Amen. Amen. 00:00:31.13\00:00:32.83 We have so far uncovered some beautiful truths 00:00:32.86\00:00:36.10 in Revelation 6. 00:00:36.13\00:00:37.97 The white horse seen here 00:00:38.00\00:00:40.77 going forth conquering to conquer 00:00:40.80\00:00:42.67 is a picture of Christ united with His people. 00:00:42.70\00:00:45.84 We are liken to a horse according to Zechariah 10:3. 00:00:45.87\00:00:49.61 And this whole idea 00:00:49.64\00:00:50.98 of going forth conquering and to conquer 00:00:51.01\00:00:52.48 is a picture what Christ brings to us 00:00:52.51\00:00:54.88 through His righteousness, 00:00:54.92\00:00:56.32 through His life and His death for us. 00:00:56.35\00:00:58.65 So we haven't finished with the white horse yet, 00:00:58.69\00:01:00.79 but we are gonna be primarily focusing 00:01:00.82\00:01:03.19 on the next horse in this program, 00:01:03.22\00:01:05.96 this session together so. 00:01:05.99\00:01:07.40 But I do want us to review just a little bit before we move on, 00:01:07.43\00:01:09.93 because there is a couple of things we missed 00:01:09.96\00:01:11.50 and there's a couple of things you want to just maybe recap, 00:01:11.53\00:01:14.07 and then we move into the red horse 00:01:14.10\00:01:15.44 and focus on that. 00:01:15.47\00:01:16.81 But let's began with a word of prayer, shall we? 00:01:16.84\00:01:18.17 Jason, would you pray for us? Sure. 00:01:18.21\00:01:19.57 Dear heavenly Father, we thank You for another day 00:01:19.61\00:01:21.31 of study Lord. 00:01:21.34\00:01:22.68 We invite You to be here with us, 00:01:22.71\00:01:24.05 help us to understand the truths 00:01:24.08\00:01:25.51 that You have in your precious word. 00:01:25.55\00:01:27.45 Help us to a comprehend them 00:01:27.48\00:01:29.08 and to be able to retain what we've studied 00:01:29.12\00:01:31.89 in Jesus' name we pray. 00:01:31.92\00:01:33.25 Amen. Amen. 00:01:33.29\00:01:35.76 So let's read again Revelation 6:1-2. 00:01:35.79\00:01:39.33 Yvonne, would you like to read those verses for us? 00:01:39.36\00:01:41.06 Sure. 00:01:41.10\00:01:42.86 "And I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals, 00:01:42.90\00:01:45.63 and I heard as it were the noise of thunder, 00:01:45.67\00:01:48.17 one of the four beasts saying 'Come and see' 00:01:48.20\00:01:51.04 and I saw, and behold a white horse, 00:01:51.07\00:01:53.34 and he did sat on him had a bow, 00:01:53.38\00:01:55.64 and a crown was given unto him, 00:01:55.68\00:01:57.31 and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." 00:01:57.35\00:02:00.92 So when we're looking at this, 00:02:00.95\00:02:02.42 we're looking at all of these different symbols, 00:02:02.45\00:02:04.59 and we notice that the white is something 00:02:04.62\00:02:06.35 that represents righteousness 00:02:06.39\00:02:08.42 throughout the Book of Revelation, 00:02:08.46\00:02:09.79 about 12 times that word is connected with Christ, 00:02:09.82\00:02:12.79 with His people, with the robe of righteousness, 00:02:12.83\00:02:16.53 and it's really important to see that, 00:02:16.56\00:02:18.03 because we're going to notice that later on these colors, 00:02:18.07\00:02:21.04 these other colored horses 00:02:21.07\00:02:22.40 are identified with certain images 00:02:22.44\00:02:24.11 in Revelation, identify who it is. 00:02:24.14\00:02:25.94 So we want to identify this white horse 00:02:25.97\00:02:28.64 and we identify the color itself 00:02:28.68\00:02:30.75 with things that are godly. 00:02:30.78\00:02:32.75 And then the horse himself 00:02:32.78\00:02:34.15 and the rider with the white horse 00:02:34.18\00:02:36.48 in Revelation 19:11. 00:02:36.52\00:02:38.85 And then the bow we connected with the child 00:02:38.89\00:02:41.22 been brought forth in Revelation 12. 00:02:41.26\00:02:42.99 This is just review. 00:02:43.02\00:02:44.63 And in Revelation 12, so the bow, 00:02:44.66\00:02:46.53 the weapon is the message of Christ 00:02:46.56\00:02:49.20 being brought forth as our savior 00:02:49.23\00:02:51.53 and then the crown, stephanos not diadem, 00:02:51.57\00:02:55.34 stephanos which is a victor's crown. 00:02:55.37\00:02:57.97 So this is all about victory. 00:02:58.01\00:02:59.77 So far God's people 00:02:59.81\00:03:02.04 in the first section of the churches 00:03:02.08\00:03:04.85 had been covered with kind of a defeat. 00:03:04.88\00:03:07.68 I mean, they just, they need to overcome, 00:03:07.72\00:03:09.08 they need to overcome, they need to overcome. 00:03:09.12\00:03:10.89 Revelation 4 and 5 opens up with one who has overcome, 00:03:10.92\00:03:14.62 Jesus, the Lamb. 00:03:14.66\00:03:16.59 And now, Revelation 6 opens up with a people 00:03:16.62\00:03:19.16 who connect with Jesus 00:03:19.19\00:03:20.70 and because they connect with Jesus, 00:03:20.73\00:03:22.46 they get to overcome. 00:03:22.50\00:03:23.83 Amen. 00:03:23.87\00:03:25.20 Oh, I'm sorry, 00:03:25.23\00:03:26.57 I just had a question about the four beasts. 00:03:26.60\00:03:28.04 Would you review what that is? 00:03:28.07\00:03:30.57 So these four beasts are identified in Revelation 4, 00:03:30.61\00:03:34.68 and we look there in Revelation 4 00:03:34.71\00:03:36.71 at the identification, 00:03:36.75\00:03:41.22 an eagle, a calf, a lion and a man. 00:03:41.25\00:03:45.25 Now these are kind of symbols of the work that they do. 00:03:45.29\00:03:49.22 The beasts are living creatures. 