Participants: James Rafferty (Host), Ivor Meyers (Host), Yvonne Lewis, Jason Bradley
Series Code: SISS
Program Code: SISS000020A
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00:31 Amen. Amen.
00:32 We have so far uncovered some beautiful truths 00:36 in Revelation 6. 00:38 The white horse seen here 00:40 going forth conquering to conquer 00:42 is a picture of Christ united with His people. 00:45 We are liken to a horse according to Zechariah 10:3. 00:49 And this whole idea 00:51 of going forth conquering and to conquer 00:52 is a picture what Christ brings to us 00:54 through His righteousness, 00:56 through His life and His death for us. 00:58 So we haven't finished with the white horse yet, 01:00 but we are gonna be primarily focusing 01:03 on the next horse in this program, 01:05 this session together so. 01:07 But I do want us to review just a little bit before we move on, 01:09 because there is a couple of things we missed 01:11 and there's a couple of things you want to just maybe recap, 01:14 and then we move into the red horse 01:15 and focus on that. 01:16 But let's began with a word of prayer, shall we? 01:18 Jason, would you pray for us? Sure. 01:19 Dear heavenly Father, we thank You for another day 01:21 of study Lord. 01:22 We invite You to be here with us, 01:24 help us to understand the truths 01:25 that You have in your precious word. 01:27 Help us to a comprehend them 01:29 and to be able to retain what we've studied 01:31 in Jesus' name we pray. 01:33 Amen. Amen. 01:35 So let's read again Revelation 6:1-2. 01:39 Yvonne, would you like to read those verses for us? 01:41 Sure. 01:42 "And I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals, 01:45 and I heard as it were the noise of thunder, 01:48 one of the four beasts saying 'Come and see' 01:51 and I saw, and behold a white horse, 01:53 and he did sat on him had a bow, 01:55 and a crown was given unto him, 01:57 and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." 02:00 So when we're looking at this, 02:02 we're looking at all of these different symbols, 02:04 and we notice that the white is something 02:06 that represents righteousness 02:08 throughout the Book of Revelation, 02:09 about 12 times that word is connected with Christ, 02:12 with His people, with the robe of righteousness, 02:16 and it's really important to see that, 02:18 because we're going to notice that later on these colors, 02:21 these other colored horses 02:22 are identified with certain images 02:24 in Revelation, identify who it is. 02:25 So we want to identify this white horse 02:28 and we identify the color itself 02:30 with things that are godly. 02:32 And then the horse himself 02:34 and the rider with the white horse 02:36 in Revelation 19:11. 02:38 And then the bow we connected with the child 02:41 been brought forth in Revelation 12. 02:43 This is just review. 02:44 And in Revelation 12, so the bow, 02:46 the weapon is the message of Christ 02:49 being brought forth as our savior 02:51 and then the crown, stephanos not diadem, 02:55 stephanos which is a victor's crown. 02:58 So this is all about victory. 02:59 So far God's people 03:02 in the first section of the churches 03:04 had been covered with kind of a defeat. 03:07 I mean, they just, they need to overcome, 03:09 they need to overcome, they need to overcome. 03:10 Revelation 4 and 5 opens up with one who has overcome, 03:14 Jesus, the Lamb. 03:16 And now, Revelation 6 opens up with a people 03:19 who connect with Jesus 03:20 and because they connect with Jesus, 03:22 they get to overcome. 03:23 Amen. 03:25 Oh, I'm sorry, 03:26 I just had a question about the four beasts. 03:28 Would you review what that is? 03:30 So these four beasts are identified in Revelation 4, 03:34 and we look there in Revelation 4 03:36 at the identification, 03:41 an eagle, a calf, a lion and a man. 03:45 Now these are kind of symbols of the work that they do. 03:49 The beasts are living creatures. 03:50 They're angels. Isaiah 6 brings that out. 03:53 These living creatures are around the throne 03:55 and angels work in harmony with the Holy Sprit, 03:58 and they do work like, they come in the form of men. 04:02 They come to this earth to minister 04:03 and that would be the symbol of an ox, to minister. 