THE APOCALYPSE AND THE TEMPLE CODE

Note: Opening these seals will initiate the beginning of the tribulation

REVELATION CHAPTER 6

A. The tribulation begins with the four horsemen saying, “Come and see . ”

1. The white horse (Rev. 6:2) 2. The red horse (Rev. 6:4) 3. The black horse (Rev. 6:5) 4. The pale (greenish) horse (Rev. 6:8)

B. The four horseman are also found in Zechariah

1. The two witnesses

- Zech. 4:12

- seen in Rev. 11:1-3 - seen in Rev. 11: 13 - seen in Rev. 19:11-21 - seen in Rev. 20 - seen in Rev. 6:1-8

2. The battle for Jerusalem

- Zech. 13 &14 - Zech. 14:4-8 - Zech. 14:9-16 - Zech. 6:1-7

3. The Lord’s return to Jerusalem

4. The King ruling on earth

5. The four horses

C. The four chariots are also seen in Zechariah 6:2-3

1. The first chariot - red horses 2. The second chariot - black horses 3. The third chariot - white horses 4. The fourth chariot - grisled horses

- Zech. 6:2 - Zech. 6:2 - Zech. 6:3 - Zech. 6:3

- no indication where they are going - going into the north Country

- following the black horses - went into the south country

“ And the angel answered and said unto me, these are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.” - Zechariah 6:5

In Zechariah they are in chariots – in Revelation all have riders on single horses

THE WHITE HORSE (Revelation 6:2)

A. The white horse and rider is not Christ

1. A white horse

- emperors & conquers were pulled in chariots with white horses - the Greek is toxon – a bow of a warrior or a fighter - the Greek is stephanos - a wreath, crown, prize for the games

2. A bow is in his hand 3. He wears a crown

4. He conquers

- to subdue and to take control in entire nations

B. The white horse rider is the antichrist

1. Muslims teach this is their last, end-time leader called the Mahdi

a. The Mahdi will appear at the end of days riding upon a white horse b. The Mahdi will kill, by beheading, any Jews and C hristians who don’t convert c. The Mahdi will rule for 7 or 10 years according to Islamic scholars

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