00:03:49.26\00:03:50.59 They're angels. Isaiah 6 brings that out. 00:03:50.63\00:03:53.09 These living creatures are around the throne 00:03:53.13\00:03:55.20 and angels work in harmony with the Holy Sprit, 00:03:55.23\00:03:58.50 and they do work like, they come in the form of men. 00:03:58.53\00:04:02.20 They come to this earth to minister 00:04:02.24\00:04:03.67 and that would be the symbol of an ox, to minister. 00:04:03.71\00:04:05.97 Every man in the Old Testimony had his ox 00:04:06.01\00:04:07.74 like we all have our car, you know, 00:04:07.78\00:04:09.11 and the ox plows the field and does the work. 00:04:09.14\00:04:11.68 So they're ministering, 00:04:11.71\00:04:13.52 they're coming in the form of human beings, 00:04:13.55\00:04:16.05 they fly like eagles, and they also have authority. 00:04:16.08\00:04:20.89 The lion is a symbol of authority of kingship, 00:04:20.92\00:04:23.46 authority, they have authority from heaven. 00:04:23.49\00:04:25.86 So when we go about our daily business 00:04:25.89\00:04:27.93 when we're doing Bible studies, when we're doing evangelism, 00:04:27.96\00:04:30.20 when we're doing outreaching work, 00:04:30.23\00:04:31.57 opening the word of God, 00:04:31.60\00:04:32.93 when we're taking people to the Book of Revelation. 00:04:32.97\00:04:34.47 Angels are actually working in harmony with us. 00:04:34.50\00:04:37.77 And angels are bringing people, touching people's hearts, 00:04:37.81\00:04:40.64 and bringing people "hey, check this out, 00:04:40.68\00:04:42.48 this guide, there's some stuff here, 00:04:42.51\00:04:43.85 you need to come and see this, come and see this, 00:04:43.88\00:04:45.41 come and see this" trying to break down that fear 00:04:45.45\00:04:47.72 and open up that door, that avenue. 00:04:47.75\00:04:50.02 So angels are working together with Jesus, 00:04:50.05\00:04:53.89 come and see, come and see. 00:04:53.92\00:04:55.72 And I think one of the points 00:04:55.76\00:04:57.09 that I think is really important for us to understand, 00:04:57.13\00:05:01.46 is that when we-- 00:05:01.50\00:05:03.83 Remember we talked about in last program how, you know, 00:05:03.87\00:05:06.87 this rider on a white horse goes forth conquering 00:05:06.90\00:05:09.04 and to conquer. 00:05:09.07\00:05:10.41 And we talked about the years 00:05:10.44\00:05:11.77 that we were conquered by Christ, 00:05:11.81\00:05:13.14 you know, when Christ overcame, 00:05:13.17\00:05:14.88 you know, pulled us out of darkness and made us. 00:05:14.91\00:05:19.71 When you conquer someone, 00:05:19.75\00:05:21.08 they become your prisoner, you know. 00:05:21.12\00:05:22.98 And Paul even writes, you know, 00:05:23.02\00:05:24.75 he calls himself the prisoner of the Lord. 00:05:24.79\00:05:27.29 What does that mean? 00:05:27.32\00:05:28.66 He's been conquered by the Lord. 00:05:28.69\00:05:30.16 And so, you know, 00:05:30.19\00:05:31.53 when I become a prisoner of the Lord, 00:05:31.56\00:05:33.60 when the Lord conquers me, 00:05:33.63\00:05:35.53 then His mission becomes my mission. 00:05:35.56\00:05:38.90 Amen. 00:05:38.93\00:05:40.27 So now I'm to go forth conquering. 00:05:40.30\00:05:42.87 When I go, give a Bible study, when I'm witnessing, 00:05:42.90\00:05:45.71 you know, to other people of the Lord and His goodness. 00:05:45.74\00:05:49.14 The goal, the mission is to conquer, 00:05:49.18\00:05:52.31 is to conquer, is to, you know, 00:05:52.35\00:05:54.62 bring that person out of darkness 00:05:54.65\00:05:57.49 into God's marvelous light. 00:05:57.52\00:05:59.55 The connotation of a prisoner makes people think like, 00:05:59.59\00:06:05.23 "Oh I don't have any will." 00:06:05.26\00:06:07.56 Right. 00:06:07.60\00:06:08.93 But that, but the real deal is, 00:06:08.96\00:06:11.40 we're going to be a slave or servant to someone, 00:06:11.43\00:06:15.24 either to God or to Satan. 00:06:15.27\00:06:18.14 So it's not as though, you know, we're not gonna be. 00:06:18.17\00:06:21.61 We have our own. 00:06:21.64\00:06:22.98 We do have a choice, 00:06:23.01\00:06:24.35 we can go with God or we can go with Satan. 00:06:24.38\00:06:26.58 That's our choices. 00:06:26.61\00:06:27.98 So the word prisoner, if we say, 00:06:28.02\00:06:30.55 "will you gonna be a prisoner?" 00:06:30.59\00:06:31.95 like any inmate is watching this would be like, 00:06:31.99\00:06:34.02 "oh I'm not gonna be a prisoner." 00:06:34.06\00:06:36.16 But the whole idea is, 00:06:36.19\00:06:38.83 you're going to be conquered by either God 00:06:38.86\00:06:43.30 or the enemy, Satan. 00:06:43.33\00:06:45.30 Yeah, and thing that I like this, 00:06:45.33\00:06:46.80 the Bible and the Old Testament describes that term, 00:06:46.84\00:06:50.91 use a term prisoners of hope, prisoners of hope. 00:06:50.94\00:06:55.51 There's a whole different concept that being a prisoner-- 00:06:55.54\00:06:57.81 Now, that switches it. 00:06:57.85\00:06:59.28 Yeah, if I could be a prisoner to joy and happiness, 00:06:59.31\00:07:01.72 man, lock me up. 00:07:01.75\00:07:03.08 Yes. 00:07:03.12\00:07:04.45 Say that prisoners, 00:07:04.49\00:07:05.82 it does have a very negative connotation 00:07:05.85\00:07:08.22 like a, for me 00:07:08.26\00:07:10.89 even if you put the hope in there it's just, 00:07:10.93\00:07:13.40 I hear prisoner and so that really just-- 00:07:13.43\00:07:16.36 Here's another word, captive. 00:07:16.40\00:07:18.70 I'm captive to my wife's love. Yes. 00:07:18.73\00:07:22.07 I'm captivated by her. Absolutely. 