November 24, 2000
Dear Newswatch Magazine Listeners/Readers:
R evelation 6 describes the seals to be opened by Jesus Christ. With the multitudes of religious organizations claiming to be Christian, it should be obvious that the First Horse - White - is galloping at full speed all over the earth.
Religious deception is everywhere. Every type of "false" teaching imaginable is being promoted. There is ONE Bible with ONE set of doctrines, but there are categorized 843 different churches all with different teachings. Truly Christ's words of Matthew 24 concerning deception has come to pass. Jesus said the many would come in His name [claiming by His authority], yet will deceive the many.
Starting with the Revolution of 1917-1919 in Russia, there has been a progression of wars of liberation FROM freedom to slavery under Red Communism. It is only fitting the second horse was called Red. Their specific job has been to take peace from the earth and kill men. Wars of so-called liberation have engulfed the African continent since World War II. The Asian continent has suffered the same fate. Central and South America are being worked upon right now. Cuba fell decades ago, but few other countries have collapsed under the weight of Red Communism in the Americas thus far. However, guerrilla warfare is taking place in Columbia, Venezuela, Chile, and Southern Mexico at this writing.
The Third Horse deals with food shortages and inflation or economic collapse. Inflation causes the prices of products to go so high that a large amount of money is needed just to buy a small bag of food. An economic collapse has the same effect. If you have little to no money, you can't buy much either. Africa is in economic shambles. Central and South Africa have been in poverty for decades. The Asian subcontinent of India lives in poverty along with other surrounding countries. The stock market in the United States is grossly over valued. We've already seen one Asian market down turn in the last few years. The world is set up for the MAJOR collapse the Illuminati said they would create in order to bring the whole world to its knees.
The Fourth Horse - pale - has been misunderstood by careless reading. It does NOT say that 1/4th of the population will die. It states that 1/4th of the earth's land territory where people dwell will experience Death in various forms: A) War; B) Famine from lack of food production or no transportation to get the food to the populous; C) With DEATH means to die! "To die" from what? It could be chemical/biological agents that are unleashed during war. Many countries are building these deadly agents - smallpox, anthrax, bubonic plague, etc. Russia is now building into the tips of missiles two types of agents that are normally harmless unless they are mixed together. Built into the missile is the capability of mixing the two agents in flight. Thus, they become very deadly.
The Fifth Seal is persecution of the saints. This has been going on in every communist country since the Revolution of 1917-1919 in Russia. It is happening in Muslim countries also. Most of the world is aligned against the normally classified Christian nations of Western Europe and the United States.
To some degree or another EVERY one of the first five seals are reality in today's world. The latter two has not become the norm in the United States. But this Book of Revelation is basically a story of how the final world government will rise under the domination of Lucifer/Satan and his angels through human beings. This brings us to the next MAJOR event.
The Sixth Seal is a tremendous earthquake. Revelation 6:12 says a "great" earthquake. It seems that it will be so powerful that it will even affect volcanic activity. It describes atmospheric conditions that will block out the visibility of the sun and distort the coloration of the moon - from white to reddish.
Before God allows the Seventh Seal to be opened - which are heavenly signs of meteorites and asteroids that strike the earth, it seems like He suspends time for a great event. Chapter seven describes angels holding back further activity UNTIL God seals His servants for Divine protection. If the numbers mentioned are literal, it will be 144,000. Why would God seal this 144,000 while NOT sealing others?
Chapter 14 adds to the story of this 144,000 saints. It says in verse four they "follow the Lamb wherever he goes." This means they OBEY Jesus' words - live by them. They cannot be pretenders to the throne, but contenders for the faith once delivered. [Jude 3-4] The scripture says NO guile will be found in them. GUILE: decoy, trick, crafty, DECEIT, subtilty, delude, entrap. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary says: divination, sorcery, crafty, deceitfully cunning, duplicity [a double standard], deceit, to deceive. Jesus said NO one will be a "firstfruit" who lives a doublestandard. There will be NO deceivers in the Kingdom to rule. Ask! Will I be there?
Sincerely,
David J. Smith