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DANIEL'S 70TH WEEK DOESN'T BEGIN YET

1st Seal: White Horse 2nd Seal: Red Horse 3rd Seal: Black Horse 4th Seal: Pale HorseRevelation 6:2 Revelation 6:4 Revelation 6:5 Revelation 6:8

Spirit of the Antichrist Spirit of War Spirit of Famine Spirit of Death and Hades

THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF BIRTH PAINS (SORROWS)Matthew 24:8

FOURTH SEAL: The Pale (dappled) Horse = The Spirit of Death as found in Famine, War, Plagues, Earthquakes, Pestilence, etc

Revelation 6:7-8:7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8I looked, and

there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power

a fourth of the earthto kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

A Pale horse is symbolic of death and trouble emanating from war, beasts, plagues, famine and demise in every conceivable form.

Death has always been with us, but death by famine, natural disasters, new super plagues such as HIV infection, SARS, Swine Flu,

H5N1 Avian Influenza-Bird Flu, Ebola virus and other quick lethal diseases, Antibiotic resistance diseases, etc. and new epidemics reached unprecedented levels just as Jesus said they would immediately prior to His return.

Matthew 24:7: 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various

places.

Mark 13:8:8

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famineThese are the beginning of birth pains.

Luke 21:11:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from

heaven.

The rider, Death is the personification of a condition and Hades is the personification of a place. The term Death is always followethe term Hades. Hades is the place of the dead and death is the vehicle which permits entrance into the same. You can't have one

without the other. Death must always come first.

Given power indicates that they are servants of a higher authority which when commissioned may act upon their own with authority

influence as they see fit within given boundaries.

Fourth of the Earth: It is not clear whether the fourth of the earth spoken of is geographic or demographic. Whichever it is, the

focus is clearly on the people of this sector of the planet. Based on Daniel 2 and Ezekiel 38 the final Beast Empire will consist of peo

from modern day Iraq, Iran, Syria, Ethiopia, Libya, Ukraine, Turkey, Russia and Germany. The combined populations of these areas

equal to about one tenth the total population of the earth. However, geographically, they equal one fourth of the earth's total land ma

(9 million square miles)

To kill does not mean that he will necessarily destroy a fourth of the earth but that he has the power to do so if he so chooses.

Sword, Famine, Plague and Wild Beasts : There are several Old Testament parallels for sword, famine and plague judgments havi

been used to discipline Israel in the past but there is no prophecy of future judgment of this nature against Israel. It would seem

the judgments meted out in the fourth seal are more globally oriented than local, especially when they involve one quarter of the ear

Jeremiah 24:10:10 I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and

fathers.' "Ezekiel 12:16:16 But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine and plague, so that in the nations where they go they may

acknowledge all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

Old Testament references to sword, famine, plague and wild beasts can be found in the book of Ezekiel. However, these judgment

specifically directed at the city of Jerusalem and therefore are more local than global in nature as indicated in the fourth seal.

Ezekiel 5: 8, 15-17: 8 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict

punishment on you in the sight of the nations15 You will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and an object of horror to the natio

around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke. I the LORD have spoken. 16 When I sh

at you with my deadly and destructive arrows offamine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you an

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