In the Book of Revelation, chapter six, we find the famous “four horsemen of the Apocalypse.” The first horse listed is a white horse. Some may think this white horse is similar to the white horse that Christ is riding in Revelation 19 at His return to fight against the nations.
However, when you correlate the four horses with Christ’s explanation found in Matthew 24, then this white horse corresponds to the spread of false religion or a false message of some kind. Notice Revelation 6:1-2:
“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.”
Some believe that this is picturing the spread of Christianity. Yet, as Christ fore-warned in Matthew 24, this would actually be the spread of a false gospel or message concerning Christ. This has been happening since the birth of God’s church nearly two thousand years ago. Yet the Book of Revelation mostly has to do with the end-time which we are in now.
Notice that this White Horse Rider is carrying a BOW. Why a bow? How in the world would a bow be a means of spreading a false message? Wouldn’t a trumpet be a better means of spreading a false message? So, why is a bow depicted instead of a trumpet?
The thing to understand about the Book of Revelation is that it uses pictures or symbols to convey to its readers what would be in the future at the end-time prior to the return of Christ. So, we must understand what these pictures are trying to tell us.
As you know, a bow was used to shoot arrows. Can a bow of some kind be used to shoot messages or signals today? Stop and think. Have you ever seen a news vehicle at a location that was making a live report?
We had plenty of them here in Oroville a few years ago during the Spillway crisis that affected the Oroville Dam in northern California. On top of these news vans was a satellite dish which linked them to a satellite in orbit which allowed them to communicate with the entire world.
And what is the shape of these dishes which shoot electronic signals to a satellite in orbit? In order for them to work, they all have a BOW shape to them.
WOW!!! Is the Book of Revelation ahead of its time or what???!!!
The Bible predicted thousands of years in advance a technology that we commonly use today for the spread of a false message or in modern parlance, FAKE NEWS.
And satellite TV has been widely used by many churches proclaiming that Jesus is the Christ yet will end up deceiving many. Deceive them about what? Deceive them about Christ’s return. Even the churches of God are a little confused about the Timeline of Christ’s return. (Please read my article “No One Knows The Day” in Issue #54, February 12, 2022.)
And when did the first use of satellite TV come about? Look up “satellite TV history” on the internet. Basically, it started in the early 1970s and grew rapidly. Could the spread of satellite TV be the opening of the First Seal of the Book of Revelation?
Something to consider which means that we are certainly in the end-time with more events predicted by the Book of Revelation yet to come.
As they say in TV lingo, “stay tuned!” |
