SEVEN SEALS (4): PALE HORSE (REVELATION 6:7-8)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Revelation
a) John wrote Revelation while a prisoner on the Island of Patmos, approximately 85-95 A.D. Its purpose is to give encouragement and hope for all Christians to continue watching for the return and triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ. It also is to warn of the Final Judgment that nonbelievers will endure on that Last Day.
b) John wrote that Revelation is special because,“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1:3).
c) A brief view of the Book of Revelation. It gives you some basic understanding of the book of Revelation.
2. The Fourth Seal (The Pale Horse)
Revelation 6:7-8
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” 8 I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
3. The Lamb Opens The Fourth Seal
Revelation 6:7-8
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” 8 I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
3. The Lamb Opens The Fourth Seal
a) We now look at the fourth horse and its rider among “the four horses of the apocalypse”. This is the pale horse with a most macabre rider.
b) The Lamb Opens the fourth seal. The fourth living creature calls to John, “Come!”. John sees the fourth horseman on a pale horse leading Hades with which to capture the dead.
4. Fourth Creature Speaks
a) The fourth creature was like an eagle (Revelation 4:7). This symbolizes that Jesus is a divine being, "the Son of God" (1 John 5:20). He arose from the dead, and ascended on high, exalted to the right hand of God where he lives forever (Acts 2:31-33, Ephesians 4:10).
5. Fourth Rider On Pale Horse
a) The rider leading Hades (the realm of the dead) represents death. Every human being is subject to death. People die of disease, famine, war, accident, natural disaster, and if not something of that sort, then old age. Death, like other tribulations common to man, will continue for the entire gospel age until Jesus comes.
6. Christians And Death
a) The following scripture chain will show how Christians should consider the problem of death and look forward in hope of resurrection and ascension into heaven...
i) Acts 2:24, John 5:28, 1 Corinthians 15:51-55, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Philippians 1:21-24, Daniel 12:13.
The End ...
b) The Lamb Opens the fourth seal. The fourth living creature calls to John, “Come!”. John sees the fourth horseman on a pale horse leading Hades with which to capture the dead.
4. Fourth Creature Speaks
a) The fourth creature was like an eagle (Revelation 4:7). This symbolizes that Jesus is a divine being, "the Son of God" (1 John 5:20). He arose from the dead, and ascended on high, exalted to the right hand of God where he lives forever (Acts 2:31-33, Ephesians 4:10).
5. Fourth Rider On Pale Horse
a) The rider leading Hades (the realm of the dead) represents death. Every human being is subject to death. People die of disease, famine, war, accident, natural disaster, and if not something of that sort, then old age. Death, like other tribulations common to man, will continue for the entire gospel age until Jesus comes.
6. Christians And Death
a) The following scripture chain will show how Christians should consider the problem of death and look forward in hope of resurrection and ascension into heaven...
i) Acts 2:24, John 5:28, 1 Corinthians 15:51-55, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Philippians 1:21-24, Daniel 12:13.
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