He was given a sword which he intended to use (draw). Putting himself in danger of

dying by the sword.

It was a large sword given to

him.

Session 9 Red Horse of War (Part 1)

In Session 7 and 8 we followed the rise and fall of the Antichrist. He arrives as a

conqueror and bent on further conquest. Should it not be considered that he does not

immediately have total control of

the planet when he is first

unveiled? Please read Revelation

6:3-4 to introduce the next horse of

the Tribulation. It appears like the

Antichrist has to establish control and this will help explain how there is opportunity

for another party to be able to take peace from the planet. Here we must admit that the

author’s interpretation of scripture since the original publishing of this study

suggested that the Red Horse of war was a single person that was different than the

Antichrist. It is possible that is still true and one person may be the leader of the war

represented by the Red Horse it may be possible that the Red Horse is an organization

instead. An organization or an alliance that will be led by the Antichrist. We will get in

to this possibility in the next session. Prophecy never changes because the events to

come are not changing. Our understanding may change and improve however. We

are trying to understand prophecy VIA our watching. Sometimes what we see in the

world opens our understanding of other scriptures that were not considered earlier.

This can lead to new conclusions as to the expected sequence of events. This session

on the Red Horse will be considerably larger that the earlier presentation because,

after more scripture study and current events (2023-2024) it appears that the conflicts

and battles described in the earlier version are more of “set up” for the Red Horse war

during the tribulation.

1. This Entity on the Red Horse which is the given power to take piece from the

earth has the weapon of war. Many bible passages mention people dying by this

weapon. What is this weapon?

Please read Matthew 26:52.

2. What is the danger that the Rider on the Red Horse puts himself into?

3. What is the special characteristic of this weapon mentioned towards the end of

Revelation 6:4?

This session will now present a

series of conflicts that appear to

all fall before the Rapture. I will

present them in the order that they

Revelation 6:3-4 NIV

3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living

creature say, “Come!” 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red

one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to

make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.

Matthew 26:52 NIV

52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all

who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Psalms 83:1-8 NIV

1 O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand

aloof, O God. 2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear

their heads. 3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they

plot against those you cherish. 4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy

them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.” 5

With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against

you— 6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the

Hagrites, 7 Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people

of Tyre. 8 Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s

descendants.

Israel because of the conspiracy against them and major attacks from Syria.

may happen and who is involved with each.

4. Who is being conspired against by this conspiracy?

According to the research by Bill Salus the groups conspiring lived in the territories of

the following modern nation states: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and

Lebanon.

This list would include terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah that

reside in these areas and the

West Bank and Gaza parts of

Israel. These nations surround

modern Israel. Notice the

name of modern Syria in this

list. This seems to lead the

next step in this sequence of

conflict.

5. What will happen to the

city of Damascus in this prophecy?

The modern city of Damascus is the center of a large metropolitan area of 2.7 million

people. The city limits itself was about 1.7 million as of 2009.

This description of

destruction in Isaiah 17 is probably a little hard to grasp. We should look a little more

at the details of what the city is like after this event.

6. What is the population after this

event?

This large, modern capital city of Syria

will be deserted. So much so, that flocks

of sheep will lie down without any fear of

people bothering them. By using logic, I

can only assume that something

absolutely destructive has happened to

this city. An action so complete that no

one is left!

7. What would you speculate would do this to a modern city?

8. Considering Psalm 83 and Isaiah 17 can you guess as to who might do such a

thing to Damascus and why?

Isaiah 17:1-5 NIV

1 “See, Damascus will no longer be a city

but will become a heap of

ruins.

2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which

will lie down, with no one to make them afraid. 3 The fortified city

will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus;

the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites,”

declares the Lord Almighty. 4 “In that day the glory of Jacob will

fade; the fat of his body will waste away. 5 It will be as when

reapers harvest the standing grain, gathering the grain in their arms

as when someone gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

Interesting Facts 1

Israel has the 14

strongest military in the world and the strongest

in the middle east according to Wikipedia.

Israel is considered to

have had nuclear weaponry since 1967.

Interesting Facts 2

On February 24

, 2020 Israel retaliated against Syria because of

rocket fire entering Israel from Syria. They bombed a Damascus

suburb and Gaza.

