IV HORSES - PART 2

WE COME IN PEACE

TRUE WISDOM

The Bible is becoming old news. Did I just say that? Of course, there is a massive catch. The catch is that very statement is prophesied by the Bible itself. There are countless places in the Bible that state how people will depart from the faith, fall away, and gravitate more toward what their ‘tickling’ ears want to hear rather than what they need to hear. So, the fact that scripture foretells of its own rejection, is just further evidence of its supernatural origin.

Let’s say you study something. That something may be religion, mechanics, politics, parenting, medicine, or whatever. Most people study something. But there is a monumental difference between someone that claims to know something and someone that actually studies it. The former can talk the talk for a period of time and convince many that he/she knows particular topics. But the true student can speak at a level that removes all doubt as to their command of the subject matter.

For example, my friend Russ studies farming, specifically in Georgia. My friend Mike also studies farming but his geographical focus is Indiana. They both have astounding amounts of knowledge and even though the general topic is the same, the nuances are quite different and without a keen understanding of those nuances they run the high risk of failure. The nuances in this case appear to be largely related to the differences as it pertains to geography which has obvious impacts on things like weather.

I tend to study technology and scripture. As with farming, the nuances make all the difference.

IT WAS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN

Just so we are all on the same page, I want to make sure I am clear that the corruption that exists in the political class inside of Israel has little or no connection to either the promises or covenant that has been made by God to Israel. The only thing the greedy politicians should ever expect from God is his eventual wrath. We’ll cover that topic in more detail in part 3 of this series.

In a series of explosive comments, former US president Donald Trump accused former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deceiving him and his administration about his sincerity to make a peace deal with the Palestinians.

In two interviews with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid earlier this year, Trump repeatedly expressed his suspicion that Netanyahu was not interested in coming to a peace agreement with the Palestinians, something that the Trump administration put much effort into in its peace plan made public in January 2020.

“I don’t think Bibi ever wanted to make peace, I think he tapped us along, just tapped, tapped, tapped... Bibi did not want to make peace, never did,” said the former US president.

“Bibi did not want to make a deal,” said Trump. “Even most recently when we came up with the maps and everything he said, ‘this is good, this is good,’ everything was always great, but he did not want to make a deal. I thought the Pals were impossible and the Israelis would do everything to make peace and a deal. I found that not to be true…

Source —> HERE.

GEO-BIBLICAL

For those that want to be overly biblical on one hand or overly secular on the other concerning the ongoing conflict in the middle east, I am hoping this series provides some balance and yet a strong connection between the two.

What do you say we waste no time on this one? Here is the text from the ever-popular four horses of the apocalypse passage.

Revelation 6 verses 1-8

The First Seal - The White Horse

Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” I looked, and there was a white horse. The horseman on it had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a victor to conquer.

The Second Seal - The Red Horse

When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.

The Third Seal - The Black Horse

When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand. Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius—but do not harm the oil and the wine.”

The Fourth Seal - The Pale Green Horse

When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!" And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

We’ll cover this in more detail in a few minutes.

TOUCH NOT THE OIL

It’s literally impossible to even touch on the topic of the middle east or the players without re-emphasizing the importance of the global oil and energy markets. The strategy surrounding both upstream and downstream impacts in this arena are well calculated before any military decisions are executed.

The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most important oil chokepoint because it is the main route for transporting oil from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world. It is a narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. It is only about 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, and it has two shipping lanes that can accommodate large tankers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the daily oil flow averages 21 million barrels per day, which was about 21% of global petroleum liquids consumption. This means that any disruption or closure of the strait could have a very significant impact on the global oil market and prices.

The strait is also a strategic location for regional and international security, as it is bordered by Iran and Oman, and it is near several other countries in the Middle East. The strait has been the site of several conflicts and tensions in the past, such as the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, the Tanker War in the late 1980s, and the recent attacks on oil tankers and facilities in 2019 and 2020. The strait is also vulnerable to piracy, terrorism, and environmental hazards. Therefore, the Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most important oil chokepoint because it is vital for the global oil supply and demand, and it is a hotspot for geopolitical and security issues.

