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SAFE FROM THE FOUR WINDS

Michael F. Blume

© 2003 Michael F. Blume

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Daniel 7:1-7 

(1) In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. (2) Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. (3) And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. (4) The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. (5) And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. (6) After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. (7) After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

Four Winds of the Heaven strove or stirred up the sea.

  • They brought forth a terrible thing into the world.

  • Four beasts.

 

Zechariah also heard about the FOUR WINDS.

 

Zechariah 6:1-5 

(1) And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. (2) In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; (3) And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. (4) Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? (5) And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. {spirits: or, winds}

The white, red, black and grisled and bay horses were the FOUR SPIRITS OF THE HEAVENS.

  • The Hebrew marginal reference shows that they were the FOUR WINDS.

  • The same thing Daniel saw stir up the rising of the FOUR BEASTS.

 

Daniel 7:2 

(2) Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

Where else do we read of these FOUR winds, or these four horses?

 

Revelation 6:1-8

(1) 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. (2) 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. (3) And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. (4) And there went out another horse that was red: and power 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. (5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. (6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. (7) And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. (8) And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

So, Four BEASTS rose up from the sea, as a result of the FOUR WINDS of hell.

There were four world powers to rise up.

  • Belshazzar was king of Babylon.

  • That would be the first.

  • A LION.

  • Babylon's symbol was a lion, because on the architecture of the City were LIONS with eagles' wings and a man's head.

  • After Babylon came MEDO-PERSIA and GREECE.

  • In fact, these two following kingdoms are listed as follows:

 

Daniel 8:20-21 

(20) The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. (21) And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

DANIEL FORETOLD THEY WOULD RISE AFTER BABYLON, BEFORE BABYLON EVER FELL!

The FOURTH BEAST was not identified by name like the first three were.

  • But ROME came after them, and was the fourth beast.

  • Babylon was like a LION.

  • Medo-Persia was like a BEAR.

  • Greece was like a LEOPARD.

  • And the fourth beast was more terrible than all of them.

 

It was FOUR WINDS that rose up.

  • And these winds stirred up the sea and raised up kingdoms that all fought Israel.

  • But the fourth would be the worst.

 

Daniel 7:7 

(7) After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

And by the time the NEW TESTAMENT times started, ROME, THAT FOURTH BEAST, was in power and had control over Israel.

  • It was ISRAEL working with ROME that crucified Jesus Christ.

  • Israel rode upon ROME and USED ROME to crucify Jesus Christ.

  • They cried out to Pilate, the ROMAN GOVERNOR, to crucify Jesus.

  • Pilate did not want to.

  • So he sought to release Jesus to them, by reminding them they could release one prisoner.

  • And since Barrabbas was a murderer, and a prisoner, too, he figured they would let Pilate release Jesus for sure.

  • But they told him to release Barrabbas instead and crucify Jesus.

 

And Jesus warned JERUSALEM of her wickedness.

After Jesus rode into Jerusalem in Matthew 21, He was rejected by the people, and all He spoke about were parables of how God's Kingdom would turn to Gentiles instead of Israel.

  • And In chapter 23 we read:

 

Matthew 23:29-38 

(29) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, (30) And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. (31) Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. (32) Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. (33) Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? (34) Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: (35) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36) Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. (37) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (38) Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

He said that a cup was filled up by Jerusalem of His day.

  • Since Abel, righteous blood had been shed.

  • And throughout the years the cup was filling up with innocent blood shed by crooked and wicked people.

  • But when Jesus was ready to be crucified by Jerusalem, using ROME, He told them that they FILLED the cup.

  • Enough was enough.

  • They filled up what their forefathers did in slaying innocent people.

  • And Jesus said He would have protected them, like a hen protecting her chickens from the destruction.

  • But THAT CITY WAS TOLD THAT ITS HOUSE WAS LEFT DESOLATE.

  • And THAT GENERATION would experience it.

 

A generation in the Bible is 40 years.

  • And forty years after Jesus died was about 70 AD.

  • When ROME CAME IN AND DESTROYED THE CITY AND THE TEMPLE.

