Are We Living in the Last Days?
by Robert R. Barney
Part 6
Herein is the mystery solved. The first Horseman. “I looked up and saw a white horse. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory.” Compare this to the first warning that Jesus gives us. “"Don't let anyone mislead you. For many will come in my name, saying, `I am the Messiah.' They will lead many astray” Clearly the first White horse represents FALSE religion and not just any false religion! Read carefully what Jesus says! “Many will come in MY NAME!” Muslims don’t come in Jesus’ name, communist don’t, neither do atheist! Christians come in Jesus’ name and he says to watch out for them! The reason why is simple…. Not all “Christians” are to be believed. Jesus also said “many will come in MY NAME performing many miracles, casting out demons and I will tell them “away from me, all of you who practice lawlessness!” Jesus’ definition of fake Christianity are those who practice lawlessness. What does that mean? 1 John gives us the only Bibical definition of lawlessness. It is Sin. Better said, SIN is the breaking of the LAW! Any Christian Church that tells you that the Law is abolished is not of God! Read Matthew chapter 5. "Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come toabolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them” and I assure you, until heaven and earth disappear, even the smallest detail of God's law will remain until its purpose is achieved.
Has Heaven and Earth passed away? If not, then all of the Law of God is still in force! Jesus did not come to abolish God’s Law; after all it was Jesus who wrote the Law to Moses with his own very finger! Read John chapter 8. "The truth is, before Abraham was ever born “I AM”. “I AM” is the personal name for the LORD in Exodus. It’s in Exodus chapter 3. Look it up for yourself. Moses wants to know the name of the God that he is speaking to. God says “I AM who I AM, Tell the people I AM has sent you to them.” Is anything any clearer who Jesus claimed to be?
The rider of the white horse is the great deceiver leading millions away from the truth of the Gospel. Jesus says that this rider will lead MANY ASTRAY! Christians can be lead astray!
The Second Horseman
“And another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to remove peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere.” Revelation chapter 6
Compare this to Jesus second warning… “And wars will break out near and far, but don't panic. Yes, these things must come, but the end won't follow immediately. The nations and kingdoms will proclaim war against each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.”
The second Red horse is the horse of war! We are to watch for false Christianity and World War… A time like WWII, but wait there is more.
The Third Horseman
“When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, "Come!" And I looked up and saw a black horse, and its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.” Revelation 6.
Compare to Jesus next warning “and there will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.” World famine is the third Black horse. A time is coming when famine will reach the whole world, not just Africa, we all will be in famine, even in those in our modern world!
The fourth Horseman
The fourth horseman is death. "Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me.”
My friends, we ARE NOT YET living in these times! We are to watch for them. We are to be watching the news daily for false Christianity, war, large scale famine and death to Christians. I am sorry to tell you that Christians are not going to escape through a “rapture”, that is only another form of the deception we are warned against. We will, in the Last days face down the terror and OVERCOME by the strength of our Lord Jesus Christ. Many will die, suffer and almost give up to the Devil, but “For that will be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed. But it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen ones.” Jesus is going to come back just at the exact second when even his Chosen One’s are going to “lose it” and save them and the world from total alienation!
Notice these words by the way… “And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath.” Why are those Christians still following The Sabbath Day at the time of the end and not Sunday?
The Bible’s Prediction:
In summary these are the events that will occur right before the end time. Daniel Chapter 11 and Revelation Chapter 11-12 are the same time frame. A great King of the North will arise, which I believe is Europe when you understand other Bible versus. This King of the North will also have authority granted to him by the world’s greatest spiritual leader located in Rome. The North is a rebirth of the Holy Roman Empire, under Germany. The King of the South, AGAIN in my opinion, will be a united Arab league under a dictator like Hussein or Bin Laden.
Two witnesses will appear, and at this same time God’s Church will go underground. “And the woman fled into the wilderness, where Godhad prepared a place to giveher care for 1,260 days” Rev 12:6 The two witnesses will be like Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh and their message of the Gospel will be preached to the whole world thus fulfilling Jesus’ prophecy that this Gospel will be preached to the whole world, then the end shall come. They will be publicly killed live on TV (Revel 11:9) and the whole world will see their dead bodies. I believe this time will be Christmas! Christmas is not a Biblical Holiday! Read Revelation 11:10 “All the people who belong to this world will give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.” When do people give gifts to one another???? Remember, the majority Christian world at the time of the end will be deceived!
At this time, this King of the North will proclaim himself to be God. He will, according to Jesus, "The time will come when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about: the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place"-reader, pay attention!” This man will sit on the Holy Seat in a NEW TEMPLE which will be rebuilt in Jerusalem and proclaim himself as GOD and go to war with God’s Church. Then, and only then will “And then at last, the sign of the coming of the Son ofMan will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the nations of the earth. And they willsee the Son of Man arrive on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” At this very moment, at the blasting of the last trumpet The dead in Christ will awake from their graves (1 Cor 15) and join with those who are still alive in immortal spirit life-filled heavenly bodies, never to be able to die again. This is the first resurrection talked about in Revelation. (Revel 20:6). The rest of those who died do not awake until after a 1,000 year reign of Christ and his Christians ON EARTH as it is IN HEAVEN!
We may be living in the last years, but we know Christ’s return is not immanent. We are not to know when his return is, we are to ready ourselves for that return and live life accordingly. God is coming back… In 10 years, 100 years or 1,000 years. That, you can bet on.
