The Aspects of Horses in Zechariah: The horses appear
in Zechariah first and are EXPOUNDED in
Revelation.
Zechariah Factor 1: Those which went SOUTH (Egypt, bondage, slavery,
subservience to the beast empire nation) depict the state of the world as subject to
EMPIRE, slavery, and it is a worldwide submission experienced throughout the earth.
Zechariah Factor 2: The White and Black go NORTH which is Mesopotamia, also called Shinar, Babylon, Iraq,
etc. BLACK 1st to set up the economic basis of state and empire and WHITE 2nd -- the military
necessity to maintain state an empire. The black and white horses
of Zechariah relate fundamental characteristics of empire, but
particularly the beast empires prophecied in Daniel.
Revelation -- Only those horses which
relate to empire are found again in Revelation,
to include the "red horses." Therefore, the horses of Revelation describe the inevitable sequence from the
perspective of empire, particularly MYSTERY BABYLON.
1st Seal -- MYSTERY BABYLON (of the fourth kingdom) invades Shinar, today's
Iraq, to battle a bitter enemy. The
ADUMBRATION: Rome invades Shinar, today's Iraq, to battle their bitter enemies, the Parthians.
2nd Seal -- World War III -- We discuss that the only alternative interpretation, global
anarchy, is untenable, as we already know in which context worldwide killing occurs. It is
at the behest of kings and kingdoms in the context of world war. We have two,
fairly recent world wars in history to serve as an example.
3rd Seal -- Part 3 of the Seven Seals
is now updated to include the following:
"April 17, 2006: Missed in the original analysis of the third seal is the historical fact
that Rome itself had internationalized its market world-wide via free trade, enforced and
maintained by military forward presence, aka. empire. During the time of the writing of
the book of Revelation and after, Rome itself produced only olive oil and wine, having
"outsourced" production of other commodities, including staples such as barley.
It is amazing that throughout history, empire after empire has repeated the same guaranteed
failure of free-trade, which can only be enforced by a constant, military
forward-presence. Citizens often find themselves disposessed, with few alternatives
but military service, conceived and necessary for the sole purpose of international
expansion, the prime vanity of empire, which through international free-trade has destroyed
the very livlihood of those whom the military ostensibly protects. The current occurance is
BABYLON THE GREAT, which is no longer a total "MYSTERY." This empire nation is most clearly revealed. Only
specifics, yet to be fulfilled, remain "MYSTERY."
The outstanding feature of Rome's dilemma was that the mobs were comprised of actual
Roman citizens, and not the myriad of slaves. This fact struck at the pride and sense
of Roman citizenship. Even after the Roman Empire collapsed, people never truly quit
thinking of themselves as Roman, even as late as the twentieth century and perhaps the present.
Considering these things, "oil" must refer to olive oil in antiquity as well as actual
fuel oil. This is one instance of how Revelation speaks directly both to future events,
similar instances manifested throughout the history of empires, as well as Christianity's
innaugural generations. Nevertheless, Revelation's most direct application is exposition
of end-time events as well as the order and placement of these events."
Seals Four through Seven describe the beginning/middle/end of the last
week ("seven," seven years, or 2,520 days) in the time element provided in the Seventy Weeks Prophecy from the
end of Daniel Chapter 9.
4th Seal -- Confirmation of the Covenanant/Testament (exactly synonymous words)
I finished a fairly extensive study on the BIBLICAL meaning of the word
covenant. Regardless of whether one interprets this the same way as I do, the
Fourth seal is most definitly a description of the Covenant with Death and Hell. A
Biblical Covenant is not a "treaty." Please use the Blue Letter Bible
link on GovernmentNews.ORG to do a word study of
this word (Hebrew -- cognate b@rith and New Testament Greek -- cognate
diathaka). THE FOURTH
SEAL MARKS THE START OF THE LAST SEVEN (WEEK) OF DANIEL'S SEVENTY WEEKS.
5th SEAL -- Marks the start of the Great Tribulation. Please see Seven
Seals series.
6th SEAL -- EXACT same signs that Herald the Day of the
Lord -- Coming and Gathering, Joel, Matthew 24, and Acts 2:20. I think this
is OBVIOUS, and I cannot believe that I have not read it elswhere and that when
I wrote an email about this a couple years ago I got NO RESPONSE from ANYBODY. The
signs that herald "THAT DAY" are not recognizable to Christians?!?!?!?!?
