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The seven seals are of course in Revelation 6. It's the first four that I'm interested in here.
Rev 6:1; Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come."
Rev 6:2; I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
Rev 6:3; When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come."
Rev 6:4; And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
Rev 6:5; When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
Rev 6:6; And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine."
Rev 6:7; When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."
Rev 6:8; I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Matt 24:4; And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.
Matt 24:5; "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.
Matt 24:6; "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
Matt 24:7; "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
Matt 24:8; "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
Wars have always been happening. I think most of my life there have been wars somewhere. Korea in the 60's , Vietnam in the 70's, Falklands in the 80;s, Desert Storm in the 90's....
Of course now we have Ukraine and Russia. Most of these have been small wars, in small countries. Russia and China were barely involved in World War II.
But lately it seems the wars and rumors of wars are involving bigger players, with bigger stakes. It's only April and we've already had a larger number of tornado's, volcano's
and earthquakes than usual.
Rev 6:6; seems like it's happening also. Inflation is going crazy. Houses and cars have more than doubled in price in the last two decades. An average bag of groceries
is about $70.00 (US) the last few times I went to the store. I'm not talking about steak and caviar here, just regular average food ( whatever that is )
www.worlddata.info
Inflation is averaging almost 4% a year in the last two decades. In ten years, that's almost 40%.
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Rev 6:4; - has there ever been a time of less peace? I'm not just talking about war - peace. But general anxiety, unrest, rioting, general division.
At least in World War II, Americans and the UK were united as a people. Now we are about as divided as we can be.
Matt 24:10; "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
Matt 24:11; "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.
Matt 24:12; "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
If this doesn't describe much of the world today, I don't know what does. Between the social media, and the news, and political unrest, I don't think I've ever seen a time
were people "hate" each other. When I was younger, if you voted for someone else besides me, or a different way than me, we shook hands and said better luck next time.
Now if you vote different, think different or speak different, you're an idiot, a moron, people kill people simply because they have a different opinion.
2Tim 3:12; Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2Tim 3:13; But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2Tim 3:14; You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
2Tim 3:15; and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2Tim 4:2; preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
2Tim 4:3; For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
2Tim 4:4; and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
Has there ever been a time in the history of the world that the Bible has been more maligned? Churches accepting gay clergy, transgender leaders, performing homosexual marriages.
These aren't just small fringe cases, these are entire denominations on a global scale.
Rev 6:1; Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come."
Rev 6:2; I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
Rev 6:3; When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come."
Rev 6:4; And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
Rev 6:5; When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
Rev 6:6; And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine."
Rev 6:7; When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."
Rev 6:8; I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Matt 24:4; And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.
Matt 24:5; "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.
Matt 24:6; "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
Matt 24:7; "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
Matt 24:8; "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
Wars have always been happening. I think most of my life there have been wars somewhere. Korea in the 60's , Vietnam in the 70's, Falklands in the 80;s, Desert Storm in the 90's....
Of course now we have Ukraine and Russia. Most of these have been small wars, in small countries. Russia and China were barely involved in World War II.
But lately it seems the wars and rumors of wars are involving bigger players, with bigger stakes. It's only April and we've already had a larger number of tornado's, volcano's
and earthquakes than usual.
Rev 6:6; seems like it's happening also. Inflation is going crazy. Houses and cars have more than doubled in price in the last two decades. An average bag of groceries
is about $70.00 (US) the last few times I went to the store. I'm not talking about steak and caviar here, just regular average food ( whatever that is )
Inflation rates in the United States of America
Inflation developments of the past 61 years in the United States of America incl. a comparison to the European Union
www.worlddata.info
List of earthquakes in 2022 - Wikipedia
List of earthquakes in 2023 - Wikipedia
Rev 6:4; - has there ever been a time of less peace? I'm not just talking about war - peace. But general anxiety, unrest, rioting, general division.
At least in World War II, Americans and the UK were united as a people. Now we are about as divided as we can be.
Matt 24:10; "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
Matt 24:11; "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.
Matt 24:12; "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
If this doesn't describe much of the world today, I don't know what does. Between the social media, and the news, and political unrest, I don't think I've ever seen a time
were people "hate" each other. When I was younger, if you voted for someone else besides me, or a different way than me, we shook hands and said better luck next time.
Now if you vote different, think different or speak different, you're an idiot, a moron, people kill people simply because they have a different opinion.
2Tim 3:12; Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2Tim 3:13; But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2Tim 3:14; You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
2Tim 3:15; and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2Tim 4:2; preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
2Tim 4:3; For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
2Tim 4:4; and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
Has there ever been a time in the history of the world that the Bible has been more maligned? Churches accepting gay clergy, transgender leaders, performing homosexual marriages.
These aren't just small fringe cases, these are entire denominations on a global scale.