00:07:22.10\00:07:23.84 I like. I like that. Come on now, come on now. 00:07:23.87\00:07:25.84 Well, we're talking about, it's a love story 00:07:25.87\00:07:27.84 It's a love story. It's a love story. 00:07:27.88\00:07:29.88 So when Paul talks about being a prisoner, 00:07:29.91\00:07:32.91 he is talking about being captive 00:07:32.95\00:07:34.28 because Bible defines God as love. 00:07:34.32\00:07:36.95 So we're captive to love. Yeah, you're prisoner of love. 00:07:36.99\00:07:40.22 Oh man, lock me up. 00:07:40.26\00:07:44.06 Aren't you locked up right now? 00:07:44.09\00:07:46.63 Yeah, definitely. You're locked up. 00:07:46.66\00:07:48.76 Now that word means something to you, right? 00:07:48.80\00:07:50.30 Yeah. I'm a prisoner. 00:07:50.33\00:07:51.67 That doesn't sound half as bad. 00:07:51.70\00:07:53.67 Take me prisoner, Tiffany, take me he's there. 00:07:53.70\00:07:57.91 Yeah, that's good, that's good. Good stuff. 00:07:57.94\00:08:00.64 The other question that I had 00:08:00.68\00:08:03.35 was the phrase conquering and to conquer, 00:08:03.38\00:08:07.08 and that suggested sanctification to me, 00:08:07.12\00:08:10.29 like this, this process, 00:08:10.32\00:08:11.99 this life long process where I've overcome this in 00:08:12.02\00:08:18.66 by the power of the Holy Sprit not my own, 00:08:18.69\00:08:21.30 and then now the next phase, 00:08:21.33\00:08:23.16 like I still have this, this and this 00:08:23.20\00:08:25.40 to deal with, right? 00:08:25.43\00:08:26.87 So Jesus came conquering, 00:08:26.90\00:08:31.81 and to continue to as I walk that journey, 00:08:31.84\00:08:35.34 continuing to conquer. 00:08:35.38\00:08:36.91 Yeah. Am I, is that? 00:08:36.95\00:08:38.28 Yeah, absolutely. 00:08:38.31\00:08:39.65 Is that the right interpretation of this phrase? 00:08:39.68\00:08:41.02 Absolutely. 00:08:41.05\00:08:42.38 And if you take this back to, you know, Revelation 12-11, 00:08:42.42\00:08:45.92 they overcame him. 00:08:45.95\00:08:47.69 Been other word for overcome, conquered. 00:08:47.72\00:08:50.16 They conquered by-- 00:08:50.19\00:08:51.53 Same Greek word. 00:08:51.56\00:08:52.89 Yeah, by the word of the Lamb, by the blood of a Lamb 00:08:52.93\00:08:54.76 and the word of their testimony. 00:08:54.80\00:08:56.23 If you go back to the seven churches, 00:08:56.26\00:08:59.10 what is Jesus appealing into each of those churches? 00:08:59.13\00:09:01.50 What is He saying to him that-- 00:09:01.54\00:09:02.87 Overcome. 00:09:02.90\00:09:04.24 Overcome, okay how do we overcome? 00:09:04.27\00:09:06.44 Come and see. Come and see. 00:09:06.47\00:09:09.51 You overcome by the word. 00:09:09.54\00:09:12.41 So the answer to the question, 00:09:12.45\00:09:14.75 the answer to the dilemma of, you know, 00:09:14.78\00:09:17.12 to him that overcometh is found in that white horse 00:09:17.15\00:09:20.26 and that overcoming means, not only overcoming, 00:09:20.29\00:09:24.36 you know, others, you know, 00:09:24.39\00:09:25.96 bringing them into to the gospel truth 00:09:25.99\00:09:27.96 but it means overcoming yourself. 00:09:28.00\00:09:30.77 You know, overcoming the tendencies 00:09:30.80\00:09:34.34 that we have to, you know, to do evil, to do wrong. 00:09:34.37\00:09:37.64 So the Bible says, do not be overcome with evil 00:09:37.67\00:09:41.41 but overcome evil with good. 00:09:41.44\00:09:43.88 That's a really good verse, 00:09:43.91\00:09:45.55 that's in Romans Chapter 12, right? 00:09:45.58\00:09:48.15 Yes. Romans Chapter 12. 00:09:48.18\00:09:49.55 Yeah, we need to reference that verse 00:09:49.58\00:09:51.35 because we're gonna be moving into the next horse 00:09:51.39\00:09:54.19 and the next horse is going to be an opportunity for us 00:09:54.22\00:09:57.79 to use that verse. 00:09:57.83\00:09:59.16 Do not be overcome of evil but overcoming with good. 00:09:59.19\00:10:01.13 So, as Ivor described this overcoming 00:10:01.16\00:10:03.67 as it relates to us 00:10:03.70\00:10:05.03 and it relates to an evangelism, 00:10:05.07\00:10:06.40 there's also gonna be this other obstacles 00:10:06.43\00:10:08.30 identified as horses. 00:10:08.34\00:10:10.61 A red horse, a black horse, a pale horse 00:10:10.64\00:10:12.37 that are going to come into our path 00:10:12.41\00:10:14.61 and they're gonna need to overcome. 00:10:14.64\00:10:16.14 And again, they represent history. 00:10:16.18\00:10:18.51 Primarily they represent history. 00:10:18.55\00:10:20.25 But if we don't get the history right, 00:10:20.28\00:10:21.98 how can we make the application overtime? 00:10:22.02\00:10:24.65 So the history has to be right first, 00:10:24.69\00:10:26.72 and then we see the principles and how they apply to us today. 00:10:26.76\00:10:29.96 If the history of the white horse 00:10:29.99\00:10:31.33 is antichrist, then what principles, 00:10:31.36\00:10:33.46 how does that anything in that horse, 00:10:33.50\00:10:35.80 white horse area, 00:10:35.83\00:10:37.20 anything in that white horse description apply to us? 00:10:37.23\00:10:40.00 If the history of the red horse isn't accurate, 00:10:40.04\00:10:42.84 how can we make the application to us? 00:10:42.87\00:10:44.37 So the Book of Revelation points out the history, 00:10:44.41\00:10:47.38 identifies the history, 00:10:47.41\00:10:49.01 so we can see that history and then say, ha-ha, wow, 00:10:49.04\00:10:52.38 that same history has some lessons for us today. 