The 4th sign or seal can be found in the next passages in Rev. The next being diseases and death (the fourth seal).
If we think about it logically, after a huge and bloody war, famine and taxation will be the next thing to hurt humankind. Therefore, millions will starve to death, meanwhile the wealthy will enjoy their luxurious lifestyles. Which will provoke famine, huge inflation and taxes. Those who believe that the second seal breaks with the 3 rd WW, also sustain that the 3 rd seal will be opened during WW3. These taxes were often paid in wheat and barley. Which resulted in famine due to the heavy taxation of the citizens. Such as the Financial Oppression of the 3 rd century. This really sounds like the situation described in Revelation.īut there are numerous other interpretations.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Jewish revolt and his men had all the oil and wine. Which was so cruel that “mothers had to eat their own children”. Another, most accurate interpretation is that of the famine between the years 44 and 66. Therefore, Hugo Grotius associates the third sign with the famine that occurred between the years 41 and 54, in The Roman Empire, under the reign of emperor Claudius. Numerous historians tried to decode this seal too. While the horsemen enjoy the oil and wine. He will measure wheat and barley that one get for his money. The third sign is the 3 rd Horseman of The Apocalypse. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius and thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And I beheld, and lo a black horse and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.Ħ. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say. The 3 rd sign or seal can be found in Rev. That being said, let’s go to the next sign. The only thing stopping them being Jerusalem. As a result, The Antichrist will ally with the Arabs or Mohammedans and will conquer the whole world. This theory is found also in The Bible under Ezek. Which will be some kind of religious war against Christians. And the Antichrist will open it, by starting the 3 rd World War. Others say that the second seal hasn’t been opened. He sustains that the second seal has been opened when Mohammedanism started. As being the period with the most bloody wars.īut there is another, less familiar interpretation by Alexander Keith. And there are historians who even linked the opening of the second seal with the period between 98 and 275. Others identify the red horse (which is red from the blood of the dead) with assassins. For example, the Jewish-Roman wars, The Roman-Parthian wars or the Byzantine-Arab wars. Other historians interpret the second seal as different wars. It was a really bloody and dark event in human history. For example, Ernest Renan associated the second horsemen with The Great Jewish Revolt. This Horsemen also has been associated with historical figures. And people will start to kill each other. The Second Horseman of The Apocalypse will bring war and death. He can be recognized due to his Great Sword. And there went out another horse red: and was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.Īs you can see, the second horsemen will ride a red horse. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.Ĥ. The 2 nd seal or sign is described in Revelation 6:3-4. With its emperor, Nero, being the Antichrist himself.īut there are numerous historians who believe that the first seal has been opened by Jesus Christ (the Lamb) when he died and has been resurrected. But the most common identity of the first horsemen is the whole Roman Empire as an entity.
He deserves the title of one of the horsemen of The Apocalypse, due to the atrocities and the slaughter he brought upon the Jews from Babylon. For example, Johan Jakob Wettstein sustains that the first horsemen is Artabanus, the ancient king of Parthians. Therefore, the first horsemen has been identified by some. He has a bow in his hands and a crown on his head.īut there are many other interpretations of this passage from The Bible.
The first seal, being the first horseman on a white horse. Reading carefully, you can see that the first seal is the first of four beasts, also known as the Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse. 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. 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.Ģ. You can find the First seal in The Book of Revelations (Revelation 6:1-2), which sounds like this:ġ.
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