Episode 12 - Revelation 6 – The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

 

 

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Tonight in our Revelations study we are going to step into the beginning of a series of more difficult Revelation passages. Remember, our focus is on what these verses say, not on the how and when that they will be fulfilled, or even have been fulfilled. We will talk about some of these possibilities, but if we drive forward in focusing on the “what” this will bear much more fruit for us.

Revelation 6 is seen by some as the beginning of the tribulation. We will see tonight whether that is legitimate or not. What we will also see in this passage is the increasing revelation of the Glory of Jesus Christ. Remember that Revelation is about Jesus. That is the big mistake that many people make with this book, they forget that we should read it through a lens of who Jesus Christ is. He is the glorious Lord and he will achieve his victory for his people.

Let’s consider some thing before we get into this passage?

1.     What does this scroll represent? What did it take to open this scroll? Do you remember this from our Revelation passage?

Let read Revelation 6 now:

1.     Who is opening the seals?

 

 

2.     Why is he opening these seals (Let’s look at 1 Peter 1:1-13 and 2 Thessalonians 1:5-9)?

 

1.     Should we read the four horse men as four consequential events or simultaneous events? Do they all come at once, or one after the other?

 

2.     Who is the rider on the white horse? (cf. Zech 1:8). Why a white horse?

 

 

3.     Who is the rider on the red horse? (cf. Zech 1:8) Why a red horse?

 

4.     Why the reference to food with the black horse, and the price of the food? (Cf. Matt 20:2)

 

5.     Why is this horse’s rider called Death? Is Death a real being?

6.     Who are the people of verse 9? What are they praying for in verse 10? (cf. Jer. 12:1-4).

 

 

7.     The words “holy and true” occur together like this in only one other passage, Rev 3:7, in that passage they refer to Jesus. If these saints are praying to God, and yet they attribute to him the same stuff as Jesus, what does this say about Jesus?

 

8.     What does verse 11 teach us, especially in relation to the previous two verses?

 

 

9.     How literally should we take verses 12-17?

 

 

10.  How could we summarize this whole chapter?

 

11.  Do you guys have any questions about this chapter?