It comes out as a collection of
nations.
It seems like a loosely bound coalition of nations.
The Dragon appears to be Satan.
This might point to a subset of nations that were badly damaged during the
Ezekiel 38
-
39 war such as Russia, Iran, and maybe Turkey. This is speculation.
Session 10 Red Horse of War (Part 2)
In Session 9 we introduced a set of conflicts that very well could lead up to the
horrible Red Horse War. After much research by the author several aspects of the
short verse of Revelation 6:3 is seemingly becoming clearer. A sequence of events
seems to come into play logically. It seems like the Rapture could easily happen right
before the destruction of Damascus to protect our brothers and sisters in Christ living
there. Or if God evacuates them perhaps before or after the events of Ezekiel 38 & 39.
One thing is for sure, the Red Horse of War is ready to ride out however right after the
White Horse of Deception.
This lesson will present these findings. Our first efforts here will be to deduce several
parties in the book of Revelation. Focusing on events that are clearly marked as
during the Tribulation. Let’s start by reading Revelation 13:1-2 and Daniel 2:42-43.
1. The sea mentioned in
Revelation could be
considered the sea of
nations. So, what would
this beast be?
The author understands the 10 crowns to
be 10 kings or leaders and the 10 horns to
be 10 governments they are associated
with this is one interpretation. The 7
heads mentioned are a complicated topic.
We will look at that in just a bit. The
Daniel 2:42-43 scripture also describes 10
toes on a statue as being an end times
kingdom.
2. Daniel 2 verse 43 talks about how the iron does not mix with clay. What does
that say about this “kingdom”?
3. Who is the Dragon in Revelation
13:1-2?
Please read Revelation 13:3.
4. If a head was fatally wounded does
that sound familiar to part of last week’s session?
Daniel 2:42-43 NIV
42
As the toes were partly iron and partly clay,
so this kingdom will be partly strong and
partly brittle.
43
And just as you saw the iron
mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a
mixture and will not remain united, any more
than iron mixes with clay.
Revelation 13:3 NIV
3
One of the heads of the beast seemed to
have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound
had been healed. The whole world was filled
with wonder and followed the beast.
The leadership of other nations
The BEAST coalition. She is in
control at this point.
Could Russian and some of its allies
that suffered horrible defeat in
Ezekiel 38-39 be a part of this 10-
nation beast? (A little speculation
here). (One head out of 7… hmm)
Now we should try to understand the
7 heads just a little bit more. Please
read Revelation 17:10-11. Scholars
have a lot of discussion about this topic. Some believe this verse relates to world
empires where 5 had fallen by Johns time (Egypt, Assyria, Neo-Babylonia, Persia,
and Greece) was existing (Rome) and one that does not exist (A collection of 10
nations before the Antichrist) and an eighth which is one of the 7 (the same 10 nations
but now headed by the Antichrist)
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. Other scholars point to various historical Roman
emperors that had died and living at John’s time and would come after. I tend to think
this information could very well be “sealed” by God until those living closer to the
events can see it clearly. So, this “party” to the Red Horse of War seems to be a
Multi-Polar world power with 10
nations.
Let’s look at the next party that
seems to be a part of this world
conflict. To see the introduction of
this character we need to read
Revelation 17:1-5.
5. This person is introduced as
an immoral prostitute. Who
did this person corrupt?
6. In this scripture who is the
woman sitting on and what
does that signify?
I think we can identify who this
woman is. Unfortunately, this party to
the Red Horse War is, in my humble
opinion, is the worst aspects of Western nations. Immorality has spread around the
world from western nations promoted by non-other that our own United States of
America sadly. I cannot express how sad I am to come to this conclusion. While our
country has been a shining beacon on a hill to the rest of the world it has also, sadly,
introduced the world to much darkness. When God’s church is gone after the Rapture,
I can only see this as becoming truer. This character has one head… one nation
represents this entity. This is a Uni-Polar world power.
Revelation 17:10-11 NIV
10 and they are seven kings; five have fallen,
one is, the other has not yet come; and when
he comes, he must remain a little while. 11
The beast which was, and is not, is himself
also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he
goes to destruction.
Revelation 17:1-5 NIV
17 Then one of the seven angels who had the
seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying,
“Come here, I will show you the judgment of
the great prostitute who sits on many waters, 2
with whom the kings of the earth committed
acts of sexual immorality, and those who live
on the earth became drunk with the wine of
her sexual immorality.” 3 And he carried me
away [a]in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I
saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of
blasphemous names, having seven heads and
ten horns. 4 The woman was clothed in purple
and scarlet, and [b]adorned with gold, precious
[c]stones, and pearls, holding in her hand a
gold cup full of abominations and of the
unclean things of her sexual immorality, 5 and
on her forehead a name was written, [d]a
mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
Israel
Israel’s power will be broken.
