And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
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… of the tribulation, the rise of the Antichrist. The second seal then is broken, which represents warfare. Look at verses three and four. When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, come. And another red horse went out and to him who sat upon it, it was granted to take peace from the earth and that men would slay one another. And a great sword was given to him. And my own personal belief is it's all, all four of these horses are ridden by the same rider. It's the Antichrist who is mounting a different horse to bring a different judgment. In this case, he is bringing warfare. He's taking peace from the earth. Remember, 2 Thessalonians 2 describes the Antichrist as the man of lawlessness. Right now, he's being restrained by the Holy Spirit of God. But when the Spirit is removed, he will be unleashed to bring lawlessness into the world. And part of this lawlessness will include murder, civil wars in nations, and ultimately wars between nations. There is not just one war, the battle of Armageddon. There will be a series of wars. …
… to him, and he went out conquering him to conquer. When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come. And another a red horse went out, and to him who sat on it it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another, and the great sword was given to him. When he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come. I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, a quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not damage the oil and the wine. When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. I looked, and behold, an ashen horse, and he who sat on it had the name Death, and Hades was following with him. …
… to him, and he came out conquering and to conquer. When he opened the second seal I heard the second living creature say, come. Out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword. When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come! And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand, and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, Do not harm the oil and wine. When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come! And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was Death. And Hades followed him, and they were given authority over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth. …