THE APOCALYPTIC RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE !

The Rider on the White Horse after him the destruction.
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“ I watched as the Lamb (Jesus) opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest"(Revelation 6:1-2).

In the previous article 
"THE TRUE SIGNS OF THE SECOND ADVENT OF JESUS CHRIST" we discussed the true signs which occur before the second advent of Jesus Christ The Bible clearly indicates that a man will come on white horse prior to the second advent of Jesus Christ who will be the rider on white Horse.

Imam Al-Mahdi according Islamic Belief...

Majority of world religions believes that the savior of these world w ill come on white Horse.

In Shiite Islamic Belief Al-Mahdi will appear on white Horse….

In Hinduism The Kalki Bhagwan will appear on a white Horse with a sword in His hand…

Apocalyptic Kalki....

"Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, riding His swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, will travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic powers and eight special qualities of Godhead. Displaying His unequalled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the millions those thieves and rogues who have dared dress as kings." [SB. ]

Horse in the Bible indicates battle:

“His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the war horses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through”(Ezekiel 26:10).

“The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD”(Prov21:31).

The horse is made ready for the day of battle
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“Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength,and charges into the fray.He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword.The quiver rattles against his side,along with the flashing spear and lance.In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry”
(Job 39:19-25)

“I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" Each pursues his own course like a horse charging into battle”(Jer 8:6).

Virgil quoted that Horse are meant  for war :

"But I beheld upon the grass four horses, snowy white,

Grazing the meadows far and wide, first omen of my sight.

Father Anchises seeth, and saith: 'New land and bear'st thou war?

For war are horses dight; so these war-threatening herd-beasts are.'"

"Aeneid," iii., 537.

So Turnus, going forth to battle:

"He spake, and to the roofed place now swiftly wending home,

Called for his steeds, and merrily stood there before their foam

E'en those that Orithyia gave Pilumnus, gift most fair,

Whose whiteness overpassed the snow, whose speed the winged air."

"Aeneid," xii., 81-83.

Homer pictures the horses of Rhesus as whiter than snow, and swift as the winds ("Iliad," x., 436, 437);

Herodotus, describing the battle of Plataea says: "The fight went most against the Greeks where Mardonius, mounted on a white horse, and surrounded by the bravest of all the Persians, the thousand picked men, fought in person" (ix., 63). The horses of the Roman generals in their triumphs were white.

So it is clear that the horse used in the Bible are symbolical representation of war and battles that are going to occur before the rapture of the Church but there is a great intensity of Battles after the rapture of the Church  because the seals that follow this rider on a white Horse as follows are:

1.      Peace is taken from the earth

2.      Famine

3.      Plagues and death

4.      Persecution and Martyrdom of God’s people

5.      A great earthquake

6.      The wrath of God

The Seals

“I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages,and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

The four horsemen in Rev 6 and coming war of Armageddon
 is the impending wrath of God Photo by:ronneth76.com........

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 Hades 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.When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.

I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”(Rev 6:1-17).

The coming wrath of God is not a myth but reality....
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Dear Reader do you want to escape the Coming wrath of God ?

C.S. Lewis: "God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. Some talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger--according the way you react to it. And we have reacted the wrong way."

Eze 18:21,30 (NIV) "Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?... Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.

Believe in the Lord Jesus,
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Luke 3:7 (NIV) John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

Zeph 2:3 (NIV) "Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger."

“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household”(Acts 16:31).

                                               (To be Continued.......)

Selected Biblography:

• http://www.myprophecyofgod.com/gods-prophecy/anti-christ-bible-prophecy-2011-12th-imam-al-mahdi-rev-1-16-sword-of-yhvh-satans-throne-nwo-un
• http://isralestine-blog.blogspot.in/2011/03/future-for-america-in-bible-prophecy.html
• http://answering-islam.org/Authors/JR/Future/ch05_comparing_the_biblical_antichrist.html
• http://www.thefirstorlast.com/JESUS-or-MAHDI.html