04:06 Every man in the Old Testimony had his ox 04:07 like we all have our car, you know, 04:09 and the ox plows the field and does the work. 04:11 So they're ministering, 04:13 they're coming in the form of human beings, 04:16 they fly like eagles, and they also have authority. 04:20 The lion is a symbol of authority of kingship, 04:23 authority, they have authority from heaven. 04:25 So when we go about our daily business 04:27 when we're doing Bible studies, when we're doing evangelism, 04:30 when we're doing outreaching work, 04:31 opening the word of God, 04:32 when we're taking people to the Book of Revelation. 04:34 Angels are actually working in harmony with us. 04:37 And angels are bringing people, touching people's hearts, 04:40 and bringing people "hey, check this out, 04:42 this guide, there's some stuff here, 04:43 you need to come and see this, come and see this, 04:45 come and see this" trying to break down that fear 04:47 and open up that door, that avenue. 04:50 So angels are working together with Jesus, 04:53 come and see, come and see. 04:55 And I think one of the points 04:57 that I think is really important for us to understand, 05:01 is that when we-- 05:03 Remember we talked about in last program how, you know, 05:06 this rider on a white horse goes forth conquering 05:09 and to conquer. 05:10 And we talked about the years 05:11 that we were conquered by Christ, 05:13 you know, when Christ overcame, 05:14 you know, pulled us out of darkness and made us. 05:19 When you conquer someone, 05:21 they become your prisoner, you know. 05:23 And Paul even writes, you know, 05:24 he calls himself the prisoner of the Lord. 05:27 What does that mean? 05:28 He's been conquered by the Lord. 05:30 And so, you know, 05:31 when I become a prisoner of the Lord, 05:33 when the Lord conquers me, 05:35 then His mission becomes my mission. 05:38 Amen. 05:40 So now I'm to go forth conquering. 05:42 When I go, give a Bible study, when I'm witnessing, 05:45 you know, to other people of the Lord and His goodness. 05:49 The goal, the mission is to conquer, 05:52 is to conquer, is to, you know, 05:54 bring that person out of darkness 05:57 into God's marvelous light. 05:59 The connotation of a prisoner makes people think like, 06:05 "Oh I don't have any will." 06:07 Right. 06:08 But that, but the real deal is, 06:11 we're going to be a slave or servant to someone, 06:15 either to God or to Satan. 06:18 So it's not as though, you know, we're not gonna be. 06:21 We have our own. 06:23 We do have a choice, 06:24 we can go with God or we can go with Satan. 06:26 That's our choices. 06:28 So the word prisoner, if we say, 06:30 "will you gonna be a prisoner?" 06:31 like any inmate is watching this would be like, 06:34 "oh I'm not gonna be a prisoner." 06:36 But the whole idea is, 06:38 you're going to be conquered by either God 06:43 or the enemy, Satan. 06:45 Yeah, and thing that I like this, 06:46 the Bible and the Old Testament describes that term, 06:50 use a term prisoners of hope, prisoners of hope. 06:55 There's a whole different concept that being a prisoner-- 06:57 Now, that switches it. 06:59 Yeah, if I could be a prisoner to joy and happiness, 07:01 man, lock me up. 07:03 Yes. 07:04 Say that prisoners, 07:05 it does have a very negative connotation 07:08 like a, for me 07:10 even if you put the hope in there it's just, 07:13 I hear prisoner and so that really just-- 07:16 Here's another word, captive. 07:18 I'm captive to my wife's love. Yes. 07:22 I'm captivated by her. Absolutely. 07:23 I like. I like that. Come on now, come on now. 07:25 Well, we're talking about, it's a love story 07:27 It's a love story. It's a love story. 07:29 So when Paul talks about being a prisoner, 07:32 he is talking about being captive 07:34 because Bible defines God as love. 07:36 So we're captive to love. Yeah, you're prisoner of love. 07:40 Oh man, lock me up. 07:44 Aren't you locked up right now? 07:46 Yeah, definitely. You're locked up. 07:48 Now that word means something to you, right? 07:50 Yeah. I'm a prisoner. 07:51 That doesn't sound half as bad. 07:53 Take me prisoner, Tiffany, take me he's there. 07:57 Yeah, that's good, that's good. Good stuff. 08:00 The other question that I had 08:03 was the phrase conquering and to conquer, 08:07 and that suggested sanctification to me, 08:10 like this, this process, 08:12 this life long process where I've overcome this in 08:18 by the power of the Holy Sprit not my own, 08:21 and then now the next phase, 08:23 like I still have this, this and this 08:25 to deal with, right? 