So regardless of your view of Zionism, Jihad, or any of the dueling forces; know that the common oil interests will always trump their make-believe religious views.

Luckily, God doesn’t play by those rules.

ONE NATION UNDER GODs

Before and after the presidency of Donald Trump the United States was and is now again on an intentional trajectory to fulfill what the famous freemason Manly P. Hall would call the ‘secret destiny of America’ which includes a subserviency to God…. and it’s anything but the God of the Bible. This is a deity that most Americans would not imagine when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to one nation under God.

In fact, the idea that the United States was established as a monotheistic Christian nation by those that framed our country is actually quite puzzling. When you really consider the ‘god’ referred to on American currency as a Judeo-Christian one it’s baffling. The questionable deistic beliefs of so many of the founding fathers aside, the countless pagan icons that dominate the symbols, statues, buildings, and seals that were carefully drafted under close government oversight, forecasts anything but Christianity.

If I am being honest, if I had no preconceived ideas and allowed the symbolism on currency to speak for itself, I would quickly determine that this was a great culture who worshipped Egyptian and Greek deities, especially a particular solar one whose all seeing eye glared from atop an unfinished pyramid.

At no point would I even come close to determining that this culture elevated a Godhead comprised of a father, son, and spirit and that same god sent forth that son as a sacrifice for all mankind. I could go on and on just about the history of the upper and lower phrases of the great seal, but I would belabor the point.

The Judeo-Christian heritage represented on our currency or other artifacts is comparable to the perplexing naming of the cereal Grape Nuts.

It has neither Judeo nor Christian heritage.

ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS

We all know that corruption can span all aspects of life from politics, technology, finance, healthcare, religion, and beyond. There is nothing new under the sun. Every generation has to deal with their own crop of scumbags.

But there is a corruption that spans every field, every culture, and every generation. It’s by far the least detected but the most transcendent corruption imaginable.

Spiritual corruption.

And please do not mistake religious corruption with spiritual corruption. Religious corruption is devoid of anything related to the spirit. It’s really not much different than corporate corruption. It’s pretending to know the spirit in order to elevate the flesh.

Spiritual corruption is embracing the darkness in order to create deception and ultimately destruction.

But like the first article, what does this have to do with the four horses of the apocalypse? Actually, I would argue it has an awful lot to do with those horses. Do you remember the colors? WHITE, RED, BLACK, and GREEN. Do those colors happen to remind you of anything?

REPEATEDLY WARNED

A van loaded with a 1,200-pound nitrate bomb headed for downtown Manhattan. The destination was the World Trade Center, and the mission was to destroy the Twin Towers. The group of terrorists led by Ramzi Yousef drove their bomb-filled vehicle into the public parking garage below the towers. They parked on the B-2 level of the garage, lit the bomb’s fuse, and escaped in a getaway car.

At 12:18 p.m. on that cold day in February, the bomb detonated. The explosion left a hole 150 feet wide and several stories deep underneath the North Tower. People on the top floors of the towers and in surrounding buildings could feel the force of the explosion. While the terrorists’ mission to destroy the towers failed, six people were killed in the attack, and upwards of a thousand were injured. Luckily, there were high-credibility reporters like the youthful Brian Williams on the scene to make sure only accurate news was being reported on that dark day back in 1993. But more importantly, the NYC authorities, the US Government, and the US intelligence community would NEVER allow something like this to ever happen again on US soil. And I mean NEVER.

Well, I guess you never say never because a mere 8 years later not only did lightning strike twice, but it also brought hellfire with it. Between the horrific suicide missions of 1993 and 2001, one would think the religion of Islam would have been mortally wounded.

Instead, what transpired? After all the destruction, bloodshed, and carnage what was the overarching theme? What is the summary statement consistently pushed on us by the despicable powers that be?

“Islam is a religion of peace.”

The scene of the greatest terror attack in US history has now become the place where we honor the spirit of our attacker. This is the very definition of spiritual corruption.

THE FOURTH SEAL

Since I have never been one to follow a particular order, I think I want to start with the fourth seal and work my way backward. Besides, it’s unwise for a variety of reasons to think necessarily in terms of a linear flow when it comes to events of the last days. When Jesus revealed this to John it was because he knew that it would be transcribed in a linear fashion. But keep in mind, that Jesus himself has only ever operated in the ‘eternal now’, so the fact it’s the fourth seal is only significant to us.