00:10:52.41\00:10:55.68 What lessons do we have to learn from this today? 00:10:55.72\00:10:57.89 So, Jason, take us into this next horse. 00:10:57.92\00:11:00.79 Revelation 6:3-4 All right. 00:11:00.82\00:11:04.96 "And when he had opened the second seal, 00:11:04.99\00:11:07.00 I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 00:11:07.03\00:11:09.60 And there went out another horse that was red, 00:11:09.63\00:11:11.80 and power was given to him 00:11:11.83\00:11:13.23 that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, 00:11:13.27\00:11:16.64 and that they should kill one another, 00:11:16.67\00:11:18.37 and there was given unto him a great sword." 00:11:18.41\00:11:21.18 All right, any questions there? 00:11:21.21\00:11:22.54 Well, we got that, 00:11:22.58\00:11:23.91 should we be going to the black horse real quick. 00:11:23.95\00:11:26.31 We will save that for a little while. 00:11:26.35\00:11:28.12 We wait, I can't wait. 00:11:28.15\00:11:32.12 One thing you notice right away is that 00:11:32.15\00:11:34.16 it's the second beasts says "come and see." 00:11:34.19\00:11:35.86 When he'd open the second seal, excuse me, 00:11:35.89\00:11:37.46 I heard the second beast say, "come and see." 00:11:37.49\00:11:39.19 So immediately we understand that angels are involved again, 00:11:39.23\00:11:44.27 and it's not like saying, oh the first angel, 00:11:44.30\00:11:47.14 the first piece, the first living creature, 00:11:47.17\00:11:48.70 the first angel, came and said come and sees the first one, 00:11:48.74\00:11:51.61 it's a same one. 00:11:51.64\00:11:52.97 That first angel says come in. No, it's a second angel. 00:11:53.01\00:11:55.64 So this is deliberate. 00:11:55.68\00:11:57.01 God is telling us that they're angels involved. 00:11:57.05\00:12:00.85 Four is not this four angels in heaven 00:12:00.88\00:12:03.59 and, you know, one of them came 00:12:03.62\00:12:05.95 and then he went back and the second came. 00:12:05.99\00:12:07.62 Now, four is a number that talks about the totality, 00:12:07.66\00:12:10.39 it's a number that represents north, south, east and west. 00:12:10.43\00:12:14.10 The four angels are holding back the four winds, 00:12:14.13\00:12:15.90 means there's angels just belting the earth, 00:12:15.93\00:12:17.60 just covering the earth, 00:12:17.63\00:12:18.97 holding back the forces of evil. 00:12:19.00\00:12:20.70 Thousands times 00:12:20.74\00:12:22.07 and thousands and thousands of angels are ministering to us 00:12:22.10\00:12:25.37 and they're involved in this one after another 00:12:25.41\00:12:27.11 coming one, two, three, four 00:12:27.14\00:12:29.04 coming to encourage us to come and check out word of God 00:12:29.08\00:12:31.65 and the truths of salvation. 00:12:31.68\00:12:33.31 So these four horses then would encompass 00:12:33.35\00:12:36.69 in some way the whole globe. 00:12:36.72\00:12:39.09 In other words, these four horses 00:12:39.12\00:12:40.79 tell us of the conditions, you know, of the whole world. 00:12:40.82\00:12:47.13 You know, every one of us we talked about it, 00:12:47.16\00:12:49.33 is going to represent or it's gonna be symbolized 00:12:49.36\00:12:52.03 by one of these four horses. 00:12:52.07\00:12:55.07 Yeah. 00:12:55.10\00:12:56.44 One of the things that I liked 00:12:56.47\00:12:57.84 that we brought out in the last session 00:12:57.87\00:13:01.84 that we had was that, the seals, 00:13:01.88\00:13:05.65 the seal is opened 00:13:05.68\00:13:07.38 and that doesn't mean you go to the next one 00:13:07.42\00:13:09.85 and that's the end of that first one. 00:13:09.88\00:13:11.82 So it's kind of a continuum, 00:13:11.85\00:13:14.22 so the first seal is opened and it stays opened. 00:13:14.26\00:13:17.76 And then the next one is opened and its stays open 00:13:17.79\00:13:20.30 and to me that, I mean, 00:13:20.33\00:13:22.16 again it's something that I had never considered before 00:13:22.20\00:13:24.73 and it's just-- 00:13:24.77\00:13:26.10 We're gonna see that even more as we get into this, 00:13:26.13\00:13:28.07 because when we identify-- 00:13:28.10\00:13:29.80 First of all, I mean for example, 00:13:29.84\00:13:31.77 we've identified the white horse. 00:13:31.81\00:13:33.78 Well, that Jesus only go forth to conquer 00:13:33.81\00:13:37.31 in the early Christian church and that's it 00:13:37.35\00:13:39.58 or does He continue on to the very end of time. 00:13:39.61\00:13:42.18 How we got the red horse? 00:13:42.22\00:13:43.55 Wherever the characteristics are of this horse 00:13:43.59\00:13:45.72 and what the activities are, 00:13:45.75\00:13:47.09 is this just gonna be in this timeframe 00:13:47.12\00:13:48.59 or it's gonna continue on? 00:13:48.62\00:13:49.96 That's the question I've asked on each one of these. 00:13:49.99\00:13:51.69 And we're gonna see that, yes, these continue on. 00:13:51.73\00:13:54.70 These seals are opening up the mysteries 00:13:54.73\00:13:56.73 that compass the globe from here to the very end, 00:13:56.77\00:14:00.34 from their timeframe to the very end of time. 00:14:00.37\00:14:02.40 And as, Ivor said, 00:14:02.44\00:14:03.91 they represent every single human being, 00:14:03.94\00:14:06.47 comes under one of these characteristics, 00:14:06.51\00:14:08.34 so the application is-- 00:14:08.38\00:14:09.88 So, what's the red? Yeah. 00:14:09.91\00:14:12.08 Interesting, last time we talked about 00:14:12.11\00:14:14.38 how the white is used in the Bible in relation to, 00:14:14.42\00:14:19.32 especially in Revelation, 00:14:19.35\00:14:20.89 dozen times in relation to things 00:14:20.92\00:14:22.42 that have to do with God and His people. 