08:26 So Jesus came conquering, 08:31 and to continue to as I walk that journey, 08:35 continuing to conquer. 08:36 Yeah. Am I, is that? 08:38 Yeah, absolutely. 08:39 Is that the right interpretation of this phrase? 08:41 Absolutely. 08:42 And if you take this back to, you know, Revelation 12-11, 08:45 they overcame him. 08:47 Been other word for overcome, conquered. 08:50 They conquered by-- 08:51 Same Greek word. 08:52 Yeah, by the word of the Lamb, by the blood of a Lamb 08:54 and the word of their testimony. 08:56 If you go back to the seven churches, 08:59 what is Jesus appealing into each of those churches? 09:01 What is He saying to him that-- 09:02 Overcome. 09:04 Overcome, okay how do we overcome? 09:06 Come and see. Come and see. 09:09 You overcome by the word. 09:12 So the answer to the question, 09:14 the answer to the dilemma of, you know, 09:17 to him that overcometh is found in that white horse 09:20 and that overcoming means, not only overcoming, 09:24 you know, others, you know, 09:25 bringing them into to the gospel truth 09:28 but it means overcoming yourself. 09:30 You know, overcoming the tendencies 09:34 that we have to, you know, to do evil, to do wrong. 09:37 So the Bible says, do not be overcome with evil 09:41 but overcome evil with good. 09:43 That's a really good verse, 09:45 that's in Romans Chapter 12, right? 09:48 Yes. Romans Chapter 12. 09:49 Yeah, we need to reference that verse 09:51 because we're gonna be moving into the next horse 09:54 and the next horse is going to be an opportunity for us 09:57 to use that verse. 09:59 Do not be overcome of evil but overcoming with good. 10:01 So, as Ivor described this overcoming 10:03 as it relates to us 10:05 and it relates to an evangelism, 10:06 there's also gonna be this other obstacles 10:08 identified as horses. 10:10 A red horse, a black horse, a pale horse 10:12 that are going to come into our path 10:14 and they're gonna need to overcome. 10:16 And again, they represent history. 10:18 Primarily they represent history. 10:20 But if we don't get the history right, 10:22 how can we make the application overtime? 10:24 So the history has to be right first, 10:26 and then we see the principles and how they apply to us today. 10:29 If the history of the white horse 10:31 is antichrist, then what principles, 10:33 how does that anything in that horse, 10:35 white horse area, 10:37 anything in that white horse description apply to us? 10:40 If the history of the red horse isn't accurate, 10:42 how can we make the application to us? 10:44 So the Book of Revelation points out the history, 10:47 identifies the history, 10:49 so we can see that history and then say, ha-ha, wow, 10:52 that same history has some lessons for us today. 10:55 What lessons do we have to learn from this today? 10:57 So, Jason, take us into this next horse. 11:00 Revelation 6:3-4 All right. 11:04 "And when he had opened the second seal, 11:07 I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 11:09 And there went out another horse that was red, 11:11 and power was given to him 11:13 that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, 11:16 and that they should kill one another, 11:18 and there was given unto him a great sword." 11:21 All right, any questions there? 11:22 Well, we got that, 11:23 should we be going to the black horse real quick. 11:26 We will save that for a little while. 11:28 We wait, I can't wait. 11:32 One thing you notice right away is that 11:34 it's the second beasts says "come and see." 11:35 When he'd open the second seal, excuse me, 11:37 I heard the second beast say, "come and see." 11:39 So immediately we understand that angels are involved again, 11:44 and it's not like saying, oh the first angel, 11:47 the first piece, the first living creature, 11:48 the first angel, came and said come and sees the first one, 11:51 it's a same one. 11:53 That first angel says come in. No, it's a second angel. 11:55 So this is deliberate. 11:57 God is telling us that they're angels involved. 