I want to draw your attention to some particular areas of the passage.

1. Green

It is widely understood that the favorite color of the Prophet Muhammad was green (Source —> HERE). But in the list of powerful Islamic symbols and their meaning, coming in at number 3 is the color green and coming in at number 4 are the colors white and black.

An important symbol we should mention isn’t an actual geometric symbol – it’s a color. Since its earliest days, the color green has been associated with Islam by most of its followers because of a particular line in the Quran (18:31) which states that “those who inhabit paradise will wear fine silk garments of green”.

Source —> HERE

2. Death

When the fourth seal was broken, it was the only horse where the rider (or horseman) was actually named. It's also worth noting that Death is the only rider not given an explicit weapon. I believe there is a distinct reason for that which is two-fold. The white horse was given a bow and a crown. The red horse was given a sword. The black horse was given scales. But then we notice that the green horse was named ‘Death’ but given no weapon. The rider of the green horse is not a ‘rider’ but rather ‘riders’ plural. This is why we see the tense suddenly change from him to ‘them’ because the weapons wielded by the white, red, and black horses are means to attain the ultimate purpose of the green horse, which is death.

3. One Fourth

Islam’s growth rate has risen 500% over the last 50 years as their birth rate dwarfs the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Jews. Between the twin strategies of holy war (jihad) and immigration, Muslims are expected to exceed 50% of the world’s population and surpass Christianity as the largest religion by the end of the 21st Century. There are more than 2 billion Muslims worldwide, making Islam the second-largest religion in the world, exceeded only by Christianity. What’s interesting about that number is the current world population is right at 8 billion. From a population perspective, Islam makes up almost precisely a ‘fourth of the earth’.

You see why I wanted to start with the green horse? Seeing the end from the beginning is quite important. It also shows us that these horses are indeed part of the same exact same team. But in the next article I will cover the other three horses in great detail.

QUALIFICATIONS

At the beginning of this article, I referenced my two friends Russ and Mike and their individual expertise in farming. They both also have a keen understanding for not only the physical weather patterns but also the spiritual patterns. On the flip side, it was quite common for Jesus to criticize the religious leaders of his time because of their ability to interpret the appearance of the sky, but inability to interpret the signs of the times. This is why only one is able to open the seals.

There are a few things about the four horses of the apocalypse that people either fail or refuse to see. These horses are not dispatched by Satan or demons or evil rulers of the darkness. The seals are broken, and the horses are dispatched by Jesus Christ himself. I am sure this is a source of great distress to those that partake in the sugar-coated theology of the west that tends to elevate Jesus to a level no greater than Mr. Rogers or Santa Claus. It’s a sad state of affairs to be sure. But part of this comes from the fact that people are predisposed toward trying to somehow including their own nation into scripture even if it’s nowhere near a natural fit. The truth is that every single passage where the prophets refer to the nations, the peoples, the tribes, or the regions that will become part of the coalition that turns against the God of the Bible and Israel, they name names. And those names are always either Middle Eastern or North African nations that surround Israel.

Just so we are clear, that doesn’t mean other nations will not be part of this coalition because they most certainly will. That is not my point. My point is that we need to emphasize what the Bible emphasizes and be very careful not to insert what it doesn’t insert. This can be very difficult because we’ve seen the movies and read the prophecy books. But in reality, the Bible is very middle east and Jerusalem-centric. Not New York, not Los Angeles, not London, and not Moscow.

The most important message to take away from this article is that, in the end, the overwhelming majority of rulers, nations, and people will completely turn their backs on God and on Israel. If that is not becoming blatantly obvious to even the casual observers, then those folks are willfully blind. But what makes the God of the Bible so miraculous is the fact He is able to make even His enemies His footstool. It should come as no surprise whatsoever that the God that made everything while simultaneously surrendering everything, could and would control everything.

Even if God has to dispatch His enemies on each other in order to guarantee victory, he will most certainly do so. Because it’s 100% fact that he will be the last one standing.

And if you’re on His team then you should be smiling right about now.

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