The 7 Seals

The Four Horsemen of Revelation

Strange Bedfellows: Communists and Catholics!

The process began around the end of World War II.

The Catholic Church had initially endorsed Adolf Hitler in Germany in order to fight back the Bolshevik Communist Revolution from Russia.

Later, when Hitler became diabolical, Pope Pius XI would have withdrawn his endorsement except for his untimely death.

Certain radical Catholics in Europe, who had been pro-Communist for years, used the people’s fear of Hitler to advance their cause.

These "Christian Communists" became a driving force in the Catholic Church.

They were the early proponents of modern "Liberation Theology" -- a Marxist revolutionary gospel that has already gained near universal acceptance in both religious and political circles.

Official Policy Changes - Pope John XXIII turned the tides

As early as April 1963, Pope John XXIII wrote a well-known document, "Pacem in Terris," in which he openly advocated a compromise with Communism.

Relations between the Vatican and the Soviet Union also improved beyond recognition.

Whereas the previous Pope, John XXII had envisioned a defeated Russia, John XXIII saw it as a new front for Catholic evangelism with the full consent of Moscow.

Ultimately, Communist Commissars and Catholic Cardinals learned that each could further their own cause by allowing the other to operate freely.

If the Communists would let the people attend church, the Catholic Church would defend, or at least, no longer decry the Communist government.

As a result, for the past forty years, Catholicism has had a significant resurgence in Communist lands.

Catholics believe "Mary" corrected the ‘errors’ of Communism

Now that Catholics in those countries are enjoying new liberties, another fascinating element can be observed.

The 1990s ‘collapse’ of Russian Communism gave many adherents of Roman Catholicism a staunch case of ‘Fatima fever.’

Multitudes of Catholic pilgrims have swarmed into Fatima, Portugal, where in 1917, three children claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary, "Our Lady of Fatima."

At Fatima, Mary allegedly told them that Russia would spread ‘errors’ throughout the world but would eventually be converted to Roman Catholicism.

Devotees to the ‘Queen of Heaven’ believed that Gorbachev’s ‘Perestroika’ was the answer to their decades of praying the rosary for Russia’s ‘conversion.’ Pope John Paul II visited Fatima one year after the assassination attempt on him to ask Mary’s ‘help’ for the ‘precarious and unstable’ situation in Eastern Europe.

He also thanked her for saving him when an alleged KGB assassin’s bullet cut him down in 1981 on the May 13 anniversary of the children’s vision.

He recalled that at the time of the attack: ‘I felt your saving presence beside me.’

More recently, the Pope visited Poland and spoke to a crowd of an estimated one million youth who had gathered at Jasna Gora.

With the Black Madonna icon as a backdrop, he revealed his goal for the new Europe by asking that the young people help him ‘return Europe to its Christian roots.’

Apparitions of the "Virgin Mary" says fire from heaven will fall. Will the Pope play along?

Mariology, as it is called in the Roman Catholic Church, is the belief in and veneration of the Virgin Mary, with prayers being said to her and prophecies being received from her.

At the heart of everything being promoted from the Vatican is the belief that the Spirit of Mary, ‘mother of God,’ is guiding these monumental developments.

In a book called, ‘The Thunder of Justice’ written by Ted and Maureen Flynn, and forwarded by the prominent Vatican insider Malachi Martin, Mary predicts profound changes on the world scene imminently.

‘Our Lady’ is quoted as saying prophetically in the very opening chapter, 

"A chastisement worse than the flood is about to come upon this poor and perverted humanity. FIRE will descend from Heaven and this will be a sign that the justice of God has as of now fixed the hour of His great manifestation."

These words recall Revelation 13:13-14, which refers to the "False Prophet" of the apocalypse: 

"and he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh FIRE come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast..."

First, the Fire, then the Antichrist?

The surrounding verses in Revelation describe the most powerful religious leader in the world performing a miracle that is presently being predicted by the "Blessed Virgin" herself!

The Pope prays daily to the "Blessed Virgin," and he is the principal defender of her purported role in reconciling the world to God. He has said that Jesus Christ is the MEDIATOR between God and Mary!

Might he be the one who also fulfills the prophecy of verse 15, by "giving life to the image of the beast"?

Might the Pope actually introduce an image that will ultimately represent everything opposite to what Jesus Christ stands for - a truly antichrist image - an image that defies the TRUE "image of the invisible God" - Jesus Christ?