12:00 Four is not this four angels in heaven 12:03 and, you know, one of them came 12:05 and then he went back and the second came. 12:07 Now, four is a number that talks about the totality, 12:10 it's a number that represents north, south, east and west. 12:14 The four angels are holding back the four winds, 12:15 means there's angels just belting the earth, 12:17 just covering the earth, 12:19 holding back the forces of evil. 12:20 Thousands times 12:22 and thousands and thousands of angels are ministering to us 12:25 and they're involved in this one after another 12:27 coming one, two, three, four 12:29 coming to encourage us to come and check out word of God 12:31 and the truths of salvation. 12:33 So these four horses then would encompass 12:36 in some way the whole globe. 12:39 In other words, these four horses 12:40 tell us of the conditions, you know, of the whole world. 12:47 You know, every one of us we talked about it, 12:49 is going to represent or it's gonna be symbolized 12:52 by one of these four horses. 12:55 Yeah. 12:56 One of the things that I liked 12:57 that we brought out in the last session 13:01 that we had was that, the seals, 13:05 the seal is opened 13:07 and that doesn't mean you go to the next one 13:09 and that's the end of that first one. 13:11 So it's kind of a continuum, 13:14 so the first seal is opened and it stays opened. 13:17 And then the next one is opened and its stays open 13:20 and to me that, I mean, 13:22 again it's something that I had never considered before 13:24 and it's just-- 13:26 We're gonna see that even more as we get into this, 13:28 because when we identify-- 13:29 First of all, I mean for example, 13:31 we've identified the white horse. 13:33 Well, that Jesus only go forth to conquer 13:37 in the early Christian church and that's it 13:39 or does He continue on to the very end of time. 13:42 How we got the red horse? 13:43 Wherever the characteristics are of this horse 13:45 and what the activities are, 13:47 is this just gonna be in this timeframe 13:48 or it's gonna continue on? 13:49 That's the question I've asked on each one of these. 13:51 And we're gonna see that, yes, these continue on. 13:54 These seals are opening up the mysteries 13:56 that compass the globe from here to the very end, 14:00 from their timeframe to the very end of time. 14:02 And as, Ivor said, 14:03 they represent every single human being, 14:06 comes under one of these characteristics, 14:08 so the application is-- 14:09 So, what's the red? Yeah. 14:12 Interesting, last time we talked about 14:14 how the white is used in the Bible in relation to, 14:19 especially in Revelation, 14:20 dozen times in relation to things 14:22 that have to do with God and His people. 14:24 And so, that's how we connected the white horse to Christ 14:27 rather to antichrist. 14:29 The red however is connected in Revelation12 14:33 to the dragon, "The Great Red Dragon." 14:37 So now we have a color, 14:39 that is connected directly with the dragon 14:42 and we know the dragon, 14:43 Satan, the devil is the one behind antichrist. 14:45 So really if you want to identify 14:47 the work of antichrist, 14:48 you want to identify the work of the devil. 14:50 Here it is right here. 14:51 Any religion that persecutes 14:55 is in harmony with the activities of the dragon, 14:59 of the Satan, of the devil. 15:00 And let me add this, James, not only any religion, 15:03 but any power period that persecutes 15:07 is in connection with the devil. 15:09 That color red-- 15:11 Any persecuting power. 15:12 So when you think of red, you know, 15:14 when it comes to the Bible, 15:15 what's the first thing we think of? 15:17 Blood. Right. 15:18 That's the color of blood. Right. 15:19 So, here you have this combination of dragon 15:22 and blood. 15:23 What is that tells you of persecution? 15:25 Yeah. 15:26 Here is a time period 15:29 'cause remember we're looking at time periods here. 15:31 So the first time period, the gospel going forth. 15:34 But that's gonna be followed by time period of persecution 15:39 and guess what, if you are to take that second seal, 15:44 and go back and check it against the second church, 15:48 which is the church of Smyrna, 15:50 which we discovered was the persecuted church 15:53 we go, oh, look at this, it's a match. 15:55 We're not coming up with something, 15:57 you know, out and that feel we've got a match here. 16:00 And that match tells us we are on the right path. 16:02 Right. 16:03 Amen, so we've got the first century church 16:05 to about hundred eight years so, 16:07 and then we got this persecution that's following. 16:09 So, this is taking us into the second and third centuries. 16:12 There was heavy persecution in a church of Smyrna. 