace of the antichrist, Jesus opens the second seal, and allows the red horse to take away this false peace from the earth. Because, true peace without God is impossible.