REVELATION LESSON 5

REVELATION 

LESSON 5

ARE WE LIVING IN THE END TIMES?

Revelation 6:1-2   6 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

² And I saw and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

The terrible judgements won’t appear that bad at first, but they will gain in strength and eventually get out of control. It will become so bad that mankind would destroy the earth if it were not for the second coming of Jesus.

When Jesus opens the first seal, one of the four living creatures will speak in a voice like thunder. Each of the first four seals speak of four horses and are released by one of the living creatures.

2 Thessalonians 2:6-8    ⁶ And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

⁷ For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

⁸ And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Jesus won’t break the seal and this first living creature won’t say ‘come’ until the church is taken to heaven. God will not hesitate to pour out his wrath on Earth and on the people of the Earth.

This first horse is white and the rider will come forth with a bow in his hand. Notice it doesn’t say anything about any arrows. He will come as a man of peace. This is not Jesus, even though he will be riding a white horse. This rider is none other than the anti-christ, the counterfeit christ.

At this time the world will be looking for someone that can put an end to this disastrous world situation. The entire world will be looking for peace, but the peace process will cease to become a political action and will lead to the most devastating war Israel has ever known.

Revelation 6:3-4   ³ And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

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.

The anti-Christ will barely have his peace program off the ground when Jesus breaks the second seal. This time it will be the second living creature who commands the red horse to go forth. He will go forth with many powerful weapons of war.

Matthew 24:6-7   ⁶ And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

⁷ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

It is a fact that by the grace of God that this war is being restrained today, but when Jesus breaks the second seal and the living creature says “come and see”, war will escalate.

Revelation 6:5-6   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.

Peace without the Prince of peace(Jesus), is no peace. The end result can only be war. After the rapture of the church, war will rule the whole world. Wicked men will destroy and cause total collapse of social, physical and political structure. Causing despair, poverty and death.

When Jesus opens the third seal, the third living creature will give the same command to the black horse. Black is the color of grief and mourning. The rider holds a pair of scales that symbolizes economic disaster and famine. The scales will be used to weigh food which will sell for a ridiculously high price.

Many will not be able to survive on this, they will be forced to buy cheaper food. In spite of all of this the rich will still be able to buy oil and wine.

The overwhelming price of wars and the exploding population will cause people to take advantage and over charge for food, water, fuel, and medicine.

Revelation 6:7-8   ⁷ And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

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 Jesus opens the forth seal the forth living creature says come and see. I look and behold a pale horse. This will bring a false peace to the world. Things will get even worse with war, economic collapse and famine.

2 Timothy 3:1   3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

This is certainly a perilous time because this pale horse rider was given power to kill over a forth part of the earth, the word used for pale is “chloros” which means pale green like chlorophyll.

This rider won’t be looking for the saved who have been raptured, or the few who have accepted Jesus during the tribulation period. He will be hunting the people who are destined for all eternity in hell. This horse and rider will go forth to harvest the souls of unbelievers to fuel the fires of hell.

God will show it is wrong to worship mother nature. Hungry animals will turn on the unbelieving world and add to the death and eternal damnation of more than one billion people.

 Even today there are signs of plagues sweeping the earth, stockpiles of biological weapons. More than enough to destroy the entire world. Some are determined to use these weapons. They there are technical difficulties of doing so.

The world does not have enough facilities to produce enough vaccines. Over population and increased travel make it impossible to localize epidemics. The deadly diseases will spread the world over. Medical facilities will be overwhelmed and some will be destroyed. It is a growing challenge and there is no way of curbing it.

You still have an opportunity to escape these things. To do so you must receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior. There is a real heaven and Jesus is the only way there. There is no plan “B”

Romans 10:9-10   ⁹ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

I cannot stress how important it is to not put this off. Choose Jesus as savior today.

Brother Andy