16:14 We even saw a ten day, day for year, 16:17 ten year period from 303 to 313, 16:20 the equation boom 16:22 and tensed persecution took place right there. 16:24 And that was just before we got into the comprise 16:26 that began to take place in the church 16:28 and that was of course taken us 16:29 into to the next couple of churches. 16:31 But right here we have the same thing 16:33 taking place in the horses. 16:35 So as, Meyers, said we're following that same pattern. 16:37 The red is representing, well, look what it says here, 16:40 it says and he that sat around was given power 16:44 to take peace from the earth, 16:47 that they should kill one and other. 16:50 So, right here you having the very words, 16:52 you have this idea of peace. 16:54 Now, I looked up this word peace, 16:55 and let me just give you the definition of it, 16:56 because it's really makes a close connection 17:00 to the gospel. 17:01 The word peace here in the Greek is means, 17:07 "The Messiah's peace, 17:08 the way that leads to peace or salvation." 17:11 So, this is in a sense, this is identifying the fact 17:17 that this persecution came 17:19 specifically against Messiah's people, Christians. 17:24 And that's what we find the record indicating. 17:26 You know, there is lot of persecution 17:27 that goes on in the world. 17:29 All of the time, but in this period of time, 17:32 Christianity had developed and grown 17:34 under the apostolic age, 17:35 to become a worldwide known religion 17:38 from this tiny, you know, though, who is this messiah? 17:43 Who is this Jesus Christ? 17:44 Who are these followers claim to be? 17:45 Oh, they're from Nazareth, 17:47 that's nothing, it will go away. 17:48 You know, just let it, it will go, 17:50 it will go away, you know, but it didn't, it grew. 17:52 And Paul says the gospel was preached 17:54 to every creature under heaven 17:55 and it was in nearest household, 17:57 was everywhere, 17:58 and so now it becomes a problem. 18:00 So in this context of the apostolic age, 18:03 we have this heavy persecution coming against it, 18:05 they're not gonna just let this go away, 18:07 they're gonna try and kill it and destroy it. 18:09 Let me mention here, 18:10 let's remember some of the things 18:11 we talked about in the last programs, 18:14 specifically the location 18:16 where these seals are unfolding. 18:18 They're unfolding at the table of showbread, right? 18:21 Which is on the sides of the north. 18:23 And remember we saw that the-- 18:27 according to Isaiah 14:13, 18:28 Lucifer wanted to sit on the sides of the north. 18:32 He wanted to sit on the mount of the congregation, 18:36 which is located on the sides of the north. 18:37 So, what we saw there is that the seven seals 18:41 are a depiction of this battle, 18:44 you know, between God and Satan, 18:46 this controversy over the mount of the congregation. 18:49 Satan wants to destroy 18:51 or to rule over the mount of the congregation. 18:53 So, in the first seal, you have the word of God going forth. 18:58 That is how mount of the congregation overcomes. 19:01 So, what do you have in a second seal? 19:03 You basically have Satan 19:05 going after the mount of the congregation saying. 19:06 "I'm gonna destroy you, 19:08 I'm gonna make things so difficult for you 19:11 that you will let go off the word of God." 19:14 And that's what the Roman persecutions 19:15 were really all about. 19:17 By the way, we need to, 19:18 and I think we need to stress this here 19:19 because we're gonna see 19:21 the persecution happens also under the fourth seal. 19:27 But there're two different persecutions. 19:30 So the persecution under the second seal 19:32 is by pagan Rome. 19:35 Okay, this is, we hate God and you must hate God too, 19:39 we're gonna find that the persecution-- 19:41 In other words, Satan switches, 19:44 puts on a mask under the persecution, 19:48 we're gonna find on the fourth seal. 19:49 We will get to that, you know, in a future program. 19:53 But you have this open anti-god entity 19:57 that is persecuting the people of God saying, 19:59 let go off the word of God, or we gonna kill you. 20:02 Now that when you were talking about the word peace 20:04 and this is quite interesting. 20:06 I just want to read because I just pulled 20:07 a couple of sentences up online. 20:10 But, when it talks about powers given to tame, 20:13 to take peace from the earth. 