The 10 nation coalition will burn/destroy the unipolar world power. They will even
cannibalize her resources ad position as super power.
So, there appears to be one other party
to the terrible time of the Red Horse of
war. Please read Daniel 12:7 to see
who else appears to be involved in this
conflict.
7. Who are the “holy people”
mentioned in Daniel 7:7?
8. What happens to these people after 3 and ½ years (time, times and half a
time)?
Now it is time to describe what is
happening during the Red Horse War
(WWIII). A big part of this war can
be seen in a few short verses. Let’s
first read Revelation 17:16.
9. What happens between the Great Prostitute and the 10 headed beast?
At this point we see the multi-polar power destroy and actually cannibalize the
unipolar world power. The wording of “burn her with fire” sound horrifically like a
nuclear war. It can probably be
assumed that the multi-polar power
will have a “healed” Russia as a
member who has nuclear weapons.
The USA has nuclear weapons. We
should also take a look at another
scripture that seems to provide some
more detail to this “battle”. I say
battle in quotes because it happens
in one hour. It sounds much like a
surprise attack on a large city in a
very wealthy nation. The future
Session 16 will look more closely at
the reasoning on who the prostitute
is.
World War II was a two-theatre war
where both Europe and Asia were
involved. It may be that there will be
two theatre war involved with the
Red Horse War. It appears that the
Daniel 7:7 NIV
7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the
waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his
left hand toward heaven, and I heard him
swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It
will be for a time, times and half a time.[b]
When the power of the holy people has been
finally broken, all these things will be
completed.”
Revelation 17:16 NIV
16 The beast and the ten horns you saw will
hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin
and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and
burn her with fire.
Revelation 18:9-13 NIV
9 “When the kings of the earth who committed
adultery with her and shared her luxury see the
smoke of her burning, they will weep and
mourn over her. 10 Terrified at her torment,
they will stand far off and cry:
“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,
you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour your doom has come!’
11 “The merchants of the earth will weep and
mourn over her because no one buys their
cargoes anymore— 12 cargoes of gold, silver,
precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple,
silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron
wood, and articles of every kind made of
ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense,
myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil,
of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep;
horses and carriages; and human beings sold
as slaves.
multi-polar/uni-polar war will be
nuclear in nature and that a very
brutal war between Israel and the
forces led by the Antichrist
(probably includes the multi-polar
power he will head) will “break”
the power of Israel. A lot seems to
happen between the deceptive
Antichrist and Israel at the 3 and ½
year time frame. It would seem that
this moment is the moment when
Jesus tells his Jewish Tribulation
Saints to escape to the mountains to
survive the “breaking” of the nation of Israel. Please read Matthew 24:15-19. World
War III will be all the horror that people have always imagined.
Wrap up
There is a saying that “War is Hell”. In the case of the Red Horse War or WWIII I
think it will be particularly true. War where the Enemy controls the planet will truly
be indescribably horrific conflict. It will apparently be a nuclear based war in one
theatre and a brutal genocidal attempt on Israel in another. The Red Horse appears as
the Antichrist tried to consolidate all of his power after his peace keeping deception. It
would appear that he eliminates the threats of all super-powers at this point. Russia
has already been decimated in Ezekiel 38-39 but “healed” to serve the Antichrist. If
the USA turns into the Great Prostitute after the Rapture, it will brought into
submission VIA nuclear exchange when the Multi-Polar power under control of the
Antichrist burns her with nuclear fire and cannibalizes her remaining economy and
resources. (I am assuming the Multi-Polar 10 nation empire under the Antichrist will
contain Russia, a nuclear power.) There are several other scriptures that could have
been referenced in this section to support the ideas presented. Session 9 shows how
Israel becomes a powerful and peaceful nation that is protected by God himself during
the Ezekiel 38-39 events. It is logical to think that Russia and the rest of the world
will be wanting to be rid of Western (USA) financial sanctions and will be building a
multi-polar economic and military power base to buck that rider. They also will be
wanting revenge on God’s Holy People Israel by this point after the lead up described
in Section 9.
This section should once again encourage us to witness to our unsaved friends and
loved ones. We do not want them to experience this terrible war. We want them to be
with us in heaven after the Rapture.
Matthew 24:15-19 NIV
15 “So when you see standing in the holy
place ‘the abomination that causes
desolation,’[a] spoken of through the prophet
Daniel—let the reader understand— 16 then
let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. 17 Let no one on the housetop go
down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let
no one in the field go back to get their cloak.
19 How dreadful it will be in those days for
pregnant women and nursing mothers!