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Black Horse
Revelation 6:5 And when he had opened the
third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and
lo a black horse; and he that
sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
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Third
Seal = Brings famine...false balances .. false teaching...
inflation. hardships
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4th trump = 1/3 of the
Christians are spiritually dead to GOD'S WORD. (Revelation 7 and 8)
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1/3 of them was darkened - means = no truth = because of the false
pastors = No truth; no light
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They have set their abominations in the
house which is called by my name, to pollute
it.
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Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that
thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of
thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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The black
horse represents famine. Famine of food, but also of truth. death
always follows famine, which we witness in the pale horse that
follows.
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The rider
represents Kenites merchants who have slipped in among the Jews (Revelation
3:9).
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The
balance or scales are rigged to cheat (Amos 8:1-5) which brings
about the inflation in next verse.
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Amos
8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will
send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread,
nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the
words of the LORD:
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This is
false balances.. false teaching
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Mark 13:8 For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be
famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows
Revelation 6:6 And I
heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat
for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt
not the oil and the wine.
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There's going to be
inflation.. famine.. hardship
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A penny, as is mentioned here, is a denarius (1220).
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At this
time this was written, a day's wage was one penny.
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Normally,
one could buy eight loaves with a day's wage
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But John
describes a time of inflation when it required the entire day's wage
to buy just one loaf.
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This
indicates that there will be hardships to face
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But it
is not necessary for the elect to worry
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Revelation 9:4 And it
was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the
earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those
men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but
that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was
as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
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Read the
last sentence of this verse.
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It says
not to hurt the oil and the wine.
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In Revelation
9:4 the locusts were commanded not to hurt "any green thing".
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The "oil
and wine", the oil stand for the very elect of Israel, which are the 13
tribes of Israel and the wine stands for the blood of Christ.
- We know
that the city (Jerusalem during the 6 day war) has been smitten and
that we should be dumb no more.
- Therefore, these prophecies begin to speak to us with the simplicity
of the teachings of Jesus Christ and we realize our responsibilities
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is not difficult to stand up to the trials of today
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we know that His promises are sound and that He will not depart from
us.
- This
verse shows hardships and hurts coming for everyone expect the elect
- Revelation 9 = God shortened
the 3 1/2 years to 5 months
T he Time of harvest?
May - September
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wisdom. God has
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believe what any man may teach you unless you first check them
out directly from God's Word which is unchangeable.
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