Wild speculation has surrounded the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” for hundreds of years. Most theologians will tell you that the four horsemen from the book of Revelation will be released at the “time of the end.” Some will say to you, “The end of the world.” That is not true. The world does not end. Others will tell you the four horsemen will be released at the end of a predetermined “period of time.” A countdown of sorts. In this, they are closer to the truth. A biblical countdown has been underway—a 6000-year countdown that ends very soon. The four horsemen, however, are not released at the end of the countdown but the beginning. In the book of Revelation, each horse and rider is released by the Lamb of God breaking a seal. Each seal, except the fifth and sixth, opens one millennium, or 1000 years of a 6000-year countdown. The Four Horsemen represent past kingdom building: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse must be viewed in the context of all seven seals. Seven seals, seven millenniums, six thousand years. And then the beginning of the seventh. A time of reckoning. That time is now.
Breaking the first seal opens the first millennium: 4001 through 3000 BCE. (Before the current era.)
“Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.”
COMMENT: Small City States and isolated regional societies battle each other for local resources and increased security for their small communities. Victorious warlords become kings, passing leadership to their offspring, thus extending peace and growth. Prehistoric Egypt and the Early Dynastic Period, which began around 3100 BCE, are represented by this first rider.
Breaking the second seal opens the second millennium: 3001 through 2000 BCE.
“When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth so that men should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.”
COMMENT: This rider represents kingdom building which, through conquest, becomes empires. Several empires look to increase their wealth and prosperity through trade. Agriculture and writing flourish. Increased wealth allows for larger armies. Competing empires begin to spread warfare across the face of the earth.
Breaking the third seal opens the third millennium: 2001 through 1000 BCE.
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance 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; but do not harm oil and wine!”
COMMENT: As the world shrinks and agriculture grows, competing empires not only rely on the sword and multicultural armies to defeat their enemies, but through broadening alliances, they begin to use economic warfare to subjugate entire regions. The third rider represents the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, the Hittite Empire, Babylonia, and the early Greek city-states.
Breaking the fourth seal opens the fourth millennium: 1001 through 0 BCE.
“When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.”
COMMENT: This final rider represents empires that have grown so large and their methods of warfare so diverse that a quarter of the earth will fall under the thumb of just a few, from Alexander the Great and Hannibal to the early Roman Empire. From the bow and crown to a great sword and competing trade. Waring empires, using war elephants (wild beasts of the earth) and fleets of warships, bring hell to subjugated regions, imposing their will wherever their troops succeed.
Breaking the fifth seal opens two millenniums: 1 C.E. through 2001 C.E. (The current era.)
“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne; they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.”
COMMENT: The fifth seal opens the fifth and sixth millenniums, “the time of the Gentiles,” revealing the influence that a new religion will hold over governments and empires for the next 2000 years. At the beginning of the fifth millennium, diverse religions and their competing theologies threaten the cohesion of empires and their now complex societies. Roman Emperors used force and violence to secure their reigns against a new enemy. One they do not understand. Christian martyrs fill the streets, but the flood cannot be stopped. The world shrinks even more. Christianity was spread, Islam was born, and trade brought the Orient to Europe. The world divides into numerous countries based on culture, region, and religion. Wars grow to include the entire earth. With the instructions, “Rest a little longer,” the opening of the sixth seal, because of the “time of the Gentles,” opens the seventh millennium.
Breaking the sixth seal opens the seventh millennium: 2001 C.E. and a “silence in heaven” delays the opening until a little after 2021.
“When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale; the sky vanished like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the generals and the rich and the strong, and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand before it?”
“When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.” Comment: This “silence in heaven” represents a delay of a little more than 20 years.
“Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.”
COMMENT: With the passing of a “time of testing,” or twenty years, the seventh seal reveals seven angels ready to blow seven trumpets.
“Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them. The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea.”
COMMENT: “Something like a great mountain, burning with fire,” is an asteroid striking the Mediterranean Sea. This catastrophic event signals the beginning of tribulations and a time of troubles. According to the prophet Daniel, this asteroid is the “stone untouched by human hands” that strikes and destroys the statue described in the king of Babylon’s disturbing dream. This statue of a man represented several kingdoms in Eurasia and the middle east that were, in the dream, brought crashing down. The head of gold was Babylon and Persia, which fell, and the chest and arms of brass represent the Greek domination of Eurasia after Alexander the Great, which fell, and the legs of iron represent the Roman Empire, which also fell. The feet at the base of the statue, which are partially of clay and partially of iron, represent a divided kingdom, a divided kingdom that is partly strong and partly weak. What kingdoms replaced the Roman Empire in Eurasia and the middle east? Islamic kingdoms. These kingdoms, too, shall be brought down.
In 1555 the French prophet Nostradamus, in his prophecies, warns of this same approaching asteroid, unseen and unexpected, striking the earth. In his prophecies, Nostradamus, after describing a contested election in 2020 and the sacking of the Peoples House in 2021, gives the location of the impact and the actual size of this celestial monster. After more than twenty years of research, I have put my discoveries into a text titled “Nostradamus, the key to prophecy” Please read my book and believe what is put forth. I only ask that you pass on to your friends and neighbors the unique Revelation contained in my words and the warnings it includes. Do this so that when that time comes, they too might be prepared, at least spiritually, for our earthly needs, at this unprecedented time, will be unable to sustain us all.
