And when He had opened the fifth seal,
I saw under the altar the souls of them
that were slain for the word of
God, and for the testimony which they held:
and they cried with a loud voice, saying,
How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
that dwell on the earth? and white robes
were given unto every one of them; and it
was said unto them, that they should rest
yet for a little season, until their fellowservants
also and their brethren, that should be killed
as they were, should be fulfilled.
Revelation 6:9-11
Let us take time to review and attempt to understand the symbols used up to this point. The symbol "horses," what is the meaning of this symbol? The Bible uses natural entities to represent Spiritual things as in the case of the use of the natural entity the horse we must look at how horses were used in times past. Horses were used by many nations as war instruments, to carry warriors into battle, chariots, and even to be used as a weapon seen in ancient artifacts. In the Bible horses referred to warlike operations with the only exception in Isaiah 28:28. When the Hebrews settled in Canaan horses were not used for a long time. The white horse then represented purity, righteousness for the one who rode and the One riding the white horse had a mission to overcome as seen with Him having a bow, and then a crown representing that He was the One who would be victorious.
Then next seal opened a red horse was seen and once again power was given to the rider to take from the earth peace. This represents judgment. Earth was not speaking of the literal earth for it is not able to do anything other than be the earth, but of people of the earth who were having judgment executed upon them that which they so desired, peace: they were losing what they desired. God is executing His judgment upon a sinful people, even those of Christianity that had fallen away. In some sense we can see murder, the killing of innocent people by those who have another god than the God of the Bible, or by those who will not believe in the God of the Bible. We are living in a time of fear, from those who would kill us, not just because of our faith, but even by those who hold a certain power over us. Does anyone teaching heresy or a false doctrine think that this judgment is only for the sinful? They have another think coming!
A black horse was now seen when the third seal was opened and the One sitting on this horse had a pair of balances in His hand. The word for "Balance," or "scales," means o coupling together as with a yoke, or used metaphorically as a submission to authority, of bondage to the Law as a means of salvation, or to be bonded in service as to masters, but it also simply means, a scale, a balance. A scale, or balance, is used to determine the truth of something, or someone, so what is being measured or balanced? People as with Job: "Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity" (Job 31:6). When Daniel saw the vision of the hand writing on the wall: "TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting" (Daniel 5:27).Food will become expensive, hard to purchase, and not just literal food, but spiritual food. People will loathe this fact that they cannot buy what they wanted for life and will be deprived of this food that God gives, His word. It is not that it cannot be purchased, rather that it will be harder and costly for them to purchase. Why not the oil and the wine? Oil represents the word of God, and the wine that represents Divine knowledge that was one accessible to them but now they cannot have what so easy for them to have in the past.
I will continue this in the next blogs, but for we must take what this means for us now. We have access now to the word of God and we have the power to live according to God's word now, and it is free but we must grab hold of it and live it now so that all the promises of God for His children now will be yours to have leading you through all the trials of life. We cannot be nominal Christians, why would the promises of God apply to you if you are not assure that they are yours now? The only promise that you have for sure is that if you are an Authentic Christian is eternal life a promise assured by the death of Jesus on the cross, it cannot be ever taken away.
He that trusteth in his own heart
is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 28:26
Live wisely
Richard L. Crumb
Then next seal opened a red horse was seen and once again power was given to the rider to take from the earth peace. This represents judgment. Earth was not speaking of the literal earth for it is not able to do anything other than be the earth, but of people of the earth who were having judgment executed upon them that which they so desired, peace: they were losing what they desired. God is executing His judgment upon a sinful people, even those of Christianity that had fallen away. In some sense we can see murder, the killing of innocent people by those who have another god than the God of the Bible, or by those who will not believe in the God of the Bible. We are living in a time of fear, from those who would kill us, not just because of our faith, but even by those who hold a certain power over us. Does anyone teaching heresy or a false doctrine think that this judgment is only for the sinful? They have another think coming!
A black horse was now seen when the third seal was opened and the One sitting on this horse had a pair of balances in His hand. The word for "Balance," or "scales," means o coupling together as with a yoke, or used metaphorically as a submission to authority, of bondage to the Law as a means of salvation, or to be bonded in service as to masters, but it also simply means, a scale, a balance. A scale, or balance, is used to determine the truth of something, or someone, so what is being measured or balanced? People as with Job: "Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity" (Job 31:6). When Daniel saw the vision of the hand writing on the wall: "TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting" (Daniel 5:27).Food will become expensive, hard to purchase, and not just literal food, but spiritual food. People will loathe this fact that they cannot buy what they wanted for life and will be deprived of this food that God gives, His word. It is not that it cannot be purchased, rather that it will be harder and costly for them to purchase. Why not the oil and the wine? Oil represents the word of God, and the wine that represents Divine knowledge that was one accessible to them but now they cannot have what so easy for them to have in the past.
I will continue this in the next blogs, but for we must take what this means for us now. We have access now to the word of God and we have the power to live according to God's word now, and it is free but we must grab hold of it and live it now so that all the promises of God for His children now will be yours to have leading you through all the trials of life. We cannot be nominal Christians, why would the promises of God apply to you if you are not assure that they are yours now? The only promise that you have for sure is that if you are an Authentic Christian is eternal life a promise assured by the death of Jesus on the cross, it cannot be ever taken away.
He that trusteth in his own heart
is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 28:26
Live wisely
Richard L. Crumb
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