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The four horses of the apocalypse?

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
I think it is a terrible thing that people call the rider of the first horse Jesus. I might read the thread if I have time later. Probably not though.

Revelation 20 starts out by mentioning the Lamb ( that figurative Lamb is Jesus ) in verse two the rider of the white horse has a bow (Psalms 21:3 ) and he is ' crowned ' compare that with Revelation 14:14.
That sharp sword is the words from Jesus' mouth to execute the wicked - Revelation 19:14-15 compare to Revelation 2:16
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
It is God's will that all people are saved and to knowledge come. With that in mind, it is not possible to read into God's Word a prophecy of evil. If the Bible tells of evil it means it was happening at the time of the writing. Understand?


As Matthew 20:28 says Jesus' ranson covers MANY and does Not say all.
Sure God wants ALL to repent - 2 Peter 3:9 - but Not all will repent.
Won't the wicked be destroyed forever - Psalms 92:7
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
Well Uravip2me, you have posted your version and I have posted my version. Humm? First of all there is no way that our beloved Lord and Savior is going to be shooting arrows at folks because He doesn't need to. All He has to do is show up and everything changes. The righteous warrior Jesus? The Jewish followers of Lord Jesus thought the same thing, but that did not happen. Yes Lord Jesus well return and usher in a thousand years of peace after which all hell will break loose again. But this thousand years of peace is not going to happen with Him commanding an army of folks that are running around killing other folks, good or bad. If you truely knew our beloved Lord and Savior, you would know that that is just not His style. And scripture claims that evil is done in by natural disaster and one hundred pound chunks of hail from heaven with that hail resulting in the victors standing on glass which means that that hail has enough heat to it that it causes the desesrt sand to turn to glass. And that hail and those natural distasters come from God, not from Jesus. Yes after God says "Hello" and evil is brought to its knees Lord Jesus will show up and supervise a peace that will last "one thousand years". Ater that things will become a mess again, a mess that will almost distroy everything.
What you are proposing here Uravip2me is a human army fighting side by side with the gods against an enemy that has absolutely "no" power without God's permission. Or maybe a divine army that shows up that is commanded by Lord Jesus. But, Lord Jesus does not need an army :) , all He needs is permission from the will of God. And Lord Jesus said that He would be right back "if it be My Father's will". That was over two thousand years ago. Revelation says that God is going to do what it says that He is going to do. What is doen't say is that these things will only happen if it is God's will. And it doesn't have to say that because everybody knows that already, it is a given. And the only folks that are safe are the 144,000 that are chosen from the twelve tribes of Israel. The rest of us are kind of on our own and hoping for the best and "oh well". And an angel poured a vial of some sort of stuff on Earth and a whole bunch of animals died. They didn't die and are dying because some angel poured some stuff out of a vial, most of them died and are dying because humankind really screwed up the Earth's environment. And Revelation says a lot of things that are different than what you think they are. The Dragon of Prosperity/the Red Dragon is a classic example of this. It is a form of cheap energy that no other energy can compete with and its formula is written right there in Revelation for everybody to see. "And a wonder appeared in Heaven", A cheap sourse of energy that is environmentally safe unless the reactor is broken open by an earthquake and radio active Iodine (red) is strewn all over the place. Which Revelation says will happen, but it doesn't have too. And this Dragon of Prosperity that is a wonder from Heaven only quits being a wonder from Heaven when folks are forced to wear a mark in order to participate in its gift. And that does not have to happen either if folks understand ahead of time what it is that is going on.
If prophecy is actually understood, then you can change things before they happen. Maybe not all of it, but you can change parts of it. Yep it can be done.

You are absolutely right because Jesus does Not command an ' army of folks ' because Revelation 19:14 says: armies of angels.

