I said I would take my time and not just pop off something common. I believe this to be the truth and if you read your Bible carefully and prayerfully you will find it there. May God give you insight into this as well. It may require a couple posts because it's long, but it's truth. I wish I could have gone into more detail because it is needed, but time and space doesn't allow that at the moment. Dolphin
The first three chapters of Revelations are the Seven Church Ages. In the book of Revelation there are seven church ages, seven seals, seven trumpets, and vials, and unclean spirits like frogs, and all this goes together.
We find out in the 4th chapter of Revelations John is caught up. We see the churches. There's where I think that people are going to be so surprised. They're applying the church way over into the tribulation to those things that's happened. The first thing you know those tribulations will break in, and they'll wonder why there was no rapture. And it'll be as it has been; it will have happened and they didn't know it.
Remember the Lord said He would come as a thief in the night. Not being broadcast about, He'll come when He's least expected and people are resting in their false security.
John was caught up in the 4th chapter to see the things which were, which are, and what is to come. But the Church finishes at the 4th chapter, and Christ takes up the Church, caught up in the air to meet Him, and does not appear again until the 19th chapter when He comes back as King of king and Lord of lords with the Church.
Now, we also find out in this, that as soon as John heard this announcement for the Kinsman Redeemer to come forth and make His claims, there was no man that could do it. No man in heaven, no man in earth, no man beneath the earth, and no one was worthy even to look at the Book. Just think of that: no person at all worthy even to look at it. And John just started weeping.
He knew that there was no chance for redemption then. Everything had failed, and we find his weeping stopping quickly, because it was announced by one of the four elders. One of the elders said, "Don't weep, John, for the Lion of the tribe of Juda has prevailed," in other words, "overcome and has conquered."
If a revelation's contrary to the Word, then it isn't revelation. There's some of the stuff can look so absolutely true, and yet isn't truth. It looks like it is, but it isn't.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of a thunder, and one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that set on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Rev. 6:1-2
Some people have said that it was something John ate that gave him a nightmare but that just isn’t so. He was on the Isle of Patmos because he tried to put the Word of God into a book form and was exiled there by the Roman government. He was on the island on the day of the Lord, and he heard behind him a voice of many waters and turned to look, and he saw seven golden candlesticks. And there stood the Son of God in between them.
Now, he said, "There is a white horse rider." But what the mystery of it is; there's a mystery that goes with that rider. The first thing that happens, there is an announcement in the heavens first. What happened? A Seal is opened. What is that? A mystery is unfolded. And when a mystery unfolds, then a trumpet sounds. It declares a war. Or a plague falls, and a church age opened. What is the war part? The angel of the Church catches the mystery of God, not fully yet revealed, but when he does, he catches this mystery of God, and then goes forth to the people. What does he do out there? He begins to proclaim that message, and what does it start? A war, a spiritual war.
And then God takes His messenger with the elect of that age, and lays them away asleep, and then He drops a plague upon them who rejected it: a temporary judgment.
Spiritual death hits the church and she's gone, that group. Then He goes on to another one.
During the tribulation period, after the Bride has been called out, and the church goes through the tribulation period, the hundred and forty-four thousand is called by the two witnesses of Revelations 11. They'll prophesy one thousand two hundred and 60 days clothed in sackcloth.
Now, let us find the symbols. The thunder was the Voice of God when the Seal opened.
Now, what does the white horse mean? Now, here's where the revelation comes. I'm just as positive of this as I'm here knowing this is the Word. I've read every book on it I could find. Somebody told me that the Adventists had more light on the second coming of Christ than any people that they knew. "And he said this white horse that went forth was white, and it symbolized a conqueror, and in this conquering. There's two more books read, and both men agreed that that was right. They were fine teachers, supposed to be some of the best with the best light.
And they said, "Now, here's a white horse, and a white horse is a power, a charger." And said, "The man that set on the white horse was the Holy Spirit that went forth in the early age and conquered that age for the Kingdom of God. He had a bow in his hand which meant like Cupid. He shot the arrows of love into the hearts of the people, the love of God, and He conquered."
Now, that sounds very good, but it isn't the Truth. "White" does mean "righteous." We realize that, that "white" means "righteous." The teachers taught that it was the Holy Spirit conquering in the first age.