 

FOUR WINDS STIRRED UP THE FOUR BEASTS.

 

Revelation 7:1-4 

(1) And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (2) And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, (3) Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. (4) And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

The four winds were ready to blow on the earth and sea and HURT THEM.

  • But an angel cried out that the four winds should not blow until the servants of God were sealed.

  • 144,000's (not 144,000) were sealed.

  • And the seal went on their foreheads.

 

The SAME FOUR WINDS THAT STIRRED UP THE FOUR BEASTS TO RISE.

  • And when we read Revelation 7 this is New Testament times.

  • Daniel wrote during BABYLON'S reign, before Medo-Persia and Greece rose.

  • But John wrote AFTER those three were long gone, and the FOURTH ONE STOOD.

  • ROME.

 

Revelation 13:1-2 

(1) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. (2) And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

John saw the FOURTH BEAST RISE with all the marks of the first three, from Daniel 7.

  • Recall that Jerusalem USED ROME to crucify Jesus.

  • And we read about a FOURTH BEAST rise in Revelation 13 after the four winds blow in Revelation 7.

  • Then in Revelation 17 we read:

 

Revelation 17:1 

(1) And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

Revelation 17:3 

(3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

This woman SAT ON A BEAST with seven heads and ten horns.

  • Daniel 7:7's fourth beast also had ten horns.

  • And that was ROME.

  • The woman is upon the beast JUST LIKE JERUSALEM USED ROME TO CRUCIFY JESUS.

  • Pilate was a ROMAN and was urged by Jerusalem to kill Jesus.

 

Revelation 17:5-6 

(5) And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (6) And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

This WOMAN is drunk with the blood of saints and the martyrs of Jesus, just like Jesus told Jerusalem that they filled the CUP of all the shed blood first shed since Abel was killed, when they were ready to crucify Jesus, Himself, in Matthew 23:.

But in 70 AD, ROME turned against Jerusalem and destroyed Jerusalem later on.

 

Revelation 17:16 

(16) And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

BACK TO REVELATION 13.

When Jerusalem was destroyed in THAT generation, IN THOSE 40 YEARS after Jesus prophesied to them about it, it was in 70 AD when the siege began.

  • And the siege lasted for exactly 3.5 YEARS!!

  • Check History!

 

Revelation 13:5 

(5) And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

The devil gave power to ROME for 3.5 years to DESTROY JERUSALEM.

  • He gave GREAT AUTHORITY to ROME, and gave it all the powers all the other kingdoms he started had.

  • Rome was the FOURTH BEAST of Daniel 7 that rose from the sea after the FOUR WINDS STROVE upon it.

  • And ROME destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD.

  • And took 42 months to do it!

  • The four winds were ready to move in Revelation 7, but angels held them back until God protected and sealed HIS CHURCH, the 144,000s (plural in Greek).

 

Revelation 13:2 

(2) And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

  • The above is a direct reference to ROME being the FOURTH BEAST of Daniel 7, which had the characteristics of the first THREE BEASTS in Daniel 7.

  • And the BEAST issued a MARK to everyone.

  • On the right hand or forehead.

  • That was not a computer chip.

  • Computer chips will never be the mark of the beast.

  • If you're looking for that, then you are far off the real issue.

 

And the BEAST was given power to DESTROY THE CHURCH.

 

Revelation 13:5-7

(5) And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. (6) And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. (7) And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

But those four WINDS might have been used to stir up a BEAST called ROME to destroy God's CHURCH, but after all this BEAST'S MARKS and blasphemies and persecutions, we read in chapter 14....

 

Revelation 14:1-3 

(1) And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. (2) And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: (3) And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

A group is STANDING and they are STANDING ON A ROCK SO HUGE IT IS A MOUNTAIN CALLED ZION.

  • And they don't have the MARK OF THE BEAST in their foreheads, but they have the SEAL OF GOD in their foreheads.

  • And that seal is THE FATHER'S NAME.

 

Back in Revelation 7, before the four winds even blew on the sea to raise ROME up, an angel cried to the four angels holding the four winds to wait and not release the winds until the people of God were sealed in their foreheads IN PROTECTION.