00:14:22.46\00:14:24.26 And so, that's how we connected the white horse to Christ 00:14:24.29\00:14:27.20 rather to antichrist. 00:14:27.23\00:14:28.96 The red however is connected in Revelation12 00:14:29.00\00:14:33.57 to the dragon, "The Great Red Dragon." 00:14:33.60\00:14:36.97 So now we have a color, 00:14:37.01\00:14:39.47 that is connected directly with the dragon 00:14:39.51\00:14:42.18 and we know the dragon, 00:14:42.21\00:14:43.55 Satan, the devil is the one behind antichrist. 00:14:43.58\00:14:45.81 So really if you want to identify 00:14:45.85\00:14:47.28 the work of antichrist, 00:14:47.32\00:14:48.65 you want to identify the work of the devil. 00:14:48.68\00:14:50.32 Here it is right here. 00:14:50.35\00:14:51.92 Any religion that persecutes 00:14:51.95\00:14:55.52 is in harmony with the activities of the dragon, 00:14:55.56\00:14:59.19 of the Satan, of the devil. 00:14:59.23\00:15:00.86 And let me add this, James, not only any religion, 00:15:00.90\00:15:03.23 but any power period that persecutes 00:15:03.26\00:15:07.24 is in connection with the devil. 00:15:07.27\00:15:09.60 That color red-- 00:15:09.64\00:15:10.97 Any persecuting power. 00:15:11.01\00:15:12.84 So when you think of red, you know, 00:15:12.87\00:15:14.34 when it comes to the Bible, 00:15:14.38\00:15:15.71 what's the first thing we think of? 00:15:15.74\00:15:17.11 Blood. Right. 00:15:17.15\00:15:18.48 That's the color of blood. Right. 00:15:18.51\00:15:19.85 So, here you have this combination of dragon 00:15:19.88\00:15:22.12 and blood. 00:15:22.15\00:15:23.49 What is that tells you of persecution? 00:15:23.52\00:15:25.39 Yeah. 00:15:25.42\00:15:26.76 Here is a time period 00:15:26.79\00:15:29.22 'cause remember we're looking at time periods here. 00:15:29.26\00:15:31.29 So the first time period, the gospel going forth. 00:15:31.33\00:15:34.83 But that's gonna be followed by time period of persecution 00:15:34.86\00:15:39.83 and guess what, if you are to take that second seal, 00:15:39.87\00:15:44.17 and go back and check it against the second church, 00:15:44.21\00:15:48.71 which is the church of Smyrna, 00:15:48.74\00:15:50.91 which we discovered was the persecuted church 00:15:50.95\00:15:53.58 we go, oh, look at this, it's a match. 00:15:53.62\00:15:55.82 We're not coming up with something, 00:15:55.85\00:15:57.22 you know, out and that feel we've got a match here. 00:15:57.25\00:16:00.12 And that match tells us we are on the right path. 00:16:00.16\00:16:02.52 Right. 00:16:02.56\00:16:03.89 Amen, so we've got the first century church 00:16:03.93\00:16:05.79 to about hundred eight years so, 00:16:05.83\00:16:07.16 and then we got this persecution that's following. 00:16:07.20\00:16:09.43 So, this is taking us into the second and third centuries. 00:16:09.46\00:16:12.60 There was heavy persecution in a church of Smyrna. 00:16:12.63\00:16:14.84 We even saw a ten day, day for year, 00:16:14.87\00:16:17.44 ten year period from 303 to 313, 00:16:17.47\00:16:20.51 the equation boom 00:16:20.54\00:16:21.98 and tensed persecution took place right there. 00:16:22.01\00:16:24.05 And that was just before we got into the comprise 00:16:24.08\00:16:26.65 that began to take place in the church 00:16:26.68\00:16:28.45 and that was of course taken us 00:16:28.48\00:16:29.88 into to the next couple of churches. 00:16:29.92\00:16:31.65 But right here we have the same thing 00:16:31.69\00:16:33.59 taking place in the horses. 00:16:33.62\00:16:35.32 So as, Meyers, said we're following that same pattern. 00:16:35.36\00:16:37.36 The red is representing, well, look what it says here, 00:16:37.39\00:16:40.83 it says and he that sat around was given power 00:16:40.86\00:16:44.77 to take peace from the earth, 00:16:44.80\00:16:47.70 that they should kill one and other. 00:16:47.74\00:16:50.37 So, right here you having the very words, 00:16:50.41\00:16:52.71 you have this idea of peace. 00:16:52.74\00:16:54.08 Now, I looked up this word peace, 00:16:54.11\00:16:55.48 and let me just give you the definition of it, 00:16:55.51\00:16:56.85 because it's really makes a close connection 00:16:56.88\00:17:00.02 to the gospel. 00:17:00.05\00:17:01.42 The word peace here in the Greek is means, 00:17:01.45\00:17:07.26 "The Messiah's peace, 00:17:07.29\00:17:08.96 the way that leads to peace or salvation." 00:17:08.99\00:17:11.86 So, this is in a sense, this is identifying the fact 00:17:11.89\00:17:17.30 that this persecution came 00:17:17.33\00:17:19.47 specifically against Messiah's people, Christians. 00:17:19.50\00:17:23.97 And that's what we find the record indicating. 00:17:24.01\00:17:26.51 You know, there is lot of persecution 00:17:26.54\00:17:27.88 that goes on in the world. 00:17:27.91\00:17:29.24 All of the time, but in this period of time, 00:17:29.28\00:17:32.25 Christianity had developed and grown 00:17:32.28\00:17:34.35 under the apostolic age, 00:17:34.38\00:17:35.88 to become a worldwide known religion 00:17:35.92\00:17:38.79 from this tiny, you know, though, who is this messiah? 00:17:38.82\00:17:43.19 Who is this Jesus Christ? 