Revelation 6:4: [4] And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
"Red represents blood and the second tactic is international unrest outside of the nation of Israel. He's a man of war and he's going to fight . . . We saw in the Book of Daniel, the north is involved and the south is involved, Egypt, and then you have the ships of Chittim, the West gets involved and he's going to repel that naval attack. The Navy's involved, the Air Force is involved.
"There's a lot of fighting going on but in the meantime there's this sense of security because Israel, for the first time, they're going to enjoy something they didn't really enjoy before. That is, a charismatic leader who actually provides military protection for that apostate nation," explains Alex Kurz.
[5] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
[6] And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
"The third tactic is represented by a black horse and the famine in the land that results in starvation isn't due to natural causes; it's the result of war. You're going to see members of the 'little flock' starving; there's going to be food rationing and so forth while the oppressor is enjoying the wine and the oil.
"Obviously the economic effect will benefit the unbeliever, but the result is the persecution of God's little flock; remember the Lord Jesus Christ said, 'Blessed are they that persecute you.'
[7] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
"The Lord Jesus Christ is the only one who's worthy; He pops those seals. Again, it's the Lord Jesus Christ who commences these events through the instrumentality of this man of sin, the rod and staff of God's indignation against a hypocritical nation.
[8] And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
"When somebody's pale that indicates lack of blood flow. We have in this fourth horse a religious policy that the Antichrist is launching at the start of the 70th Week. Paleness represents lack of blood and you understand animal sacrifices in the history of Israel's religious life. You know how an animal was offered; the blood was drawn.
"Remember you have this individual who is riding and controlling these horses. One individual representing four interesting aspects of his policy of evil. How many representations of the Lord Jesus Christ do we have of His earthly ministry? Four. We're talking about this great impostor and we're going to see almost under every rock how this guy mimics the Lord Jesus Christ.
"The Lord Jesus Christ is represented in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. There are four specific aspects that correlate with who He is in His person: the king, the man, the servant and God. Well, you have this imposter, the Antichrist, who has four representations of his tactics and policy of evil.
"When we look at these verses, Death and Hell (with capitals because they're both personified) is a representation of the religious system. He's a religious man and the apostate nation of Israel, they're going to love him.
"If you're not a participant in this religious system you'll be persecuted with sword, death, famine and beast. There are consequences in rejecting the religious system.
"Remember Daniel? He was a scientist who participated in that Babylonian kingdom UNTIL he was ordered to bow down and worship the false god.
"What makes this religious system so deceptive is it's nothing but a reheated version of the law of Moses and the temple worship and the animal sacrifices that are all biblical.
"You know why the little flock better rightly divide the truth during the 70th Week? You have those religious people saying it's back to Moses, back to Deuteronomy, and they're doing everything that that Old Testament teaches. If they fail to rightly divide the word of truth they're going to be victimized.
"If the little flock says, 'Oh wait a minute, Genesis through Malachi, it's all Scripture, right?' . . . And here you have this temple rebuilt in Jerusalem. If you don't rightly divide the word of truth it could lead to your eternal destruction. So right division is going to save a lot of lives during that tribulation period."
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