  • That seal was there because they DID THE WILL OF THE FATHER.

  • Their lives STOOD ON A ROCK like a wise man's house built on a rock, that withstood the rains and the floods and the "WINDS".

 

Instead of the CHURCH destroyed, Jerusalem alone was destroyed.

  • When the Christians saw Jerusalem encompassed about with armies, they fled just like Jesus told them to do in Matthew 24.

  • And NOT ONE CHRISTIAN was slain by ROME's destruction of Jerusalem.

  • And that city Jerusalem, that slew Christ using ROME, was like the HARLOT who rode upon the beast but was later destroyed by that very beast and burned with fire.

 

Revelation 17:16 

(16) And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

Revelation 18:5-6 

(5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. (6) Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Revelation 11 says that the holy city was to be trodden by gentiles for 42 months.

  • 3.5 years.

  • THE EXACT TIME ROME TOOK TO DESTROY JERUSALEM IN 70 AD.

  • The ROMANS were GENTILES.

 

Revelation 11:2 

(2) But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Daniel said the fourth beast, after Greece, would rise and stamp the residue with his feet.

 

Daniel 7:7

(7) After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

This is the TREADING UNDER FOOT of Revelation 11:2.

And two witnesses prophesy and are slain and lay in Jerusalem.

 

Revelation 11:8 

(8) And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Jerusalem is called "THE GREAT CITY."

  • It was spiritually called SODOM.

  • It was spiritually called EGYPT.

  • But it is also called something else.

  • Jerusalem, the great city is....

 

Revelation 14:8 

(8) And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

What great city?

  • The one in Revelation 11:8.

  • JERUSALEM.

 

And that is written in the same chapter where we read that 144,000 stood on MOUNT ZION, with the Father's NAME in their foreheads.

  • They were SEALED in protection.

  • But JERUSALEM was destroyed, just like Jesus said.

 

The winds may blow upon you, but if you do the will of the Father, you will enter the safety of His Kingdom, and be alright.

 

Revelation 14:1 

(1) And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Their Father's name was on their foreheads.

  • That was the seal.

  • And they STOOD on a MOUNT.

  • MOUNT ZION.

 

They were on a  ROCK, standing.

  • They were on a mountain -- a kingdom.

  • Mountains represent Kingdoms.

  • When the rock struck Nebuchadnezzar's image at the feet and grew into a mountain, Daniel said it meant that God set up a KINGDOM that shall never be destroyed.

  • The gates of Hell would not prevail against it.

  • The winds would not blow it down.

  • Everything would be shaken, but it will not be removed.

 

Daniel 2:44

(44) And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

The forehead represents the WILL.

 

Ezekiel 3:7-9

(7) But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. {impudent...: Heb. stiff of forehead, and hard of heart} (8) Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. (9) As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

IMPUDENT actually means STIFF OF FOREHEAD.

  • Stubborn-willed.

  • Will not change their wills.

  • But God would make Ezekiel's forehead harder, so as to not change his mind against their wills to resist God.

 

To have the NAME OF THE FATHER on the forehead is to be a person that does the WILL of the FATHER and not one's own will.

 

Matthew 23:37 

(37) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Jesus would have GATHERED JERUSALEM TOGETHER into protection.

  • But they were left to destruction.

  • He "WOULD" have gathered them.

  • "WOULD" in the KJV means "TO WILL".

  • But they "WOULD NOT"

  • They did not desire HIS WILL.

  • And to not desire God's will is to build on sand that when the he storm comes, the FOOL'S HOUSE FALLS.

 

Matthew 23:38 

(38) Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

But we read this about the CHURCH.

 

Matthew 24:31 

(31) And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

The angels GATHER his elect from the FOUR WINDS.

  • They are protected.

  • He would have protected Jerusalem from Rome, but they rejected Him, filled up the cup of blood that their forefathers began to fill.

  • So He protected the Church, His elect.

  • Not one Christian was killed in the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome, because the Christians remembered Jesus' words:

 

Luke 21:20-24 

(20) And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. (21) Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. (22) For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. (23) But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. (24) And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

This was fulfilled in 70 AD, and the Christians all fled Jerusalem, and not a one of them were killed!