00:17:43.22\00:17:44.56 Who are these followers claim to be? 00:17:44.59\00:17:45.93 Oh, they're from Nazareth, 00:17:45.96\00:17:47.30 that's nothing, it will go away. 00:17:47.33\00:17:48.66 You know, just let it, it will go, 00:17:48.70\00:17:50.03 it will go away, you know, but it didn't, it grew. 00:17:50.07\00:17:52.73 And Paul says the gospel was preached 00:17:52.77\00:17:54.20 to every creature under heaven 00:17:54.24\00:17:55.74 and it was in nearest household, 00:17:55.77\00:17:57.11 was everywhere, 00:17:57.14\00:17:58.47 and so now it becomes a problem. 00:17:58.51\00:18:00.94 So in this context of the apostolic age, 00:18:00.98\00:18:03.78 we have this heavy persecution coming against it, 00:18:03.81\00:18:05.61 they're not gonna just let this go away, 00:18:05.65\00:18:07.15 they're gonna try and kill it and destroy it. 00:18:07.18\00:18:09.08 Let me mention here, 00:18:09.12\00:18:10.45 let's remember some of the things 00:18:10.49\00:18:11.85 we talked about in the last programs, 00:18:11.89\00:18:14.02 specifically the location 00:18:14.06\00:18:16.52 where these seals are unfolding. 00:18:16.56\00:18:18.43 They're unfolding at the table of showbread, right? 00:18:18.46\00:18:20.96 Which is on the sides of the north. 00:18:21.00\00:18:23.60 And remember we saw that the-- 00:18:23.63\00:18:26.97 according to Isaiah 14:13, 00:18:27.00\00:18:28.80 Lucifer wanted to sit on the sides of the north. 00:18:28.84\00:18:32.54 He wanted to sit on the mount of the congregation, 00:18:32.57\00:18:36.11 which is located on the sides of the north. 00:18:36.14\00:18:37.55 So, what we saw there is that the seven seals 00:18:37.58\00:18:41.45 are a depiction of this battle, 00:18:41.48\00:18:44.69 you know, between God and Satan, 00:18:44.72\00:18:46.05 this controversy over the mount of the congregation. 00:18:46.09\00:18:49.62 Satan wants to destroy 00:18:49.66\00:18:51.66 or to rule over the mount of the congregation. 00:18:51.69\00:18:53.66 So, in the first seal, you have the word of God going forth. 00:18:53.70\00:18:58.30 That is how mount of the congregation overcomes. 00:18:58.33\00:19:01.44 So, what do you have in a second seal? 00:19:01.47\00:19:03.41 You basically have Satan 00:19:03.44\00:19:05.01 going after the mount of the congregation saying. 00:19:05.04\00:19:06.94 "I'm gonna destroy you, 00:19:06.98\00:19:08.91 I'm gonna make things so difficult for you 00:19:08.94\00:19:11.85 that you will let go off the word of God." 00:19:11.88\00:19:14.32 And that's what the Roman persecutions 00:19:14.35\00:19:15.68 were really all about. 00:19:15.72\00:19:17.05 By the way, we need to, 00:19:17.09\00:19:18.42 and I think we need to stress this here 00:19:18.45\00:19:19.85 because we're gonna see 00:19:19.89\00:19:21.79 the persecution happens also under the fourth seal. 00:19:21.82\00:19:27.13 But there're two different persecutions. 00:19:27.16\00:19:30.07 So the persecution under the second seal 00:19:30.10\00:19:32.50 is by pagan Rome. 00:19:32.53\00:19:35.00 Okay, this is, we hate God and you must hate God too, 00:19:35.04\00:19:39.01 we're gonna find that the persecution-- 00:19:39.04\00:19:41.74 In other words, Satan switches, 00:19:41.78\00:19:44.55 puts on a mask under the persecution, 00:19:44.58\00:19:48.22 we're gonna find on the fourth seal. 00:19:48.25\00:19:49.58 We will get to that, you know, in a future program. 00:19:49.62\00:19:53.42 But you have this open anti-god entity 00:19:53.46\00:19:57.56 that is persecuting the people of God saying, 00:19:57.59\00:19:59.63 let go off the word of God, or we gonna kill you. 00:19:59.66\00:20:02.76 Now that when you were talking about the word peace 00:20:02.80\00:20:04.63 and this is quite interesting. 00:20:04.67\00:20:06.10 I just want to read because I just pulled 00:20:06.13\00:20:07.77 a couple of sentences up online. 00:20:07.80\00:20:09.97 But, when it talks about powers given to tame, 00:20:10.01\00:20:13.17 to take peace from the earth. 00:20:13.21\00:20:16.61 During this time period, interestingly enough 00:20:16.64\00:20:18.91 there was something called the Pax Romana. 00:20:18.95\00:20:21.25 Let me just read a little bit about it, 00:20:21.28\00:20:23.99 two sentences real quickly. 00:20:24.02\00:20:25.35 It says "The term Pax Romana 00:20:25.39\00:20:26.82 which literally means Roman peace, 00:20:26.86\00:20:29.76 where first at the time period from 27 BC to 180 CE 00:20:29.79\00:20:34.03 in the Roman Empire. 00:20:34.06\00:20:35.80 It says the Pax Romana 00:20:35.83\00:20:37.17 initiated by Caesar Augustus quelled crime, 00:20:37.20\00:20:40.67 allowed for the development of roads throughout the Empire, 00:20:40.70\00:20:43.81 and gave citizens the leisure 00:20:43.84\00:20:45.54 to think about religious matters. 00:20:45.57\00:20:48.01 Well, when in the-- 00:20:48.04\00:20:49.88 under the second seal when it says peace was taken. 00:20:49.91\00:20:54.18 When this Pax Romana ends, 00:20:54.22\00:20:56.08 that's when the persecution of Christians, 00:20:56.12\00:20:58.22 I mean, there was some persecution ends around 180 CE. 00:20:58.25\00:21:01.66 So there was some persecution going on before. 00:21:01.69\00:21:04.36 But after it ends-- 00:21:04.39\00:21:05.73 That's right in the middle of that timeframe. 00:21:05.76\00:21:07.10 That's right, that's when it really picks up, 00:21:07.13\00:21:09.56 and you find this heavy persecution 00:21:09.60\00:21:12.23 so it's just very, I think significant 00:21:12.27\00:21:14.87 that the words here peace was taken from the earth 00:21:14.90\00:21:18.11 that they might kill one and other 00:21:18.14\00:21:19.81 is mentioned during this time period. 