What
do the four horsemen of the sixth chapter of revelation mean to us?
We consider the spiritual horseman of religious apostasy, the horseman
of blood shed and war, the horseman of famine, an the final horseman of
plague and death. All will culminate in the arrival of the fifth horseman
who represents the second advent of Jesus Christ. In
this study we look at current events and how the daily news seems to continually
fulfill scriptures concerning the end of days. We discuss the impact that
the concept of extraterrestrials has had upon our society and the
possibility that such a great deception is also predicted throughout biblical
prophecy. Will their be an economic collapse or a world wide famine.
Will there be another world war? We have gotten through the Y2K scare without
a threat, but is it time to say Peace, Peace. For we know that when they
say Peace Peace, sudden destruction shall come upon them. What does
the Bible say about the great period of tribulation which shall soon
engulf the entire planet? Many today are teaching and hoping
that they themselves might escape the great and terrible time of testing
which is to suddenly come upon the entire globe. The bible speaks
of a great multitude which shall stand up for Christ during that time and
will be massacred. Many do not realize that a great time of persecution
for Christians will be a forerunner of this great tribulation.
There is without question a good reason for us to know and understand
the things which are about to befall us. The sad truth is that many
of those who think they shall escape the evils of persecution shall not.
Yet, there is a definite promise given to an elect group of people
promising them that they shall indeed be protected until the time of
the rapture in which they shall be air lifted off of the planet.
What few Christians desire to acknowledge is that the bible also promises
Christians that their prayers shall be answered, all of their needs shall
be supplied, all of their sickness and diseases shall be healed,
and their shall be a great outpouring of wealth upon then true family of
God. While all this is and should be acknowledged throughout the
church, the sad reality is that due to a lack of faith, or a life
of sin, or for whatever reason, Christians do not always have their sickness
and diseases healed, their prayers are not always answered, and many
suffer the bondage of financial poverty. This should convince us
that everything promised must always be received by faith and that the
Christian, while having the promise of God's Word, does not always benefit
accordingly. We need to understand the biblical truths revealed throughout
this book, if we are to receive the blessed hope of the promises within.
According to the scriptures it would seem that there are to heavenly
groups or orders of believers mentioned. One is referred to as the
General Assembly while the other is called the First Fruits.
We discuss a concept here which admittedly would be considered as foreign
to most Christians. There appears to be a mysterious ordering of
the saints and a mysterious ordering of the resurrection. We will
look at the translation of Enoch and the translation of Enoch as we believe
the two are representative of these two groups. Is the rapture to
occur before the great tribulation period or is it to occur in the middle?
We show how if we let the scripture speak, we will clearly see this catching
away of the first fruits in the middle of the tribulation.
The General Assembly will have fallen asleep and will lack the oil of the
Holy Spirit according to the words of Jesus. We will reexamine
the feast days of Israel and show that this truth is actually revealed
within the writings of Moses and confirmed throughout the New Testament.
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The Five Horsemen
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The Great Multitude
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Church Of The Firstborn
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144,000 Firstfruits
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