I hope many of you had the chance to read my others bloggs pertaining to the "abonination of desolation" spoken of by Daniel, that Jesus pointed His disciples to, when they were inquiring about the signs of the end times. Also the blogg about the anti-christ. It all fits into what we are about to cover as we procede though Revelations. When the first seal was broken, the first rider that was called forth, was the rider on the white horse. When Jesus broke the second seal, John heard the second living creature saying, "Come".
"And another, a red horse, went out; and to him that sat on it, it was granted to take peace
from the earth, and that men should slay one another, and a great sword was given to him."
This is the anti -christ part 2. As I have pointed already, the rider on the white horse was the anti-christ part 1. The anti-christ part 2 is this second rider, but he is much different than the first. The first one conquered with his mouth. A man of peace, represented by the white horse. The second rider will distroy with war. A man of blood, represented by a red horse. We will read, as we go on, that the introduction of the second rider is half way through the 7 year covenant that he had made and has just now broke. This event happens simutaneously with the event of Satan being kicked out of heaven and down to the earth with his fallen angels. I pointed out, in my bloggs about Daniels writings, that when this event happened, Daniel went from referring to this person as he, and started referring to him as It. This man who once came on the scene as a figure of peace, will then become an It, who will take peace from the earth and wage war.
In Paul's 1st letter to the Thessalonians, in the 5th chapter, verses 2 - 5, Paul wrote this pertaining to the day of the Lord.
"For you yourselves know full and well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief
in the night. While they are saying , 'Peace and safety!' then sudden destruction will come
upon them them suddenly like birth pangs upon a women with child; and they shall not escape.
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day of the Lord should overtake you like a thief;
for you are sons of the light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness.
I wanted to show the whole text here, and not just the peace and safety part, because I wanted to use these verses to point out some very important aspects to the time that will lead up to the day of the Lord.
First:
To a certain group of people on the earth, the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. It will not be expected by them. It will catch them by surprise.
Second:
This group of people will be the ones who have been deceived by this false peace. They will be excited about the Peace and safety, and proclaim it as so.
Third:
The destruction that will come upon them will be like birth pangs. Which means, just like when a women is about to give birth, the contractions get closer together and more severe. Likewise the distresses of those days will become closer together and more severe. Jesus also referred to this time in Matthew Chapter 24, verse 8. When responding to the apostles inquire into the signs of the end of the age and Jesus' return, Jesus responded in verse 7," For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes." Then Jesus proceded to say in verse 8," But all these things are merely the beginning og birth pangs."
Fourth:
This group will not escape.
Fifth:
The other group are the believers who know the signs of the times, as you will too after reading this. These days will not come upon them unexpectedly, because they are in the light and know what to look for.
Paul also writes about the day of the Lord and this rider ( IT ) on the red horse, in his 2nd letter to the Thessalonians Chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, when he warns them not to be decieved as to when the day of the Lord would be, saying, "Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy ( the falling away from the faith) comes first, and the man of lawlessness ( IT ) is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worsip, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God." When IT comes in the middle of the 7 year covenant that he will make, He will come against Israel, do away away with the sacrifice in the temple, which was part of the peace covenant, and then take his seat in the temple of God, making claims of he himself as being God.
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