Jesus Never said today's natural disasters are from his God, but merely stating such global events would be happening on earth before the start of Jesus' 1,000 year governmental rulership over earth begins - Matthew chapter 24 and Luke chapter 21.
 

savagewind

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Premium Member
Revelation 20 starts out by mentioning the Lamb ( that figurative Lamb is Jesus ) in verse two the rider of the white horse has a bow (Psalms 21:3 ) and he is ' crowned ' compare that with Revelation 14:14.
That sharp sword is the words from Jesus' mouth to execute the wicked - Revelation 19:14-15 compare to Revelation 2:16
Having a crown and being given a crown are different.
 

JayJayDee

Avid JW Bible Student
Red horse for sanguinary warfare - represents global warfare - Revelation 6:4
Black horse for food shortages - global food problems - Revelation 6:5-6
Pale horse for death - people killed off by three things: (1) sword (war) (2) hunger (3) beasts of earth ( wild animals ) - Revelation 6:8
White horse for Lamb Jesus, as God's Commander in Chief, rides to complete his conquest of all the ^above ^ - Revelation 6:1-2
Jesus carries on in ' righteous warfare ' - meaning No one innocent will be in harm's way - Revelation 19:11
Righteous warier Jesus will wipe away all of earth's problems - Isaiah 11:3-4; Revelation 19:14-15
Then, Jesus, as King of God's kingdom, will usher in global Peace on Earth among men of goodwill.

And all of this was foretold to take place in "the Lord's day". Identify the time period and we are seeing the ride of the horsemen taking place before the "coming" of God's kingdom in the hands of his Christ. (2 Thess 1:6-10; Dan 2:44)

Momentous times indeed. Armageddon is what we all face...ready or not.
 

savagewind

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Premium Member
Revelation 20 starts out by mentioning the Lamb ( that figurative Lamb is Jesus ) in verse two the rider of the white horse has a bow (Psalms 21:3 ) and he is ' crowned ' compare that with Revelation 14:14.
That sharp sword is the words from Jesus' mouth to execute the wicked - Revelation 19:14-15 compare to Revelation 2:16
Jesus received his crown before he ascended to Heaven Matthew 28:18 Why then does scripture say he was given it during the Lord's Day which you say is the present? Revelation 1:10
Isn't the crown given the rider reminiscent of Israel asking for a king? 1 Samuel 8:7
 

JayJayDee

Avid JW Bible Student
"The Lord's day" began in 1914 and as the rider of the white horse goes forth conquering in the midst of his enemies, (Psalm 110:1, 2) which is why this newly crowned king on his white horse is the first to ride. The other horsemen follow as the woeful signs of his kingship are experienced in the world. (Matt 24:3-14) The devil is not happy, knowing this is his last chance to separate people from God (Rev 12:7-12; 20:1-3).....unprecedented warfare, famine, pestilence, lawlessness, suffering and death were the proof that the "last days" of the present system had begun.

This is no earthly king, but one crowned by God himself. (Dan 7:13, 14) His ride finishes when he has conquered all enemies and ushers in the rule of his kingdom to be enjoyed by all those who have remained faithful to him....his sheep. (Rev 21:1-5)
 

savagewind

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"The Lord's day" began in 1914 and as the rider of the white horse goes forth conquering in the midst of his enemies, (Psalm 110:1, 2) which is why this newly crowned king on his white horse is the first to ride. The other horsemen follow as the woeful signs of his kingship are experienced in the world. (Matt 24:3-14) The devil is not happy, knowing this is his last chance to separate people from God (Rev 12:7-12; 20:1-3).....unprecedented warfare, famine, pestilence, lawlessness, suffering and death were the proof that the "last days" of the present system had begun.

This is no earthly king, but one crowned by God himself. (Dan 7:13, 14) His ride finishes when he has conquered all enemies and ushers in the rule of his kingdom to be enjoyed by all those who have remained faithful to him....his sheep. (Rev 21:1-5)
Jesus received all authority at his resurrection. Correct? Then what does the crown "being given" picture in 1914? Why does it say he is "given a crown"? You assume the rider was given it by Jehovah. Why? What evidence have you that in 1914 Jehovah finally gave Jesus his crown?
 

mystic64

nolonger active
You are absolutely right because Jesus does Not command an ' army of folks ' because Revelation 19:14 says: armies of angels.