The "image" of the antichrist would logically be the image presented to the world by this false prophet that will deceive them and entice them AWAY from a true belief in Jesus Christ. The Pope has ALREADY introduced that image, and you can read about it in my companion article, THE IMAGE TO THE BEAST.

Communism and Catholicism devour Capitalism.

One final note pertains to the THIRD power -- Capitalism.

As the alliance between the Vatican and Socialism strengthens profoundly, Capitalism becomes the target of both their endeavors.

Predictably, the socialistic agendas of the United Nations and the Vatican are rapidly swallowing up Washington DC.

It is increasingly apparent that the United Nations will soon succeed in overpowering the United States and its sovereignty, thereby fulfilling Nikita Khrushchev’s infamous threat to the US, as he pounded his desk with his shoe in the General Assembly, "We will bury you!"

Is it any surprise then that the Pope has become sympathetic to the likes of Fidel Castro while never failing to badger the US for the "disparity between the rich and poor" (classic socialistic jargon)?

Capitalism is doomed to be swallowed up in democratic socialism.

Will we be watching the "beast and false prophet" scenario of Revelation developing before our very eyes in the days ahead?

If the Pope introduces a world leader who proposes to solve the Middle East crisis, take heed! That is a perfect scenario from Revelation 13.

We would do well to keep one eye on the Vatican, and the other on the Eastern sky!

For a tantalizing clue as to how it may unfold, I suggest that you keep an eye on the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI and the European Union. 

As I write this, Tony Blair, a blue-blooded Socialist, has just resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain, has met with the Pope and announced his formal conversion to Roman Catholicism, and has been given the role of chief Middle East negotiator for the United Nations "Quartet." Blair may soon be seen in a prominent role in the EU as well. 

This is exactly the kind of scenario that the scripture describes: a European leader, endorsed by the Pope, making deals with Israel. That is EXACTLY the kind of situation that will inaugurate the final seven years of prophecy leading up to Armageddon and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem to establish his 1000-year kingdom on earth. It is called the "Confirmation of the Covenant" - a seven-year plan for peace that Israel will sign on to with the "Beast" government of Antichrist, gleefully endorsed by the Pope.

ONE MORE IMPORTANT POINT - A GREEN HORSE. Green??

THE FOURTH HORSE - The "Pale" Horse

NOW, I want to address one more very important component of this topic - the subject of the FOURTH HORSE - the Pale Horse. This one is too amazing to believe on first glance, but take my word for it; you WILL see the evidence shortly!

The translators of the original King James Version of the Bible (1638) gave us the word PALE for the fourth horse. Let's look at how they came up with that. In the GREEK text, the word "chloros" is present. "Chloros" means GREEN. It is the same as seen in the world chlorophyll, which is the green color of plants. Obviously, the translators could not imagine a green horse, so provided the word "pale" instead. The Old Testament reference to the fourth horse in the KJV said, "grizzled and bay." However, neither of those words appear in the ancient Hebrew. The best interpretation is "strong-colored" horse.

Therefore, when we look at the fourth horse in both Zechariah and Revelation, we see a "strong-colored" - "green" horse. 

 The universally identifiable color of Islam is green. Look at virtually ANYTHING that has to do with Islam, and you will see GREEN, including its official flag. Green is actually the only sacred color to Muslims.

So, Islam is the green horse of death seen in Revelation 6:8. The prophecy there foretells Islam’s patrolling fully one-fourth of the earth, now 1.5 billion people. 

Due to Islam’s growth and subsequent threats in even Western nations such as England, France, and Spain, anti-Americanism is flourishing in many new places. Islam is a driving force in more and more nations around the world, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Kashmir, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, all of the Eastern Block nations of Europe, Russia, and many others. Radical extremism around the globe, including cells in America, which pose increasing threats to Israel and America's futures.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, fueled by his extremist spiritual adviser Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has repeatedly sworn Iran and Islam to the death and destruction of both Israel and the United States. He publicly pledged to "wipe Israel off the map." In 2001 Khamenei said of Israel, "this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region."

In a September 2006 article, WorldNetDaily.com reported an influential Islamic preacher in Gaza, Sheik Abu Saqer declared, "The day will come when the GREEN FLAG OF MUHAMMED will be raised upon the Vatican and all around the world."

