Visions of Judgment: The Red Horse of War
Worried eyes are fixed upon the Middle East where yet another war seems imminent. What unknown forces will be unleashed should America, Britain and their allies invade Iraq? The horses are saddled and prepared. Will this be the war symbolized by the ominous red horse of Revelation 6 ?
by Darris McNeely
In the mid-1980s, President Ronald Reagan once openly mused about the potential for an age-ending world war. "You know, I turn back to your ancient prophets in the Old Testament and the signs foretelling Armageddon, and I find myself wondering if—if we're the generation that's going to see that come about... There have been times in the past when we thought the world was coming to an end, but never anything like this."
Those who lived through World War I felt the same way. They called it the "Great War" and "the war to end all wars." Oh that it were true. The war to end all wars is coming, but it will follow a time of total war unlike any ever seen (Matthew 24:21). The ride of the second horseman of Revelation 6 unleashes the malignant forces of evil and removes the last vestiges of peace from the earth. However, Jesus Christ stops this horseman's ride with His appearance and the establishment of His just Kingdom.
Notice what John saw with the breaking of the second seal. "When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, 'Come and see.' Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword" (Revelation 6:3-4).
This vision corresponds with Christ's Olivet prophecy in Matthew. Notice, "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom" (Matthew 24:6-7).
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Armageddon:
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- _Waiting for the "End of the World"?
- _A Place Called Megiddo: The World's Battleground
- _A Place Called Megiddo, Part 2
- _Armageddon: Countdown to Global Peace
- _War and Peace in the Middle East
- _Does It Really Matter What You Believe?
- _Armageddon: The End of the World?
- _Waiting for the End of the World
- _Armageddon and Divine Intervention
- _A War of Two Worlds
- _What Does the Bible Say About Armageddon?
- _A Place Called Megiddo
- _Waiting for the "End of the World"?
- _The Cause of Natural Disasters
- _And The World Was Filled With Violence
- _The Population Bomb Keeps Ticking Away
- _Apocalyptic Prophecy - the End of Time?
- _An Outline of Future History
- _Is China Really "Opening Up" to the West?
- _Are We Living in the Time of the End? (8/2001)
- _Meeting Our Moment of Maximum Jeopardy!
- _Visions of Judgment: The Ride of the Third Horseman -- Famine
- _Visions of Judgment: The Ride of the Fifth Horseman
- _Krakatoa -- Preparing for the Future?
- _How Close Are We to the End of This Age?
- _The Heavenly Signs in the Sequence of End-Time Events
- _60 Years After the War in Europe
- _In the Aftermath of Katrina: What Can We Learn?
- _Signs of the End Times
- _Why Don't We Prepare?
- _World Won't End in "Fire and Ice"
- _Restoration: Don't Mess With Revelation!
- _The Two Witnesses and You
- _The Fall of Satan's Kingdom
- _The End Time in the Book of Revelation
- _The End of the Age
- _God's Framework for End-Time Prophecy
- _The Population Explosion and Prophecy
- _Noah and Our Time: A Sobering Parallel
- _Are We Living in the Time of the End?
- _What Is the Time of the End?
- _'This Generation Will Not Pass'
- _The End of 'This present Evil Age'
- _A Dangerous and Dying World
- _The Book of Revelation: Timetable for the End Time
- _Introduction (bsc5)
- _The Crisis at the Close
- _Does Prophecy Tell Us When Christ Will Return?
- _Has Jesus Christ's Olivet Prophecy Been Fulfilled?
- _Mass Media and Bible Prophecy
- _Will Civilization End in Global Cataclysm?
- _The End of the World: What Does the Bible Say?
- _The Horsemen of Revelation: The Red Horse of War
- _The Horsemen of Revelation: The Pale Horse of Pestilence
- _Are We Living in the Time of the End? (3/2005)
- _The Day the World Ended: Lessons From Pompeii
- _Is God Indifferent to Human Suffering?
- _'Watch Therefore, and Pray Always'
- _Does History Repeat Itself? The Biblical Verdict
- _What's Next? A Looming Trade War?
- _Questions and Answers
- _Will You Be Ready to Reject the Mark of the Beast?
- _The Acts of Moses, Elijah and the Two Witnesses
- _The Warnings Are Loud and Clear--But Are You Listening?
- _The Enormous Expansion of Chinese Influence: What Does It Portend?
- _Is 2012 the End of the World?
- _Will 2012 Bring the End of the World?
- _And The World Was Filled With Violence
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