20:16 During this time period, interestingly enough 20:18 there was something called the Pax Romana. 20:21 Let me just read a little bit about it, 20:24 two sentences real quickly. 20:25 It says "The term Pax Romana 20:26 which literally means Roman peace, 20:29 where first at the time period from 27 BC to 180 CE 20:34 in the Roman Empire. 20:35 It says the Pax Romana 20:37 initiated by Caesar Augustus quelled crime, 20:40 allowed for the development of roads throughout the Empire, 20:43 and gave citizens the leisure 20:45 to think about religious matters. 20:48 Well, when in the-- 20:49 under the second seal when it says peace was taken. 20:54 When this Pax Romana ends, 20:56 that's when the persecution of Christians, 20:58 I mean, there was some persecution ends around 180 CE. 21:01 So there was some persecution going on before. 21:04 But after it ends-- 21:05 That's right in the middle of that timeframe. 21:07 That's right, that's when it really picks up, 21:09 and you find this heavy persecution 21:12 so it's just very, I think significant 21:14 that the words here peace was taken from the earth 21:18 that they might kill one and other 21:19 is mentioned during this time period. 21:22 Now, Yvonne just took her glasses off, 21:24 when she takes her glasses off 21:25 that indicates she is gonna say something-- 21:27 Right? 21:31 You are observant. Let's do it. 21:34 Well, no, I just find it so interesting 21:38 that history and it kind of reinforces, 21:43 you know, the Bible, when this was written. 21:46 This was written before that period, 21:50 so it's, you know, it just reinforces 21:54 how accurate the Bible is. 21:56 And this is just one little verse. 22:00 This is one little prophecy. Yeah. 22:02 In a book of prophecy, 22:04 in a Bible that's filled with prophecy. 22:06 Yes. And all of that is accurate. 22:10 I mean just try to wrap your mind around that. 22:12 Just try to wrap your mind around. 22:13 This is incredible, when we think about this. 22:16 All of this prophecy 22:17 and here in the Book of Revelation, 22:19 layers, layers, I'm gonna say it once, 22:22 I'm gonna say it this way, let's say it again now 22:24 and it's layers on top, let say it again 22:26 now layers on top. 22:27 The images and symbols all being different 22:29 but each one of them bringing more to the table. 22:31 For example, you know, we talked about red horse, 22:34 we talked about blood. 22:36 Well, there is a famous saying 22:38 from the time of this persecution 22:40 that the blood of martyrs were seed for the gospel, 22:44 which is gonna take us into our next horse 22:46 because that's why we have these next horses, 22:48 this transition taking place. 22:50 This compromise had to take place 22:52 because it didn't work. 22:54 And here's another point I think it's really significant 22:57 God has one way. 22:59 It's white, it's pure, it's true, it's holy, 23:03 it's undeviating. 23:05 Satan has one way, 23:06 then he has another way, then he has another way. 23:08 See he's gonna use any and every means he can, 23:11 you know, if this doesn't work, I'm gonna try this. 23:13 If this doesn't work, I'm gonna try this. 23:14 And sometimes you make a mistake 23:16 as believers to think, 23:17 "Oh, this is God and this is Satan." 23:20 No, no, this is God. 23:22 This is Satan, this is Satan, this is Satan, 23:23 he is working through all that stuff, he is even, 23:26 as we'll see he's even working through religious tithe. 23:29 That's why we said, you know, Jimmy Carter once said this, 23:32 he said the "religion of Christ never persecuted anyone." 23:35 The religion of Christ never persecuted anyone. 23:37 That's true. 23:38 So when we look at this, and by the way, 23:40 in the Roman Empire, in the pagan Roman Empire, 23:43 Christians were looked upon as atheists. 23:47 They were looked upon on us as non-religious. 23:49 That was the issue. 23:50 The religion of the Roman Empire, 23:52 the pagan religion 23:53 was the religion of worshipping the gods. 23:55 And the Christians wouldn't worship the gods. 23:57 They wouldn't burn the incense. 23:59 They wouldn't acknowledge, 24:00 they wouldn't bow down to the emperor. 24:02 They were atheists. 24:03 So they actually, 24:04 the definition of the word atheist 24:06 back in that time was a denial of the Roman gods specifically. 24:12 So Christians were viewed as atheist. 