DEATH is the trademark of the GREEN HORSE. Can anyone question the accuracy of that prophecy when Islam today is associated around the world with the nearly 3,000 deaths in the World Trade Center attack of 9-11-01, and over 8,000 subsequent Muslim bombings around the world since that time? Where is this so-called "religion of peace"??

Muslim clerics cynically boast that the West loves life, but that Islam loves death. They teach their followers that the most glorious path to paradise is martyrdom - death by killing others while performing the act of suicide.

Before I close, in the context of what has just been said, I want to speculate that as Islam gains momentum around the world, and as the West, particularly the U.S. liberal establishment and Democrat-controlled Congress turns in fear and runs from Islamic aggression, Islam will finally gain the first stages of global dominion immediately before Jesus Christ returns.

Here is why I say that: 

In the first half of Daniel's 70th week, (in the first 3.5 of the last 7 years before Armageddon) the Holy Roman Empire, also known as the European Union, backed by the Roman Catholic Church, will enjoy a short-termed renaissance, and global supremacy. 

In the middle of that seven years, the Antichrist will impose the Mark of the Beast with Roman Catholic Church endorsement. 

But as Islam quickly takes over London, Madrid and other population centers of Europe, Islam is likely to challenge the Roman Catholic Church's influence on politics. 

The Bible says that the Beast will finally HATE THE WHORE and destroy it. 

I predict that Islam will, at the end of the seven years, finally rise up to take control of Europe and simultaneously destroy the Roman Catholic Church. I may be wrong, but right now, that sounds extremely likely.

THESE ARE THE FOUR HORSES OF THE APOCALYPSE. 

They are also the FIRST FOUR SEALS of the Seven Seals of Revelation 6. 

SEAL ONE - White horse - Catholic Church had a bow and a crown (the pope wears a tiara - triple crown) conquering globally. (Read the history of the RCC and the Crusades.)

SEAL TWO - Red horse - Communism -took peace from earth, killing with a great sword. Red Communism killed more people in the twentieth century than any other power at any time in history. Lenin, Stalin and Mao killed more than 50 MILLION PEOPLE.

SEAL THREE - Black horse - Capitalism - (a pair of balances and a commodities report - measure of wheat for a penny, barley, wine and oil at a price.) 

SEAL FOUR - GREEN HORSE - Islam - DEATH and HELL FOLLOWED. Need I say more? (See these two articles for in-depth explanations: ISLAM and GREEN HORSE.)

SEAL FIVE is a pronouncement concerning those who must be martyred during the Great Tribulation.   

SEAL SIX is the earthquake and other natural phenomenon that accompany the Battle of Armageddon.

SEAL SEVEN is the half-hour of silence in heaven at its conclusion.

Folks, we are getting very close to the complete fulfillment of all these prophecies .

        Here is another teaching on the first four seals of Revelation by a different man, Irvin Baxter Jr., who has been teaching Bible prophecy for over forty years. One of his most noteworthy credentials comes from a prophecy in Revelation 13:3. It says, “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.” Many people have thought this means the Antichrist will be killed, raise from the dead, and for this reason, the whole world will follow him. However, Irvin realized it was talking about the seven-headed, ten-horned world government beast of the end time, as verse one states. And in verse 3, it says, “…I saw one of his heads…” The beast had seven heads that represent nations. Irvin realized this, and to make a long story short, he started teaching boldly in 1968, in the midst of the world saying, “Germany is dead! She will never rise again,” that the Berlin wall would come down, the two Germanys would be reunited, and this event would catapult us towards a new world order. In 1986, Irvin wrote a book, “A Message for the President,” in which he described, in detail, why this would happen according to the Scriptures. Even then, everyone thought he was off his rocker. But sure enough, in 1989, the Berlin Wall came crashing down, the two Germanys were reunited, and thus, “the deadly wound was healed.” Furthermore, George H. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pope John Paul II, and many of the world leaders held several important meetings within days after the Berlin Wall fell, and they all came out of those meetings talking all about a New World Order. Indeed the deadly wound was healed and the whole world wondered after the beast. This was totally inconceivable in 1968, but Irvin saw it in the Bible, so he taught it. Here’s what he has to say about the four horsemen, the first four seals of Revelation. Much of it is the same as previous author, Ken Raggio.

The Four Horses

Irvin Baxter Jr.