00:21:19.84\00:21:22.91 Now, Yvonne just took her glasses off, 00:21:22.94\00:21:24.51 when she takes her glasses off 00:21:24.55\00:21:25.88 that indicates she is gonna say something-- 00:21:25.91\00:21:27.48 Right? 00:21:27.52\00:21:31.09 You are observant. Let's do it. 00:21:31.12\00:21:34.26 Well, no, I just find it so interesting 00:21:34.29\00:21:38.49 that history and it kind of reinforces, 00:21:38.53\00:21:43.13 you know, the Bible, when this was written. 00:21:43.16\00:21:46.07 This was written before that period, 00:21:46.10\00:21:50.37 so it's, you know, it just reinforces 00:21:50.41\00:21:54.08 how accurate the Bible is. 00:21:54.11\00:21:56.71 And this is just one little verse. 00:21:56.75\00:22:00.65 This is one little prophecy. Yeah. 00:22:00.68\00:22:02.88 In a book of prophecy, 00:22:02.92\00:22:04.45 in a Bible that's filled with prophecy. 00:22:04.49\00:22:06.45 Yes. And all of that is accurate. 00:22:06.49\00:22:09.99 I mean just try to wrap your mind around that. 00:22:10.03\00:22:12.39 Just try to wrap your mind around. 00:22:12.43\00:22:13.90 This is incredible, when we think about this. 00:22:13.93\00:22:16.53 All of this prophecy 00:22:16.56\00:22:17.90 and here in the Book of Revelation, 00:22:17.93\00:22:19.60 layers, layers, I'm gonna say it once, 00:22:19.63\00:22:22.50 I'm gonna say it this way, let's say it again now 00:22:22.54\00:22:24.67 and it's layers on top, let say it again 00:22:24.71\00:22:26.24 now layers on top. 00:22:26.27\00:22:27.61 The images and symbols all being different 00:22:27.64\00:22:29.58 but each one of them bringing more to the table. 00:22:29.61\00:22:31.58 For example, you know, we talked about red horse, 00:22:31.61\00:22:34.85 we talked about blood. 00:22:34.88\00:22:36.42 Well, there is a famous saying 00:22:36.45\00:22:38.29 from the time of this persecution 00:22:38.32\00:22:40.86 that the blood of martyrs were seed for the gospel, 00:22:40.89\00:22:44.79 which is gonna take us into our next horse 00:22:44.83\00:22:46.33 because that's why we have these next horses, 00:22:46.36\00:22:48.46 this transition taking place. 00:22:48.50\00:22:50.60 This compromise had to take place 00:22:50.63\00:22:52.03 because it didn't work. 00:22:52.07\00:22:54.54 And here's another point I think it's really significant 00:22:54.57\00:22:57.07 God has one way. 00:22:57.11\00:22:59.21 It's white, it's pure, it's true, it's holy, 00:22:59.24\00:23:03.04 it's undeviating. 00:23:03.08\00:23:05.55 Satan has one way, 00:23:05.58\00:23:06.92 then he has another way, then he has another way. 00:23:06.95\00:23:08.48 See he's gonna use any and every means he can, 00:23:08.52\00:23:11.69 you know, if this doesn't work, I'm gonna try this. 00:23:11.72\00:23:13.36 If this doesn't work, I'm gonna try this. 00:23:13.39\00:23:14.86 And sometimes you make a mistake 00:23:14.89\00:23:16.52 as believers to think, 00:23:16.56\00:23:17.89 "Oh, this is God and this is Satan." 00:23:17.93\00:23:20.40 No, no, this is God. 00:23:20.43\00:23:22.23 This is Satan, this is Satan, this is Satan, 00:23:22.26\00:23:23.90 he is working through all that stuff, he is even, 00:23:23.93\00:23:26.40 as we'll see he's even working through religious tithe. 00:23:26.43\00:23:29.30 That's why we said, you know, Jimmy Carter once said this, 00:23:29.34\00:23:31.97 he said the "religion of Christ never persecuted anyone." 00:23:32.01\00:23:35.81 The religion of Christ never persecuted anyone. 00:23:35.84\00:23:37.28 That's true. 00:23:37.31\00:23:38.65 So when we look at this, and by the way, 00:23:38.68\00:23:40.38 in the Roman Empire, in the pagan Roman Empire, 00:23:40.42\00:23:43.52 Christians were looked upon as atheists. 00:23:43.55\00:23:47.02 They were looked upon on us as non-religious. 00:23:47.06\00:23:49.32 That was the issue. 00:23:49.36\00:23:50.86 The religion of the Roman Empire, 00:23:50.89\00:23:52.23 the pagan religion 00:23:52.26\00:23:53.60 was the religion of worshipping the gods. 00:23:53.63\00:23:55.53 And the Christians wouldn't worship the gods. 00:23:55.56\00:23:57.83 They wouldn't burn the incense. 00:23:57.87\00:23:59.27 They wouldn't acknowledge, 00:23:59.30\00:24:00.64 they wouldn't bow down to the emperor. 00:24:00.67\00:24:02.00 They were atheists. 00:24:02.04\00:24:03.37 So they actually, 00:24:03.41\00:24:04.74 the definition of the word atheist 00:24:04.77\00:24:06.17 back in that time was a denial of the Roman gods specifically. 00:24:06.21\00:24:12.21 So Christians were viewed as atheist. 00:24:12.25\00:24:14.68 That's kind of crazy. That is. 00:24:14.72\00:24:16.58 I want to mention a point. 00:24:16.62\00:24:17.95 Well, go ahead, Yvonne, what you're gonna say. 00:24:17.99\00:24:19.32 I just wanted to clarify one thing 00:24:19.35\00:24:22.09 because I don't want any confusion about-- 00:24:22.12\00:24:26.26 You know, we've the different colors 00:24:26.29\00:24:27.63 of the horses 00:24:27.66\00:24:29.00 and each one represents something, 00:24:29.03\00:24:31.03 and the white represents God and purity and all that. 00:24:31.07\00:24:34.04 I just want our viewers to know 00:24:34.07\00:24:36.27 that everybody is included under the flag of purity, 00:24:36.30\00:24:41.98 because it could be misunderstood. 