Christ and the Holy Spirit is the self same Person, only in a different form. So here stands Christ, the Lamb. We know He was the Lamb. He's standing here with the Books in His hand, and there goes the white horse rider. See? So it wasn't the Holy Spirit.
And notice, Christ is not seen any more from the time there. But He is on a white horse; so if this guy is riding a white horse, he's only an impersonator of Christ. Notice, the rider on the white horse doesn't have a name. But Christ has a Name. What is it? The Word of God. That's what it is. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." And the Word made flesh. See?
The rider has no arrows for his bow. Did you notice? He had a bow, but there's nothing said about having any arrows; so he must be a bluffer. Maybe he's got a lot of thunder and no lightning, but you find out Christ had both lightning and thunder; for out of His mouth goes a sharp two-edged Sword, and He smites the nations. And this guy can't smite anything, but he's playing the part of a hypocrite. He's going forth riding on a white horse, going out to conquer.
Christ has a sharp Sword, and watch. It comes from His mouth…the living Word. That's the Word of God revealed to His servants, like He said to Moses: "Go, stand there and hold that stick out yonder, call for flies," and there were flies. Sure. Whatever He said, He did it, and it come to pass. God and His Word is the self same Person. God is the Word.
Who is this mysterious rider of the first church age then? Who is he? Let's think of it. Who is this mysterious rider that starts forth in the first church age and rides plumb on out into eternity, goes to the end.
The Second Seal comes forth and goes right on out into the end. The Third Seal comes forth and goes right on out into the end. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh; every one of them winds right up in the end.
And at the end time, these seals that's been rolled up all this time with these mysteries in them, are broken. Then out comes the mystery to see what it is. But actually they started forth at the first church age, because at the first church age they received the message, like this.
A white horse rider went out. Who is he? He's mighty in his conquering power, a great fellow. You want me to tell you who he is? He's the antichrist.
Jesus said that the two would be so close together until it would deceive the very elected, the Bride, if it was possible. Antichrist, it's the antichrist spirit.
Remember in the church ages when you read the first church age, we find that the Holy Spirit was against a certain thing that got started in that church age, and that was called "the deeds of the Nicolaitanes." "Nico" means "to conquer." "Laity" means "the church, the laity." "Nicolaitanes" "to conquer the laity": take the Holy Spirit out of the church and give it all to one holy man, let him be the boss of all of it.
Notice, Nicolaitia was a saying in one church; it become a doctrine in the next church age. And in the third church age it was enforced; and they had the Nicaea Council. And it was then made a doctrine and a church.
And what was the first thing happened? An organization was formed from it. Tell me where the first organized church come from: Roman Catholic church. Tell me if Revelations doesn't say, in Revelations 17, that she was a whore, and her daughters were harlots. That's the same thing that organized with her: harlots. Taken the abomination, filthiness of their fornications for doctrine, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men.
Look, he starts out to conquer. Notice, he has no crown. The white horse rider; I'm speaking of here. A bow and a crown was given him afterwards. He had no crown to start with, but a crown was given him. That was three hundred years later at the Nicaea Council when he started out as a spirit of Nicolaitia to form an organization among the people, and then it kept on going on, going on; it started as a saying, then it become a doctrine.
Today he's under the disguise of a white horse. Watch how he changes from that white horse in a few minutes. He doesn't only become a white horse; he becomes a beast with many heads and horns. The white horse rider, he's a deceiver now, and that's the reason the people didn’t know it all this time.
Now, look here what the Bible says also. "As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses..." so will these guys in the last days with a reprobate mind concerning the truth, and shall turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness, deny the Lord God. That's that white horse rider under the way of a white, righteousness church, but an antichrist. It's got to look just like Christ is coming on a horse. All anti--so close it'd deceive the very elect if possible.
Here he is. He's the antichrist. He started riding in the first church age. Now, he rides on down, on down through every age. Now, watch him.
Now, remember, the antichrist and the beast is the same self spirit. There's the trinity. Yes, sir. It's three stages of the same devil power. Remember, Nicolaitia, it had to be incarnate before it could be crowned. See? Now, watch this. Three stages: first stage he's called antichrist; second stage, he's called the false prophet; third stage, he's called the beast.
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