This lesson starts in the sixth chapter of the book of Revelation, and begins with the Lamb, Jesus Christ, opening the seals that unloose the four horsemen. This particular prophecy has enchanted people for hundreds of years. Revelation 6:1-8 says,

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 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. 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. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Further information regarding the their identity can be found in the Old Testament, in the book of Zechariah 6:1-8, which was written 500 or 600 years prior to Revelation.

Notice the account in Zechariah 6:1-8:

And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 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. The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grissled go forth toward the south country. And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

There were four chariots pulled by four horses in Zechariah, and four horses in Revelation. Clearly, in the first three, we have the white, red, and black horses, and the last one will be explained further. First, let’s look at what they symbolize in general.

What do they symbolize?

Astoundingly, Zechariah 6:5 tells us what these horses symbolize. The horses are four spirits that go into the world. So, there is no guess work required; the Bible tells us that they are spirits. But are they to be unleashed in the future or have they already been unleashed? The answer is important because if they are already in the world, they are affecting your life now. They are affecting our schools and our government, and they are affecting world politics. Let’s see if we can identify these spirits in the world.

The Red Horse

The first spirit we will discuss is the red spirit. In Revelation 6:4, it says,

            And there went out another horse that was red.

There is a spirit in the world today that transcends national boundaries and has a powerful influence upon our world. It is a red spirit associated with the form of government called Communism. Back in the fifties and the sixties, at the height of the Cold War, any nation that was in the Soviet sphere of influence and under a Communist form of government, was known as a “red” nation. Red China is another example of a country with this spirit. However, let’s see if the rest of the clues in verse four fit:

            …power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth…

Has Communism taken peace from the earth? Absolutely! Wherever Communism has gone, there has been revolution. Cuba, the Congo, Berlin, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, and Korea are just a few of the many examples. No matter what country you talk about, each time Communism asserts itself, it takes peace from the earth. Then, the next thing it says is,

            …and they should kill one another…

Not only do Communist revolutions overthrow governments and take power, but Communists fight conflicts amongst themselves. Since 1948, when the Chinese Communists took over, there have been over eighty million people butchered in political purges. Under Joseph Stalin, twenty million were slaughtered in the political purges of the Soviet Union. Everywhere that Communism has gone, there has been bloodshed and death.

Then it says,

            …and there was given unto him a great sword.

In other words, great military might was given to him. What would happen if the United States would go to war tomorrow against Red China and Red Russia together? Those two powers have incredible military might. Communism is the red power that Almighty God prophesied about in Revelation 6.

Let’s see if the other horses fit in.

The Black Horse

Verse 5 says,

            …and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

The red horse rider had a sword, meaning revolution and military power. Instead of any weapon, the black horse rider has a pair of balances in his hand. Balances indicate commerce. They are used to measure an item being bought or sold. Look closely at the front of your one dollar bill-you will see a pair of balances. There is a spirit in the world today somewhat similar to Communism…but the big difference is, its message is trade. It is called Capitalism. The voice said,

…A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see that thou hurt not the oil and the wine!

Every day on the news we hear that the Dow Jones Industrial is up or down, a particular stock is dropping or on the rise, etc. In Capitalist countries something like this is heard daily: “Dow Jones Industrial-up 3 cents; Xerox-down a penny; AT&T-up a penny. Verse 6 says, “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.” This verse is giving a prophetic stock market report! These reports only happen where there is Capitalism.

A politician can do almost anything these days in free-world countries and be reelected-except hurt the economy. Remember the voice said, “hurt not the oil and the wine!” One of the major issues for political campaigns, in nations under Capitalism, is that of the economy. Bill Clinton’s slogan during the 1992 presidential campaign was, “It’s the economy stupid.”

On what basis can we believe that black is the official color of Capitalism? In the 1966 elections held in Germany, the Social Democrats (Communists) were running against the Christian Democrats (Capitalists). Neither side won 50% of the vote needed to win the election. There was a third splinter party, called the Democratic Peoples Party that had won 7% of the vote. They were demanding much more in turn for their contribution to the government than was warranted. After a while, the two major parties wearied of negotiating with them.

