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FOURTH SEAL: The Pale (dappled) Horse = The Spirit of Death as found in Famine, War, Plagues, Earthquakes, Pestilence, etc.

Revelation 6:7-8:7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was namedDeath, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earthto kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

A Pale horse is symbolic of death and trouble emanating from war, beasts, plagues, famine and demise in every conceivable form.

Death has always been with us, but death by famine, natural disasters, new super plagues such as HIV infection, SARS, Swine Flu, H5N1= Avian Influenza-Bird Flu, Ebola virus and other

quick lethal diseases, Antibiotic resistance diseases, etc. and new epidemics have reached unprecedented levels just as Jesus said they would immediately prior to His return.

Matthew 24:7: 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Mark 13:8:8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

Luke 21:11:11

There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

The rider, Death is the personification of a condition and Hades is the personification of a place. The term Death is always followed by the term Hades. Hades is the place of the dead and death is the veh

permits entrance into the same. You can't have one without the other. Death must always come first.

Given power indicates that they are servants of a higher authority which when commissioned may act upon their own with authority and influence as they see fit within given boundaries.

Fourth of the Earth: It is not clear whether the fourth of the earth spoken of is geographic or demographic. Whichever it is, the focus is clearly on the people of this sector of the planet. Based on Danie

38 the final Beast Empire will consist of peoples from modern day Iraq, Iran, Syria, Ethiopia, Libya, Ukraine, Turkey, Russia and Germany. The combined populations of these areas is equal to about one tpopulation of the earth. However, geographically, they equal one fourth of the earth's total land mass. (9 million square miles)

To kill does not mean that he will necessarily destroy a fourth of the earth but that he has the power to do so if he so chooses.

Sword, Famine, Plague and Wild Beasts : There are several Old Testament parallels for sword, famine and plague judgments having been used to discipline Israel in the past but there is no prophecy of

judgment of this nature against Israel. It would seem that the judgments meted out in the fourth seal are more globally oriented than local, especially when they involve one quarter of the earth.

Jeremiah 24:10:10 I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their fathers.' "

Ezekiel 12:16:16 But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine and plague, so that in the nations where they go they may acknowledge all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am t

Old Testament references to sword, famine, plague and wild beasts can be found in the book of Ezekiel. However, these judgments are specifically directed at the city of Jerusalem and therefore are more

global in nature as indicated in the fourth seal.

Ezekiel 5: 8, 15-17: 8 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations15 You will be a reproach and

warning and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke. I the LORD have spoken. 16 When I shoot at you with my deadly

arrows offamine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food. 17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childlebloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the LORD have spoken."

Ezekiel 14: 8, 13-21:8I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.13 "Son of man, if a country sins against me by being un

stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals, 14 even if these three menNoah, Daniel and Jobwere in it, they could save only them

righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.15

"Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,16

alive, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate. 17 "Or if I bring a sword a

country and say, 'Let the sword pass throughout the land,' and I kill its people and their animals, 18 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save th

daughters. They alone would be saved. 19 "Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath on it through bloodshed, killing its people and their animals, 20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign

Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness. 21 "For this is what the S overeign LORD says:How much worse will

send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgmentssword and famine and wild beasts and plagueto kill its men and their animals!

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Wild beasts of the earth being used in various Bible translations has led some to a incorrect interpretation. It should be firstly noted that "wild beast" is not the correct translation of the Greek in Revelation

is "tharion" and its basic meaning is beast. It can be translated beast (Titus 1:12) or wild beast (Acts 11:6). Context determines which translation is best. It is used thirty nine times in the book of Revela

eight occurrences, the term refers either to the beast, the false prophet (the second beast) or the image of the beast and it is correctly translated beast. However, the translators attempting to clarify the meanRevelation 6:7- 8 incorrectly translated the text wild beasts.

There are no grounds for the translation wild beast in Revelation 6:8. Since beast (Antichrist - Revelation13:7), the false prophet (Revelation 13:15) and the image of the beast (Revelation 13:15) all havto death; and since both the beast (Revelation 13:1) and the false prophet (Revelation 13:11) are of the earth, they are better choices for the usage of "beast" in Revelation 6:8.

Although our world is presently witnessing events that are reflected in the first four seals, it seems obvious that when the covenant is signed, initiating the 70th Week of Daniel, those same events will inten

analysis, we shall know that the world has entered the 70th Week with the signing of the agreement between Israel and others by some political leader(Antichrist). The world will then begin to witness thunmistakably described by Jesus in both the Olivet Discourse and Revelation 6.

THE PALE HORSE IS ON WORLD PATROL AND STRIKES WHERE EVER GOD HAS APPOINTED.

The spirits that were revealed when the second, third and fourth seals were opened are as old as the world itself, but the biblical picture both here and elsewhere is that each of these forces has taken on greathe time of John's Revelation. Only within the last fifty or sixty years has the human race developed the potential to destroy itself. The military of the red horse Socialist and black horse Capitalist countries

nuclear bombs, intercontinental missiles, chemical and biological weapons and other lethal technologies. The rich capitalists on their black horse, were complicit in the last century's great wars. Their hoard

of their riches is threatening to create more wars and violence. The rich, in their relentless pursuit of greater wealth, are finally succeeding in polluting the entire eartha byproduct of modern technology. following the others comes the fourth horsemen on the pale horseDeath in every form.

So there you have the Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse. They will continue to ride until the end when God will cleanse and purify the earth and set up His eternal kingdom to be eternally ruled by Jesus