7th SEAL -- This is a depiction of Heaven during the coming
and gathering on the Day of the Lord and it gives away about how long the coming
and gathering takes place. Revelation 8:1 -- STOP -- DO NOT CONTINUE --
THE SEALS ARE FINISHED -- THE END
THE SEVEN SEALS END -- THE SEVENTH SEAL DOES NOT OPEN THE TRUMPETS.
The Trumpets are a description of what happens during the last 3 and 1/2 years AFTER
the Beast has had his hour of power. The last year and a half, day and hour are the
5th and 6th trumpets. The 7th Trumpet is the Day of the Lord and the Wrath that follows
or is part of the Day of the Lord/ coming and gathering. The first trumpet initiates
after the "midst of the week" and is the is the hail of
Isaiah 28:17 which happens as a direct result and judgement of the Covenant with Death and
Hell. All trumpets occur within time-period of the
last 3 and 1/2 years.
We must ask, that given the time of a season is 28 years (according
to Astronomical Enoch), and there
is no known astronomical relation to 28 years, that the seven seals fall within the final
season of the age of this world. If we are to mark a time when the FIRST SEAL
opened, the best candidate is not the actual date of invasion, but instead
a time that marks the unquestionable culpability of the people of MYSTERY
BABYLON. This would fall in 2004 with MYSTERY BABYLON's RE-election of
the deceitful George Bush, and of his government's "preemptive" invasion of Iraq under
false pretenses. 2032 not only falls 28 years after this innaugural disaster;
2032 also falls 2,000 years after the accepted year of our Lord
Jesus' ascension. From this it appears that
we have an exact season of 28 years for the Seals to play out --
start to finish.
While each seal is rooted in a process with beginnings from earlier dates, do
the horses hit with force in Seven year increments? The following table illustrates
this likelihood.
i.e.:
1st Seal -- Invasion of Shinar -- "MYSTERY BABYLON" invades Iraq
WE ARE CURRENTLY NEARING THE END OF THIS SEAL -- AWAITING THE NEXT, WHICH IS MORE CATASTROPHIC
7years
2nd Seal -- World War III -- "MYSTERY BABYLON" -- After initial success
against an inferior power, MYSTERY BABYLON is humiliated
by larger, more powerful intervening power, which has only recently risen in strength, predictably
and obviously, but nevertheless to the shock of the world.
7years
3rd Seal -- Economic Shock in Babylon -- it may not take a shock, but merely the ultimate
outcome of the longstanding increase income disparities which MYSTERY BABYLON has
now experienced for over two decades.
7years (he who shall be Antichrist begins to rise)
4th Seal -- Confirm the covenant with many -- Israel builds a third temple on
Mount Moriah according to the exacting standards of Old Testament law. A red heifer
must be sacrificed to make levitical temple-worship tenable. To make such a rebuilding possible,
Israel accepts necessary political support from the fourth beast kingdom, yet revived again
in the final form in which it shall appear, MYSTERY BABYLON. He who shall be revealed as
Antichrist plays a central role in this event, as leader of MYSTERY BABYLON, as well
as an ostensible friend of Israel.
3.5 years
5th Seal -- Abomination of Desolation commences the Great Tribulation -- even though
we know characteristics of the "man of sin," and can identify him by prior acts, this
event marks the time when he is "revealed" -- The character of Antichrist becomes consummated
at this event.
3.5 years -- Trumpets
6th Seal -- Signs to Watch -- Total Darkness, Moon to Blood, Powers of Heaven Shaken
----No man knows the DAY or HOUR (does not say "no man knows the time") --
Observation for The Feast of
Trumpets, or Rosh Hashana, the
Jewish New Year, for the year
2032, starts on September 6th or 7th. BOTH dates are observed to ensure the correct date is not missed,
for only the LORD knows the date on which the New Year starts. Furthermore, an extra hour is added
to the observance to ensure the appropriate date is not missed. No man knows the day or the hour,
save the LORD.
It will be easy to know whether this prediction is correct far ahead of time,
for the book of Daniel prophecies that the event of the Day of the Lord occurs 2,520 days
from the confirmation of the covenant and 1,250 days from the time Antichrist stops Levitical temple
worship and declares himself to be "god" and above all that is worshipped, also at this time
initiating the requirement that all men should take his mark, name, or the number of his name.
7th Seal -- Coming and Gathering -- The 7th Seal tells us about how long the coming and
gathering take -- about the space of half an hour. This marks the ACTUAL "DAY OF THE LORD."
THE SEVEN SEALS END -- THE SEVENTH SEAL DOES NOT OPEN THE TRUMPETS.