Finally, the Social Democrats, hungry for power, saw that this was their chance to get into the government. They made a deal to join their party to the Free Democratic Peoples Party. They created a coalition called the Grand Coalition. In the December 9th edition of Time Magazine, it spoke of “A Grand Coalition of the two major parties, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats that have bitterly fought each other for years. A union of black and red, it was a marriage of convenience, but a stunning match nonetheless.” Not only is red the official color of Communism, but black is the official color of Capitalism.

The White Horse

The next horse to consider is the white horse and his rider. Verse 2 says,

            …and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow…

But no arrows. He certainly has a weapon, but he is not firing live ammunition. There is a third spirit in the world today that is very comparable to Communism and Capitalism. That spirit is Catholicism. In his book, Communism, Democracy, and Catholic Power, author Paul Blanchard said, “Almost every conflict between nations in modern history has been produced by conflicts among three powers: Communism, Democracy, and Catholicism.”

Other books agree. The Keys of This Blood, by Malachi Martin, is one, as well as A Message for the President, my book that was published in 1986. The Keys of This Blood was published five years later. The hardback edition bore the subtitle, ‘The Struggle for world dominion between Communism, Catholicism, and the Capitalist West.’ Mikhail Gorbachev, Pope John Paul the Second, and George Bush, Sr., respectively, represented these struggling factions. The first chapter starts like this: “The question is not if there will be a world government formed. The only question is who will rule it?” He went on to say, “The world is now interdependent.”

Malachi Martin was the foremost Roman Catholic writer in America and a former Jesuit priest. He taught at the Vatican College in Rome for six years, and was the intimate friend of Pope John 23rd. He was an insider who understood these things very clearly. He said there would be a world government formed very soon, and the only question was who would rule it. Then he made this statement: “There are three and only three geopolitical powers with the necessary doctrine and structure to rule a world government-Catholicism, Communism, and Capitalism.”

Let’s consider this further. If there are three geopolitical powers, and the red horse is Communism and the black horse is Capitalism, then what would the white horse be? Should we just say it is Catholicism because it seems to be logical? By no means. We must examine Catholicism futher.

First, it is traditional for the Pope to dress in white. Nearly all of his attire is white except for his shoes. His helicopter is white. His bulletproof vehicle, the Popemobile, is white. His private airplane is white. If he had a horse, what color do you think it would be?

The Bible not only says that he rode a white horse, but that he had a bow with no arrows which went forth conquering and to conquer. The Roman Catholic Church, hungry for power, continues to merge with world politics in a pursuit to conquer where the money is, but without weapons. Then it says,

            …and a crown was given unto him…

Originally, Popes did not wear crowns. In approximately 960 AD, Pope Gregory became the first Pope to ever have a crown. The crown of the Pope today is the famous triple-crown tiara. On the crown is inscribed “Vicarius Fili Dei,” which is Latin for “Vicar (representative or substitute) of the Son of God.” Behold the white horse.

A Pale Horse?

In the King James Version, Revelation 6:8 reads, “And I looked and behold a pale horse.” The Greek word that was translated “pale” is “chloros.” Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance gives the definition of chloros as “green or pale.” The word chloros is the root word for chlorophyll, the pigment in plants that makes them green. Throughout the New Testament, chloros is used four times (Mark 6:39, Revelation 8:7, and Revelation 9:4). All of these verses translate chloros as green. Knowing this, we have to ask, shouldn’t the passage really have been translated, “behold a green horse?” The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible actually renders the passage, “I looked and there was a pale green horse.”

There is an incredibly strong worldwide power that has grown tremendously in strength and might over the past century. It has grown at an even more alarming rate over the past decade. Prior to September 11, 2001 most people had not heard a lot about the religion of Islam. Now, it is taking over much of the world. Could the green horse be a prophetic symbol of Islam?

Islam certainly fits into the pattern of the previous three world movements symbolized by Catholicism, Communism, and Capitalism. These are all powerful international movements that affect the course of the nations that embrace them, and they each have symbolic colors that match one of the four horses of the Apocalypse.

In his book, Militant Islam Reaches America, Daniel Pipes describes the rise of Islam in a very interesting way: “The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 prompted loose talk about Islam replacing Marxism-Leninism as the West’s necessary enemy. In symbolic terms it was said that green (Islam’s color) had replaced red (communism’s color) in the West’s rogues’ galleries.”

Let’s look at the entire prophecy about the green horse: “And I looked and behold a pale (green) horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”

Since the color of the horse can legitimately be translated as green, that aspect of the prophecy certainly fits.

