Inquiry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2zMVhOJrY)
Close I am with you on this one.
Did you know that there are 27 references to the word 'white' in the Bible and 17 of those are in the book of Revelation and they all speak of Purity and Righteouness, so this horse is a pure horse. Did you know that this word for bow is only mentioned ONCE in all of Scripture and the "root meaning of this word" is "TO BRING FORTH", and the crown is a VICTORY CROWN. In Chapters 1-5 Jesus says to the Churches to him who 'overcomes'. The word 'overcome' in the Greek is exactly the same word as to 'conquer'- which is nikau and means "Victory". So the symbolgy right through is this You have Jesus saying 7 times to the churches 'to him who overcomes, conquers, or wins the victory I will give'. Then in Chapter 5 Jesus wins the Victory, overcomes sin and conquers. Then He immediately opens the first seal of the White Horse So you have a 'PURE WHITE HORSE' who is sent out to 'BRING FORTH' through the BOW, 'VICTORY' through the CROWN. God Bless
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Answer
Hallelujah!
Glory to our LORD!
The interpretation of Revelation, which we (New Things Church of the LORD) are preaching, is NOT from a man’s own idea or analysis, but it is the words of the Lord spoken three times on March 19, 1958 through the mouth of south Korean pastor Lee Boanerge. God commanded to write down those words and then we have preached this truth so far.
First of all, let us take a look at the outline of 4 horses of Revelation chapter 6.
- Regarding 4 horses (Rev. 6:1~8) -
The truth of the perfect revelation regarding 4 horses has following elements.
The victory of White Horse shows the victory of 'the movement for the Kingdom', and this is the major topic of Revelation.
For Christianity eventually aims to build up the Kingdom on the earth, the great victory which 'Christian movement for Gospel' achieved by finding lost people is only the base level out of the construction process of the Kingdom.
Therefore, the first victory is ‘Alpha’ which represents the conquest over sin and death by the cross and the resurrection, and the second victory will be ‘Omega’ which is Judgement against Devil.
The second victory is the absolute work to establish the Kingdom on the earth.
So at the last time when White Horse is working on the construction for the peaceful Kingdom, its enemies will be Red Horse, Black Horse, and Pale Horse.
The reason why God sends Red and Black horses in advance is because White Horse, whose riders are Jesus’ servants, needs time to prepare for the battle.
It is God’s divine way to draw annihilation of all human.
Pale Horse, however, with its stance at the middle of Red Horse and Black Horse, stands against White Horse and brings the plausible but treacherous policy which says ‘everybody can be the same.’
This Pale Horse’s policy does not mean a physical war, rather it is a crafty plot of Satan to permeate churches and to drag them into destruction; the guileful policy that devours churches.
A war over all human will come from Red Horse and Black Horse, while a terrible calamity that harms the churches will come from Pale Horse which permeates in spiritual way by the power of Hades.
At this time when the power of Hades devours the churches, there will be two kinds of churches. Some of them will be abandoned, but the others will fight against Pale Horse so the fellow servants of martyrs appear from these churches.
- Chapter 6; The Beginning of Unsealing -
Rev. 6:1, NASB
And I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come."
When the Lord who took the sealed book in Chapter 5 started to open the seals, one of four living creatures gave a command sternly as with a voice of thunder. This means that the Work of the Lamb that opens the seals is done under the sovereignty of God. (1)
6:2
And I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him; and he went out conquering, and to conquer.
The seals represent the sovereignty, so it means that everything in the world moves under the hands of Christ, and the Rider of a white horse first appeared.
The purpose that Christ opens the seals is to save all world mankind and make the New Era. According to Revelation 19:11 and following verses, the white horse beats the last evil force of the beast and the false prophet and achieves the perfect victory, so the appearance of the white horse surely indicates the Gospel movement for the construction of the Kingdom.
This movement is the war against the devil. A bow is the same as written in Zechariah 9:13 that “I will bend Judah as My bow against Gentiles,” and in Jeremiah 50:28~29 that “The LORD summons all those who bend bow to repay what Babylon has done.” Therefore, the Rider of the white horse with a bow signifies the one who has the authority of Judgement. A crown given to Him indicates that He receives Kingship of the complete victory and conquers; and the two conquests stand for Christian Gospel movement arising twice.
The first conquest was during the Era of Favor that redeems lost people from the authority of sin, and the second conquest is to destroy the devil entirely from the earth. Therefore, the beginning of breaking the sealed book is the beginning of Judgement period. Until today, mid-20th century, it has been a time of moving from the law of death to the law of the Spirit of life by pouring Holy Spirit to all mankind, and they have been baptized the same way by the fire which came down on the upper room in Jerusalem. But the Second conquest indicates the last war to eliminate the red dragon. (2)