Jesus Never said today's natural disasters are from his God, but merely stating such global events would be happening on earth before the start of Jesus' 1,000 year governmental rulership over earth begins - Matthew chapter 24 and Luke chapter 21.

You and I both agree that we are in the last days, it is just that we both have different reasons for believing that we are in the last days. With that said, all prophecy is written so that it can not be understood until it is actually happening or has happened. The reason for this is, because if it was understood earlier then folks would change what happens and the things that prophecy was predicting would not happen as predicted. Uravip2me, your interpretation of prophecy does not enable anyone to change prophecy in any way which then means that what prophecy is predicting/foretelling is not yet happening or has not yet happened. My version of interpretation of prophecy fits what is happening in todays world and it enables us to prepare for and solve some of the problems that are going to be presented to us in the near future. If of course I am correct :) . Now as an example of one of the things that I am concerned about is that a significant part of the US is Protestant Christian and their tradition maintains that the Dragon of Prosperity/Red Dragon and the forumula for the Beast (uranium oxyiodide) that that prosperity is founded on is of Satan and therefore evil. Because of this belief in their tradition the US of America is going to be at a sever disadvantage when it comes to competing with the rest of the world because of the high cost of energy that US will have to pay because Protestant Christians will not allow it to be used as an energy source in the US. I maintain that the Beast of the Dragon of Prosperity is not evil or of Satan. I maintain that "those people" that force folks to wear a mark/bar code to participate in the prosperity are the evil that prophecy is talking about, not the energy source. And we in the US can use this energy source without having to wear a mark because we as a nation can refuse to wear the mark. The other nations in today's world not so much :) . But we can as a nation refuse if we wish to. I do not think that there needs to be any conflict in the US over the use of the Beast as an energy source until our govenment requires that we wear a mark, which I honestly do not think that it will.

So Uravip2me (and any others that wish to), what are your thoughts on my concern, if of course I am correct on my interpretation of Protestant Christian prophecy? Is the use of the Beast in itself evil?
 

JayJayDee

Avid JW Bible Student
Jesus received all authority at his resurrection. Correct? Then what does the crown "being given" picture in 1914?

It means that the final phase of satan's system had begun.

Rev 11:16-18...."And the 24 elders' who were seated before God on their thrones fell upon their faces and worshipped God, saying: “We thank you, Jehovah God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun ruling as king. But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time came for the dead to be judged and to reward your slaves the prophets and the holy ones and those fearing your name, the small and the great, and to bring to ruin those ruining the earth.”

How has "God begun ruling as king" at this time of the end? Through the power of God's spirit, his appointed King has cleansed the heavens and is now in the process of separating out his faithful ones so that he can reward them and to "bring to ruin those ruining the earth".

Rev 12:7- 12..."And war broke out in heaven: Miʹcha·el and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them any longer in heaven. 9 So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. 10 I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our God! 11 And they conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their witnessing, and they did not love their souls even in the face of death. 12 On this account be glad, you heavens and you who reside in them! Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short period of time.”

With the eviction of satan and his hordes from heaven, woe was foretold for the earth. Why? Because the one who has been given authority by his God has begun his reign over this earth. The sign of his kingship is unfolding all around us. (Matt 24:3-14)

