SEAL 4… (Revelation 6:7-8) “When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and the Grave was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.”
The rider on the Pale Horse of Seal 4 brings only one additional judgment. But, it is the one that we can least prepare for. Seal 4 brings a terrifying world-wide Plague to join with Seal 2, the Great Sword of the Islamic Empire that is described as the wild beasts of the earth (like a Lion, like a Bear, and like a Leopard), and Seal 3, the global Economic Collapse and Famine. At their height, these three judgments will kill one fourth of the earth’s population… approximately 1.75 billion people.
You may have noticed that when the Lamb of God opens a Seal judgment, it stays open. I believe that Seal 1, 2 and 3 have already been opened. Seal 4, and the terrifying judgment of the Pale Horse and its rider, have not yet been unleashed. The coming world-wide plague will make the Black Death of 1347, and the Spanish Flu of 1919, look like a walk in the park. The Lord may choose to open this fourth Seal, at any moment.
Enduring the first of God's judgments will be incredibly difficult. Only a true and extremely strong faith will enable us to be a source of compassion and help, and not be a contributer to the panic and chaos.
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