Interesting Facts 3

The Syrian government has been accused of using chemical

weapons on rebels in their country.

Israel, God’s people

It might be possible. God may protect them in other ways too.

It is possible that since they are

allies, they will come to their aid.

It seems possible they are finally

being left alone after a victory.

They are no longer in danger.

Could Isaiah 17:1 be the dramatic conclusion of the Psalm 83 conflict?

There are estimated that there are 300,000 Syrian Christians as of 2022 according to

Wikipedia (about 2% of the population). The city of Damascus and Aleppo are

believed to contain the largest number of Christians.

This total destruction of

Damascus would almost indicate a form of judgement (not on these Christians of

course). Remember the story of lot in Sodom?

9. Do you think it is possible that God may rescue the Christians of Damasus from

this total destruction of the city VIA the Rapture?

This next battle of the sequence of

conflicts was originally suggested as

the war of the Red Horse in the first

version of this study. This author is

leaning away from that idea however.

This battle is described by scripture as

being in the “future years” which could

include days right before the

Tribulation begins.

10. Russia has been an Ally of Syria for

a long time

. How does this fact

connect Isaiah 17:1 and Ezekiel 38?

11. If the Ezekiel 38 prophecy is after

the war of Psalm 83 and Isaiah 17:1 what does Ezekiel 38:8 indicate?

Please Read Ezekiel 38:16-23 to

see how this battle concludes and

perhaps how it factors into other

aspects of the Red Horse.

Ezekiel 38:1-9 NIV

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face

against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[a] Meshek

and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the

Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b]

Meshek and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws

and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your

horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small

shields, all of them brandishing their swords. 5 Persia, Cush[c] and

Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer

with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its

troops—the many nations with you.

7 “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about

you, and take command of them. 8 After many days you will be

called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has

recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many

nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate.

They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them

live in safety. 9 You and all your troops and the many nations with

you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud

covering the land.

Who is in this battle?

1. Magog: Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan,

and Tajikistan. Perhaps Afghanistan.

2. Rosh: Russia, at least part of Russia, or perhaps Russia and some

of the former Soviet nations connected with it.

3. Meshek (or Meshech) and Tubal: Part of modern Turkey.

4. Persia: Iran.

5. Cush (or Ethiopia): Sudan.

6. Put: Libya

7. Gomer: Part of modern Turkey.

8. Beth Togarmah: Part of modern Turkey.

It is the sword.

God Himself will Judge.

12. What weapon is summoned against

Gog?

13. Who will execute judgment against

Gog (Russia) and their allies?

Please read Ezekiel 39:3-6.

Here we see a very serious “wound”

against Russia and her allies at that

point. Keep this in mind as we now turn

our attention to what we are now

proposing as the War of the Red Horse

in the next session.

Wrap up

So, this session has introduced a lot of

set up for the Red Horse. Perhaps the

battle of Ezekiel 38 is part of the war of

the Red Horse. It appears from Psalm

83 and Isaiah 17 that Israel

successfully defends itself from a conspiracy of the surrounding nations and terrorist

groups to destroy it and its people (genocide). Whether the Ezekiel 38 situation takes

place shortly before the beginning of the tribulation or right at the beginning of the

tribulation Russia (Both The leader Gog and the nation Magog) and her allies will

seem to have encountered a fatal blow from God himself. Also, Israel appears to be

still as prosperous as they were after their war of survival, because God has protected

them so completely. This is the setup for the Red Horse War. Here is what we see:

 The world very ready to be deceived by a “peace maker” because of the

fatigue of war in the Middle East. (Calls for Peace in the Middle East!)

 A very damaged Russia

 A very successful Israel in the middle east that is threatening to the power

base of a potentially future Antichrist.

Ezekiel 38:16-23 NIV

16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that

covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my

land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy

through you before their eyes.

17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke

of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time

they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18

This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of

Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord.

19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall

be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The fish in the sea, the

birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves

along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will

tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs

will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will

summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the

Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I

will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will

pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and

on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23 And so I will

show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known

in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the

Lord.’

Ezekiel 39:3-6 NIV

3 Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your

arrows drop from your right hand. 4 On the mountains of Israel you

will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will

give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild

animals. 5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares

the Sovereign Lord. 6 I will send fire on Magog and on those who

live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the

Lord.