Only those who have conquered satan "because of the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witnessing" will receive the promised reward for their faithfulness. Satan's time is almost up.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
You and I both agree that we are in the last days, it is just that we both have different reasons for believing that we are in the last days. With that said, all prophecy is written so that it can not be understood until it is actually happening or has happened. The reason for this is, because if it was understood earlier then folks would change what happens and the things that prophecy was predicting would not happen as predicted. Uravip2me, your interpretation of prophecy does not enable anyone to change prophecy in any way which then means that what prophecy is predicting/foretelling is not yet happening or has not yet happened. My version of interpretation of prophecy fits what is happening in todays world and it enables us to prepare for and solve some of the problems that are going to be presented to us in the near future. If of course I am correct :) . Now as an example of one of the things that I am concerned about is that a significant part of the US is Protestant Christian and their tradition maintains that the Dragon of Prosperity/Red Dragon and the forumula for the Beast (uranium oxyiodide) that that prosperity is founded on is of Satan and therefore evil. Because of this belief in their tradition the US of America is going to be at a sever disadvantage when it comes to competing with the rest of the world because of the high cost of energy that US will have to pay because Protestant Christians will not allow it to be used as an energy source in the US. I maintain that the Beast of the Dragon of Prosperity is not evil or of Satan. I maintain that "those people" that force folks to wear a mark/bar code to participate in the prosperity are the evil that prophecy is talking about, not the energy source. And we in the US can use this energy source without having to wear a mark because we as a nation can refuse to wear the mark. The other nations in today's world not so much :) . But we can as a nation refuse if we wish to. I do not think that there needs to be any conflict in the US over the use of the Beast as an energy source until our govenment requires that we wear a mark, which I honestly do not think that it will.
So Uravip2me (and any others that wish to), what are your thoughts on my concern, if of course I am correct on my interpretation of Protestant Christian prophecy? Is the use of the Beast in itself evil?

In these last days of badness on earth - 2 Timothy 3:5 - there is the semblance of godliness, so Not a literal mark.

You might want to compare Daniel 7:2-8 with Revelation 13:2

That symbolic dragon-like beast - Revelation 13:1 - stands upon the ' sand of the sea ' - Revelation 13:1-2
Not a literal sea but the ' restless sea of wicked humanity ' - Isaiah 57:20 compare with Revelation 17:1 B; Revelation 17:15
Now please notice the explanation given by Daniel at Daniel 7:17 - regarding the political kings = beasts.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
Jesus received his crown before he ascended to Heaven Matthew 28:18 Why then does scripture say he was given it during the Lord's Day which you say is the present? Revelation 1:10
Isn't the crown given the rider reminiscent of Israel asking for a king? 1 Samuel 8:7

Please note that the time frame for crowned Jesus to go into action is for our day or time frame - Revelation 1:10
Jesus would Not act as King of God's Kingdom until the time of Revelation which is our day.
The day, or time period, fitting today's world events as described at Matthew 24; Luke 21:9-11 and 2 Timothy 3:1-5,13
Do you recall the parable or illustration of Luke 19:11-15 when Jesus, as the noble man, would first have to go away to a far country (Heaven ) before he would eventually return in royal kingdom glory - Matthew 25:31-32. That ' glory time ' is the soon coming ' time of separation ' taking place right here on earth among the living. Jesus uses his kingly authority to separate the humble sheep-like people on earth to continue living on earth right into the start of Jesus' 1,000 year governmental rulership over earth when Jesus ushers in global Peace on Earth among men of goodwill.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
And all of this was foretold to take place in "the Lord's day". Identify the time period and we are seeing the ride of the horsemen taking place before the "coming" of God's kingdom in the hands of his Christ. (2 Thess 1:6-10; Dan 2:44)
Momentous times indeed. Armageddon is what we all face...ready or not.

Yes, in the ' Lord's Day ' for that is the setting for the book of Revelation as mentioned at Revelation 1:10

Yes, mankind has a ' date with destiny ' to face - 2 Peter 3:9 <- still time to get ready.
 

mystic64

nolonger active
Is the use of the beast as a source of energy evil?

Ok Uravip2me :) , I apologize for asking you a version of the above question (post 29) . Because, you are not a Protestant and your version of Christianity considers Protestants and other organized Christian movements to be of Satan. And it is also against the beliefs of your version of Christianity to participate in the government of any country or to suport the government of any country unless you legally have to (you have to obey the laws of the country that you reside in except of course when religion is outlawed in that country). So again, I apologize to you for asking you that question because that question does not apply to you and Jay Dee Dee as members of the Jehovah Witness version of Christianity. And because of your approach to prophecy your religious beliefs are not going to consider the use of Uranium Oxy-Iodide as an energy source to be evil or in and of itself of Satan other than most everything about this world is of Satan until Lord Jesus returns and streightens things out and creates an earthly paradise for the followers of your religion to live in. The rest of us not so much.

