Dr. Tom Hover
May 26, 2024
Revelation 6:1-17
THE COMING FOUR HORSEMEN AND THE OPENING OF THE SEALS / Part 2
THE COMING FOUR HORSEMEN AND
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS
Text: Revelation 6:1-17
Introduction: Often, we've heard of the Four Horsemen in the book of Revelation, but few people really know what that means. What we're really talking about is the beginning of the Great Tribulation. This Great Tribulation is a terrible and a horrible time. Revelation 6:15-17, Matthew 24:21-22, Jeremiah 30:6-8, Daniel 12:1-3 Deuteronomy 4:29, 30 The Book of Revelation speaks of the horses as beasts. Note how Revelation 6 and Matthew 24 line up with each other.
I. THE WHITE HORSE OF DECEPTION
Revelation 6:2, Matthew 24:4–6
A. He Is a Man of Peace
This rider has a “bow” in his hand, but he has no arrows.
B. He Is a Man of Power “he went forth conquering, and to conquer”.
C. He Is a Man of Pretense
The Antichrist is that he is not the man he appears to be.
II. THE RED HORSE OF DESTRUCTION
Revelation 6:3–4, Matthew 24:6–7
A. The Peace Is Broken Matthew. 24:6–7. 1 Thessalonians. 5:3
B. The Planet Is Brutalized “great sword”.
III. THE BLACK HORSE OF DESTITUTION
Famine usually follows periods of wars. Rev. 6:5, Matthew. 24:7
A. A Time of Shortages
B. A Time of Starvation Revelation 6:6
C. A Time of Separation Revelation 6:6“and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine”
IV. THE PALE (PALE GREEN) HORSE OF DEVASTATION
Revelation 6:7-8, Matthew 24:8–10
A. The Size of This Devastation
one-quarter of the world’s population. That is one out of every four people living during those days.
B. The Severity of This Devastation
Sword, Famine, Death, Beasts, Martyrs Revelation 6:9 The Four Horsemen it seems should be interpreted as an allegory of the harbingers of the end of the world.
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PART TWO
I. THE FIRST SEAL: GREAT DOMINION
Revelation 6:1-2 Antichrist: Revelation 13 and Revelation 17
Revelation 19:2
II. THE SECOND SEAL: GREAT DIVISION
Revelation 6:4, Matthew 24:6-13, Mark 13:7-9, Luke 21:23
III. THE THIRD SEAL: GREAT DEPRIVATION Revelation 6:5-6
IV. THE FOURTH SEAL: GREAT DEVASTATION
Revelation 6:7-8 Death and Hell
V. THE FIFTH SEAL: GREAT DETERMINATION
Revelation 6:9-11
A. The People of the Persecutions
VI. THE SIXTH SEAL: GREAT DISRUPTION
Revelation 6:12-14,16:8-12,16:21,11:6, 6:12, Matthew 24:22, Luke 21:11, Revelation 6:14-17, Matthew 24:7
Conclusion: The description of the sixth seal in Revelation 6 ends with the words: Revelation 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