00:24:42.01\00:24:44.91 And so we just want everybody that every nation, 00:24:44.95\00:24:47.48 every kindred, every tongue 00:24:47.52\00:24:49.65 and people represented under that kind of flag. 00:24:49.68\00:24:55.06 It's a flag, it's not one race, it's not one color, 00:24:55.09\00:25:01.16 it's what that represents 00:25:01.20\00:25:02.60 and it's important to make that distinction. 00:25:02.63\00:25:04.77 Well it is and here's another way 00:25:04.80\00:25:06.57 to add to that distinction. 00:25:06.60\00:25:07.94 That white horse represents Christ's righteousness 00:25:07.97\00:25:10.34 that He gives to us. 00:25:10.37\00:25:11.71 Yes. So no one race has it. 00:25:11.74\00:25:13.14 Yeah. Yes. 00:25:13.17\00:25:14.51 Nobody has that-- And I think it's important -- 00:25:14.54\00:25:15.88 This is Christ. This is Christ. 00:25:15.91\00:25:17.25 Because some people will misinterpret that. 00:25:17.28\00:25:18.75 That which represents Christ, and Christ gives it to us, 00:25:18.78\00:25:23.59 so nobody has it in and of themselves. 00:25:23.62\00:25:26.89 Yeah. 00:25:26.92\00:25:28.26 I was gonna mention that I think is crucial 00:25:28.29\00:25:30.06 to understand as well is that, you know, 00:25:30.09\00:25:32.43 the Bible says think it not strange 00:25:32.46\00:25:34.06 concerning the fiery. 00:25:34.10\00:25:35.43 What color is fire? Red. 00:25:35.46\00:25:37.63 The fiery trial that is to try. 00:25:37.67\00:25:39.87 When you mount that white horse, 00:25:39.90\00:25:42.37 or when you are become symbolize by the white horse 00:25:42.40\00:25:45.37 because now you've given your life to Christ 00:25:45.41\00:25:47.28 just know 00:25:47.31\00:25:48.64 that there is a red horse around the corner, 00:25:48.68\00:25:51.15 waiting to make life so miserable for you, 00:25:51.18\00:25:54.65 that you'll give up the white horse, 00:25:54.68\00:25:56.62 that you'll give. 00:25:56.65\00:25:57.99 He wants you to dismantle, 00:25:58.02\00:25:59.35 he wants you to move away from righteousness of Christ, 00:25:59.39\00:26:01.09 so what we see happening 00:26:01.12\00:26:02.46 in the second and third century after Christ, 00:26:02.49\00:26:06.39 we can see happening on a very personal level. 00:26:06.43\00:26:09.03 You know, when I accepted the Lord, 00:26:09.06\00:26:10.47 I was so happy. 00:26:10.50\00:26:11.83 I thought things were gonna be great, 00:26:11.87\00:26:13.20 and then as soon as I accept the Lord, 00:26:13.23\00:26:15.47 persecutions begins to come. 00:26:15.50\00:26:16.84 You know, my job, my family, you know, 00:26:16.87\00:26:19.91 friends I used to hangout with, all of a sudden now, 00:26:19.94\00:26:22.41 you know, all this, you know, 00:26:22.44\00:26:24.08 issues and trials are coming to me. 00:26:24.11\00:26:25.91 But know that, that is the process 00:26:25.95\00:26:27.85 because Satan is real 00:26:27.88\00:26:29.75 and he's gonna try to get you away from the white horse. 00:26:29.78\00:26:32.92 Right, if nothing has happened unto you, 00:26:32.95\00:26:34.29 you got to kind of question that-- 00:26:34.32\00:26:35.69 We do. 00:26:35.72\00:26:37.06 What am I doing in my life that Satan's leaving me alone? 00:26:37.09\00:26:40.26 Yeah. 00:26:40.30\00:26:41.63 You know, it's interesting that you'd say that 00:26:41.66\00:26:43.00 because, this year was proclaimed 00:26:43.03\00:26:46.17 the year of evangelism. 00:26:46.20\00:26:48.27 And when I tell you 00:26:48.30\00:26:49.64 that so much has broken out against before here at 3ABN 00:26:49.67\00:26:54.94 and all of that, this year, not that, 00:26:54.98\00:26:57.41 I mean we were doing it all along, 00:26:57.45\00:26:59.25 but now this is real concerted effort 00:26:59.28\00:27:02.28 to really focus on evangelism and bam. 00:27:02.32\00:27:06.35 That means Satan has just really been waging war so-- 00:27:06.39\00:27:10.33 Get not estrange. That's right. 00:27:10.36\00:27:11.76 Get not estrange. 00:27:11.79\00:27:13.13 All right, we doubt we are out of time, 00:27:13.16\00:27:14.50 got about a minute left, Jason, closes out with our viewers 00:27:14.53\00:27:18.67 on how they can send their questions into somewhere. 00:27:18.70\00:27:25.31 If they have any questions they can go to sss@3abn.org. 00:27:25.34\00:27:31.15 And send an email to sss@3abn.org. 00:27:31.18\00:27:34.88 Salvation, signs and symbols? 00:27:34.92\00:27:36.85 Salvation in symbols and signs. 00:27:36.89\00:27:38.22 No signs? Yeah that too. 00:27:38.25\00:27:39.59 I'm gonna remember this, you know, 00:27:39.62\00:27:41.29 I'm gonna remember this at some point. 00:27:41.32\00:27:43.93 But we need to close out with prayer. 00:27:43.96\00:27:45.29 So close out with prayer, would you, Jason? 00:27:45.33\00:27:46.66 Sure. 00:27:46.70\00:27:48.03 Dear heavenly Father, thank You for blessing us 00:27:48.06\00:27:49.40 with the powerful study 00:27:49.43\00:27:50.77 and teaching us about the four horses, 00:27:50.80\00:27:54.07 and the angels, 00:27:54.10\00:27:56.24 and all the symbolism in the red-- 00:27:56.27\00:27:58.51 what everything represents Lord. 00:27:58.54\00:28:00.68 We asked that You be with us in our future studies, 00:28:00.71\00:28:04.18 and help us to have a firm understanding of this 00:28:04.21\00:28:09.02 and help our viewers to have a firm understanding of this 00:28:09.05\00:28:12.52 and to study it out for themselves as well. 00:28:12.55\00:28:15.89 Thank you so much for blessing this day 00:28:15.92\00:28:17.83 in Jesus' name we pray. 00:28:17.86\00:28:19.19 Amen. Amen. 00:28:19.23\00:28:20.56