Well guys, I guess that it is way to early for me to be bringing up my version of the subject matter of this topic :) . Oh and this, Magogs and Gogs/gagas. A magog is the maker of gogs and a gog is a person who blindly follows a leader or the leaders of a religious or political organization or movement. And a gog will do and believe whatever the leader (magog) or leaders (magogs) tell them to believe or to do. Welcome to today's world and world wide social media and the perfect environment for creating a mutitude of Magogs and their follower Gogs. Things are now getting interesting :) , in my opinion of course.


Footnote: this was not suppose to all be in bold. Sorry about that.
 

savagewind

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Premium Member
Please note that the time frame for crowned Jesus to go into action is for our day or time frame - Revelation 1:10
Jesus would Not act as King of God's Kingdom until the time of Revelation which is our day.
Yes I know. That is why I say the first horse's rider is someone else. Jesus authority was given him directly after his resurrection. Crown denotes authority. He in fact DID go away from people's consciousnesses and whenever anyone seeks him in faith to follow him he comes back to that person. Do you NOT believe that he came to Paul? Acts of the Apostles 9:3-6

For any religious leader to have any authority it must be given him by the people. That is where the rider's crown comes from. 2 Timothy 3:13
 

savagewind

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Jesus' heavenly crown ( symbol of royal kingly power ) comes from his God <- Revelation 12:5 B.
Yes. That doesn't mean that there is only one crown given. If anyone else gets one it isn't from Jehovah. Correct?

There is prophecy that some others are coming "in Jesus name". Those are they that are pictured by the horse and rider. See how they resemble Jesus. So much so that The Watchtower has said they ARE Jesus.
 

InChrist

Free4ever
Yes. That doesn't mean that there is only one crown given. If anyone else gets one it isn't from Jehovah. Correct?

There is prophecy that some others are coming "in Jesus name". Those are they that are pictured by the horse and rider. See how they resemble Jesus. So much so that The Watchtower has said they ARE Jesus.
I agree and believe you are correct, the rider on the white horse in Rev, 6 is not Jesus. This rider on the white horse is the first of four listed who are sent out by the Lamb (but it is not the Lamb, Christ who goes out )after He opens one of the seals in judgment during the tribulation (Rev. 6:1-2). Revelation 19:11-21 later shows that: Jesus does come on a white horse, but He does not come alone, He is followed by the armies of heaven also on white horses and He comes at the end of the tribulation to destroy the beast, false prophet, and the wicked armies of the world.
 

mystic64

nolonger active
I agree and believe you are correct, the rider on the white horse in Rev, 6 is not Jesus. This rider on the white horse is the first of four listed who are sent out by the Lamb (but it is not the Lamb, Christ who goes out )after He opens one of the seals in judgment during the tribulation (Rev. 6:1-2). Revelation 19:11-21 later shows that: Jesus does come on a white horse, but He does not come alone, He is followed by the armies of heaven also on white horses and He comes at the end of the tribulation to destroy the beast, false prophet, and the wicked armies of the world.

InChrist, where does Scripture say that Lord Jesus destroys the beast? That piece of Scripture I need to take a look at :) . I might be treading on dangerious ground here, which wouldn't be good :) . It is the Antichrist that turns a wonder that appeared in Heaven into a way to control people and the world. The wonder that appeared in Heaven is not evil in itself, it is how this wonder is used for personal power by the Antichrist that is the evil. InChrist, of course I might be wrong about this, I am not the Bible scholar that you guys are. I am more of a student of science that is attempting to give Scripture some validity in science. Uranium Oxy-Iodide is real, but at the sametime a formula for a version of it being discribed in Revelation might just be a coincidence and may not actually have anything to do with prophecy. But anyway, just for fun, InChrist where is the Scripture that says that our Lord and Savior destroys the Beast?
 
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