  • He gathered them from the four winds!

  • He protected them.

 

Jesus said to rebellious Jerusalem that all the wrath poured out upon them, due to their filling of the cup of blood, would be fulfilled in THAT generation.

 

Matthew 23:35-36 

(35) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36) Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

And He repeated that in Matthew 24.

 

Matthew 24:34 

(34) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

That is not talking about a future generation.

  • It is talking about the generation Jesus spoke to.

  • A generation is FORTY YEARS.

  • And after Jesus was crucified, 40 years later, Rome destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD.

 

Jesus carried His cross up Golgotha, and women wept for him.  Read what he said.

 

Luke 23:27-30 

(27) And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. (28) But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. (29) For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. (30) Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

Weep for yourselves and you children.

  • YOUR GENERATION.

  • Daughters OF JERUSALEM.

 

They would see Rome come to conquer, and would cry for the mountains and hills to fall on them.

  • This is also in Revelation.

 

Revelation 6:12-17 

(12) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (13) And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. (14) And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (15) And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; (16) And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: (17) For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

This sixth seal, where the sun is said to turn black and the moon to blood is also noted in Matthew 24, where prophesied of Jerusalem's destruction in 70 AD.

 

Matthew 24:29-31 

(29) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (31) And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Jesus said this in reference to PROTECTING THE CHURCH by gathering them from the four winds, when He would not GATHER TOGETHER Jerusalem and protect them, due to their rejection of Him.

  • This happened in 70 AD.

  • Jesus would have protected Jerusalem as well, had they not rejected Him.

 

The four winds cannot hurt you if you stand on the rock!

  • Hell cannot prevail against you!

  • No matter what troubles happen in life, you are safe ON THE ROCK!

 

The angels gathered the elect from the FOUR WINDS.

  • In this same chapter of Matthew 24, Jesus actually lists the FOUR WINDS in the same order they are listed in Revelation 6.

  • Recall that when Zechariah saw the four horses that John saw in Revelation 6, that they were called the FOUR WINDS.

 

WHITE HORSE - FALSE PROPHETS (There were more false Prophets in Jesus' day because Daniel 9 prophesied the time when Messiah would come.  False Prophets knew of that, and masqueraded as Christ).

 

Matthew 24:4-6 

(4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (6) And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Revelation 6:2 

(2) 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.

RED HORSE – WARS

 

Matthew 24:7 

(7) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Revelation 6:4 

(4) And there went out another horse that was red: and power 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.

BLACK HORSE – FAMINE

 

Matthew 24:7-8 

(7) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (8) All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Revelation 6:5-6

(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. (6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

PALE HORSE – DEATH

 

Matthew 24:9

(9) Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Revelation 6:8

(8) And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

And Jesus later referred to delivering His elect from the FOUR WINDS in Matthew 24:31.

  • These FOUR winds still blow today.

  • But everything will be alright, so long as we stay upon the rock.

 

Matthew 24:13 

(13) But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Some ask why this PAST AND HISTORICAL REFERENCE is in the book of Revelation if it is not future.

  • It is there because God is showing us that if He could keep and protect the church no matter what winds would come, then He can keep us no matter what happens!

  • Praise God!

  • YOU ARE SAFE IN HIM.

  • Safe from the winds.

  • They can blow all they want, but they cannot blow our stedfastness away.

  • The great issue of Jesus being Messiah was rejected by Jerusalem, and they could have been saved from wrath, but they crucified Him and reaped the whirlwind in 70 AD.

  • But the CHURCH is TRIUMPHANT!

  • Jerusalem fell and never was rebuilt again until 1948.

  • GREAT WAS THE FALL of the house on the sand!

  • But the Church has been thriving ever since it started in around 33 AD on the day of Pentecost.

  • It never fell.

  • It never will fall!

 

Do not fret about troubles that you think you cannot endure.

  • You will endure so long as you are on the ROCK of obeying the Word of God in sincerity.

                                          

 

RDTW


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