24:14 That's kind of crazy. That is. 24:16 I want to mention a point. 24:17 Well, go ahead, Yvonne, what you're gonna say. 24:19 I just wanted to clarify one thing 24:22 because I don't want any confusion about-- 24:26 You know, we've the different colors 24:27 of the horses 24:29 and each one represents something, 24:31 and the white represents God and purity and all that. 24:34 I just want our viewers to know 24:36 that everybody is included under the flag of purity, 24:42 because it could be misunderstood. 24:44 And so we just want everybody that every nation, 24:47 every kindred, every tongue 24:49 and people represented under that kind of flag. 24:55 It's a flag, it's not one race, it's not one color, 25:01 it's what that represents 25:02 and it's important to make that distinction. 25:04 Well it is and here's another way 25:06 to add to that distinction. 25:07 That white horse represents Christ's righteousness 25:10 that He gives to us. 25:11 Yes. So no one race has it. 25:13 Yeah. Yes. 25:14 Nobody has that-- And I think it's important -- 25:15 This is Christ. This is Christ. 25:17 Because some people will misinterpret that. 25:18 That which represents Christ, and Christ gives it to us, 25:23 so nobody has it in and of themselves. 25:26 Yeah. 25:28 I was gonna mention that I think is crucial 25:30 to understand as well is that, you know, 25:32 the Bible says think it not strange 25:34 concerning the fiery. 25:35 What color is fire? Red. 25:37 The fiery trial that is to try. 25:39 When you mount that white horse, 25:42 or when you are become symbolize by the white horse 25:45 because now you've given your life to Christ 25:47 just know 25:48 that there is a red horse around the corner, 25:51 waiting to make life so miserable for you, 25:54 that you'll give up the white horse, 25:56 that you'll give. 25:58 He wants you to dismantle, 25:59 he wants you to move away from righteousness of Christ, 26:01 so what we see happening 26:02 in the second and third century after Christ, 26:06 we can see happening on a very personal level. 26:09 You know, when I accepted the Lord, 26:10 I was so happy. 26:11 I thought things were gonna be great, 26:13 and then as soon as I accept the Lord, 26:15 persecutions begins to come. 26:16 You know, my job, my family, you know, 26:19 friends I used to hangout with, all of a sudden now, 26:22 you know, all this, you know, 26:24 issues and trials are coming to me. 26:25 But know that, that is the process 26:27 because Satan is real 26:29 and he's gonna try to get you away from the white horse. 26:32 Right, if nothing has happened unto you, 26:34 you got to kind of question that-- 26:35 We do. 26:37 What am I doing in my life that Satan's leaving me alone? 26:40 Yeah. 26:41 You know, it's interesting that you'd say that 26:43 because, this year was proclaimed 26:46 the year of evangelism. 26:48 And when I tell you 26:49 that so much has broken out against before here at 3ABN 26:54 and all of that, this year, not that, 26:57 I mean we were doing it all along, 26:59 but now this is real concerted effort 27:02 to really focus on evangelism and bam. 27:06 That means Satan has just really been waging war so-- 27:10 Get not estrange. That's right. 27:11 Get not estrange. 27:13 All right, we doubt we are out of time, 27:14 got about a minute left, Jason, closes out with our viewers 27:18 on how they can send their questions into somewhere. 27:25 If they have any questions they can go to sss@3abn.org. 27:31 And send an email to sss@3abn.org. 27:34 Salvation, signs and symbols? 27:36 Salvation in symbols and signs. 27:38 No signs? Yeah that too. 27:39 I'm gonna remember this, you know, 27:41 I'm gonna remember this at some point. 27:43 But we need to close out with prayer. 27:45 So close out with prayer, would you, Jason? 27:46 Sure. 27:48 Dear heavenly Father, thank You for blessing us 27:49 with the powerful study 27:50 and teaching us about the four horses, 27:54 and the angels, 27:56 and all the symbolism in the red-- 27:58 what everything represents Lord. 28:00 We asked that You be with us in our future studies, 28:04 and help us to have a firm understanding of this 28:09 and help our viewers to have a firm understanding of this 28:12 and to study it out for themselves as well. 28:15 Thank you so much for blessing this day 28:17 in Jesus' name we pray. 28:19 Amen. Amen. |
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