Episode 50: Understanding the Second Coming: Mystery of the Sealed Book- Part 2

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Understanding the Second Coming: Mystery of the Sealed Book, Part 2

Understanding the Second Coming: Mystery of the Sealed Book, Part 2

In our previous study we learned that the sealed book of Revelation 5

contains the entire history of God’s providences, the prophetic history

of all nations and the church, and each person’s individual history.

In this present study we will consider that portion of history

brought to view as Christ opens the seals. As He does, we behold

the avenging justice of the Lion for some and the mercy of the slain

Lamb for others. Some are saved and some are lost.

What Do the Four Horses Represent?

As Jesus opens the seals we encounter four horses. What do they

symbolize?

First, we should understand that the Bible often represents the

whole world with the number four, considering its four quarters—

north, south, east and west (see Isaiah 11:12; Jeremiah 49:36; Daniel

7:2; Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27; Revelation 7:1; 20:8). You will

remember we learned in our last study that the four living creatures

have charge over the four quarters of the earth. They have power to

work behind the scenes in the affairs of men. It is fitting then that

they introduce the four horses.

The horses are said to represent “the four spirits (or “the four

winds” in the RSV) of heaven, who go out from their station before the

Lord of all the earth” (Zechariah 6:5, NKJV). God says to these horses,

“Go, walk to and fro throughout the earth” (Zechariah 6:7, NKJV).

Clearly, the four horses represent events that transpire on earth, by

God’s orchestration or allowance.

In Revelation 7:1-3, we see that there are four angels who hold the

four winds in check until God’s people are sealed. Once they are sealed,

the winds will be released and great tragedy and destruction will occur

on earth. The four horses in Revelation 6 and the four winds in chapter 7

represent the same thing—events of earth acted out by mankind—with

one significant difference. The four horses represent events that transpire

before human probation closes, while the four winds represent events

that will transpire after probation closes. The four horses reveal the

experience of the Christian church and the worsening circumstances that

envelope the world as Satan works to crush the movement of Christ. The

four winds reveal the total, unrestrained destruction that will occur after

the gospel commission is completed and the Spirit of God ceases to hold

the winds at bay.

The First Seal—the White Horse

“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” (Revelation 6:1-2).

The white horse and its rider represent the early apostolic church

riding forth conquering the hearts of men and women for Christ with the

pure gospel truth of Christ’s righteousness (see Psalm 51:7; Isaiah 1:18

on the meaning of white).

The bow in the rider’s hand represents the arrows of conviction

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