The rider of the green horse was Death. Islam has become synonymous with the dreaded suicide bomber. Almost daily, we are receiving reports of deadly suicide attacks in Israel, Iraq, Spain, or London. Did you know Islam actually teaches that Muslims must wage war against non-Muslim states? No worldwide movement has glorified death like Islam.

The prophecy says that hell followed the rider of Death. Islam teaches their suicide bombers that paradise follows their act of martyrdom. But Scripture teaches that all murderers will have their part in the lake of fire (Revelation 21:8).

The spirit of the green horse is described as having power over the fourth part of the earth. Estimates of followers of Islam by country, based on U.S. state department figures, yield a total of 1.6 billion. This is almost exactly one-fourth of the world’s population.

The death horse rider was to kill with the sword, famine, and plague. Each of these forces thrives where Islam reigns. Islamic countries are known for the proliferation of violence, poverty, and disease. If you look at any Islamic country, the amount of death caused by conditions and hunger alone is quite astonishing. In the second Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers, which was held in 2006, a few major issues were on the table. Here is a direct quote from the document they produced. They addressed “the increasing rates of poverty, famine and food insecurity in Islamic countries, in addition to the pervasiveness of illiteracy, the increase in population and unemployment rates, low salaries, poor living standards, low income and mounting debts and their interests.”

Is the timing right? The prophecy of the green horse occurs under the fourth seal. The fifth seal that immediately follows (Revelation 6:9-11) takes place during the Great Tribulation. The sixth seal (Revelation 6:12-17) describes the Second Coming of the Lord at the time of the Battle of Armageddon.

It is clear from many events that we are very near the beginning of the Great Tribulation right now. If the fourth horse rider actually is the present resurgance of Islam, the timing is absolutely perfect.

BELOW: This Muslim painting depicts the Twelfth Mahdiis horse with Islam’s green flag, and the counter-clockwise spiral symbolizes Death.

"I looked and behold a green horse, and the name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.”  –Revelation 6:8

Where did the horses go?

If this is not enough proof yet, let’s see where the Bible says these horses go. The account of Zechariah 6 is amazing because it not only tells us what these things symbolize, but it even tells us in what parts of the world these spirits will have great influence.

It says that the black horses go into the north. Where does Capitalism rule in our world? All of the Capitalist countries are in the Northern Hemisphere. Eighty percent of the world’s wealth is found there too. In fact, in the vernacular of the United Nations, they speak about the north-south conflict. The northern nations are the “haves.” The south nations are the “have-nots.” What nations are in the south? They are primarily poverty stricken nations in South America and Africa. The verse also says,

…behold these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country…   

 Why would it say that? Why would God’s spirit be quieted where Capitalism goes? Most great Christian revivals happening in our world today are happening in the Southern Hemisphere. Why? People living in Capitalist countries are too busy to have revival. Men, women, and children are focused on their own money, jobs, and materials. No one has time for God. God made it necessary for us to have money, but the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. It can definitely be said that Capitalism has quieted God’s spirit in the north.

It also says that Capitalism goes into the north country and Catholicism goes forth after it. This is true in all of Northern Europe, including Great Britain, Germany, France, etc. Historically, wherever Capitalism has gone, Catholicism has followed. Catholicism certainly wants to conquer…without weapons, just as the scriptures says.

 Zechariah does not tell us where the red spirit goes, but it does indicate where the last spirit went. But is grizzled and bay the same as green? Actually, yes. The best translation from ancient Hebrew is “strong colored,” and we know from Revelation 6, it is in fact green.  The prophecy says they go forth into the south. This is too amazingly accurate considering 96.5% of the world’s Muslims live in Africa and South Asia. They are almost all in southern part of the earth.

The Four Seals

So we are now able to understand a prophecy whose meaning had been hidden for over 2,000 years. The first four seals have been open for some time. Catholicism, as we know, goes back to the Council of Nicaea, which took place in 325 A.D. Carl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1860, and the Soviet Union was born shortly thereafter. Capitalism dominated much of the previous century, and we have seen a Cold War fought between the black horse and the red horse. Islam has taken over a quarter of the world, mainly in the last decade.

Although it has been taught that everything written from Revelation 4 on occurs within a seven-year period called Daniel’s 70th week, it is simply not true. These seals have been open and on the earth for many years.

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