By Pastor Darryl Woodson
Revelation
6:3-4_When
He opened the second seal…Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was
granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people
should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
In
verses 1 and 2 of chapter 6 of the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ, the man
on the white horse looks as if to be the Son of God, but he is not and is the
deceiver. He goes out deceiving and to deceive, as of the literal translation.
Revelation
12:9_So
the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan,
who deceives the whole world…
Revelation
13:5, 7, 15_and
he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies,…It was granted to
him to make war with the saints…He was granted power to give breath to the
image of the beast…
Yet
with all that the devil does, all the deception, the chaos and the wars, not
one of these takes God by surprise. He, the devil, was given the mouth to
deceive, it was granted to him to go against the saints, and he was given power
for all that he does. So it can be taken away, Halleluiah! The Lord planned it
all from before the world began. The ´great sword´ spoken of in this portion of
the Scriptures (Revelation 6) is said to symbolize a great and mighty war.
Matthew
24:6-7_And
you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled…
Revelation
9:16_Now
the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million;…
Matthew
24:21_For
then there will be the great tribulation, such as has not been since the
beginning…
Jesus
Christ spoke of the last days giving the picture of what would be, the massacre
wars, the dark days like never have been and would ever be after them and He
emphasizes that we are not to be frightened. Today in history, and at this
world population, is a time when a 200 million men army is possible, even
evidenced by the massive army of the Republic of China.
2
major threats are apparent today that can bring to reality this kind of
destruction: 1. Terrorism and 2. Nuclear war. Statistically, there are enough
nuclear weapons today to blow up the entire earth 150 times! For a good part of
history but more so today, the war between the United States and Russia, the
world´s superpowers is a big possibility.
Jeremiah
4:7_...your cities
will be laid waste, without inhabitant.
2
Thessalonians 2:1-2_Now,
brethren…not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word
or by letter…
Luke
8:24-25_But
He said to them, ¨Where is your faith? ¨ And they were afraid…
In
these last days, you are to ask yourself constantly and know wherein your faith
lies. If you have faith that the storms that come and are here are great, you
are a fearful man, but if it is on and in Jesus Christ and His Blood, you are a
man strongly anchored! So where is your faith?