Dr. Baruch Korman: Revelation Chapter 6 Part 1

Shalom and welcome to via ofte Israel a Hebrew phrase which means you shall love Israel we hope you'll stay with us for the next 30 minutes as our teacher dr. Baruch shares his expose Ettore teaching from the Bible dr. Baruch is the senior lecturer at the Sarah Avraham Institute based in Israel although all courses are taught in Hebrew at the Institute dr. Baruch is pleased to share this weekly address in English to find out more about our work in Israel please visit us on the web at love Israel you are G that's one word love Israel Oh our G now here's Beru with today's lesson recently I spoke at a conference and in this conference I announce what we will be talking about each and every session and we publish that for nearly a year in advance and when I began to speak I asked the people who had semble how many of you have actually read the text that we're going to be studying and the response was most disappointing very few people now here's individuals that some got on a plane they spent great sums of money several hundred dollars traveling to this conference getting a hotel room all the food and the costs related to it I mean they made great sacrifices but yet they did not read and prepare themselves for those teachings that they were going to be encountering and my thought is this have you read in preparation for this study Revelation chapter six see one of the things that we should do is this we should be studying ahead of time reading these verses asking God to teach us so when we hear teachings whether they're from me or someone else we're better prepared to understand them learn them and hopefully incorporate them into our life because Revelation chapter six is vital and us being prepared and not being shaken in the last days so once more let's go back to where we left off last week revelation chapter 6 and verse 1 we talked about the fact that uniquely this chapter opens up with Messiah opening up the seals now he does so for every sill but it's only mentioned here why because to emphasize that he is in control verse 1 and I looked and when the lamb remember a lamb the Redeemer when he opened up the first of the seven seals I heard one of the four creatures speaking in a voice like like thunder saying come and look now that's the invitation it implies a change he says come and the question is are you going to respond are you wise enough are you humble enough are you interested enough to understand what the future holds see it's only when you know what to expect that you can prepare yourself properly and my my estimation is this because what I see in the body of believers today and what I see in Judaism is an almost all ignoring of the prophets we don't study the prophets and the prophets according to this book of Revelation they revealed the testimony and the character of Messiah they reveal what's going to happen in the last days so we read in verse verse 1 he says that there's these for one of the four living creatures speaking in a great voice and he says come and look that means move implies a change and receive a new perspective verse 2 John is speaking he says I looked and behold a white horse now white oftentimes can have to do with purity but another important thing and this is going to be most relevant in this passage why can also be conquering it can be in control let me give an example this from culture and it's almost unanimously true in all these different cultures and what is that when someone surrenders when someone acknowledges we've been conquered and they're surrendering to that they hold up a white flag and this one who sits upon this first horse it's a white horse and pay attention to all the clues that we're going to receive because we're given clues to each of these first three horsemen so we understand the important message that's found in the fourth and final Horseman and if we don't make this this this connection we're gonna fill in understanding this chapter verse two I looked and behold a white horse and the one who set upon him or rode him he was given it says a a bow now a bowl was in his hand and this is like a bow and arrow what is that a weapon a very very popular weapon in that time one of the most lethal weapons so he had a bow and what did he do well keep reading it says and it was given to him a crown why what says because he went out and he conquered on account that he would conquer so twice it uses this phrase to conquer he had a weapon and he used it and he conquered so what we see here is that the world is going to be brought to submissiveness to this first rider and I'm going to point out again there's going to be a connection to all these first three riders with the fourth in essence they are one and that'll become clear in a moment well look again verse verse three we're ready now for the second seal and when he opened up this second seal I heard and the second creature was saying come and looked and there one-fourth a horse but this horse the second horse was rent now what does read have to do with well read has to do with bloodshed or war see this first one he took control but he also took control to shed blood he was going to do something and that was to to remove all opposition to him that was his plan now here again we need to remember something this is all taking place and it's not the wrath of God remember that verse we talked about last week where it says in first Thessalonians 5:9 you have not been appointed for wrath this isn't wrath we've been appointed to salvation and we can be saved in the midst of terrible things and that's what's happening here terrible things are going to happen why do I say this well look again verse 44 it says this second Horseman he rode upon a horse that was red and notice that it says it was given to this one that rode upon this horse to remove peace from the earth now why is that so important well understand the connection see many people are going to think and let's go back to our discussion of Daniel chapter 8 that we spoke of last week there's going to be that beast out of the east he's going to do atrocities he is known as barbaric the world is gonna fill as as hopeless before him he is going to come out of the east and he's going to move westward and northward and southward and and there's going to be no one to help that's what Daniel says and then it uses the phrase pipaam suddenly there's one Rises another beasts out of the West and he is going to move across the land but not touch the land why is that so important that is a prophetic way 3,000 years ago for them to speak about that which is supernatural to move travel without touching the ground so this this second beast out of the West is supernatural in its nature and he is going to destroy the first beast and everyone's going to think great and he's gonna have authority in power and what he's gonna do he's gonna use that power to shed more blunt he is going to take peace remember what the scripture says when they say peace and safety then sudden destruction we see him taking charge in the first Horseman that white one but he's going to remove peace from the earth and notice what he hands has it says at the end of verse four that he is going to kill a man and his brother and he is going to be given to him a great sword now what I want you to see is this the first Horseman white he has a bow and he goes out conquering remember that he's a conquer the second horseman this red horse he is going to take peace from the earth he is going to kill people and he is gonna have a great sword remember that a great sword in his hand move on now to verse 5 the third seal and when he opened up the third seal I listened to the third creature saying come and look and I looked and behold a black horse now remember the white horse had to do with conquering the red horse had to do with bloodshed or war or the removal of peace and the black well the black one is going to have to do with death now what's one of the things that causes death well famine and pestilence and they go hand in hand why do I say that because I've read ahead notice what is talked about in verse verse five at the end it says this black horse and the rider who set upon him notice what he had he had skills in his hand and what's the purpose of skills and that day to weigh something what for a purpose to find out how much something is worth and notice what it says here says a measure of wheat is going to be a Denarius now a measure of wheat this is not a large amount of wheat and a Denarius is a normal working man's wage so it's going to take one full day to buy a relatively small amount of wheat we also find in this same verse that three measures of barley is going to be a Denarius so what is this telling us we are learning that the price of food is going to soar when when this prices of food soare in times of famine and pestilence and then we read at the end of this it says but the the the oil and the wine do not harm now why is that important because oil is synonymous with the Holy Spirit in the midst of this bloodshed and this famine and this pestilence emits of his death the the oil what's oil the Holy Spirit he's still going to be functioning and what's that the wine the wines not going to be harmed either that means it's not going to be a change now this is very very symbolic oil Holy Spirit what's wine in the scripture wine is synonymous with joy what this passage is teaching us is this despite these atrocities and hardships the Spirit of God he's still going to be moving secondly our joy is not based upon our circumstances our joy is rooted in our relationship with Messiah Yeshua that is Jesus of Nazareth knowing God knowing his salvation so because of all of this it tells us that those who have the Spirit of God they're also going to have joy these terrible things are not going to move us away from where God wants us to be and now we get to the interesting Horseman look now to verse 7 and when he opened up the fourth seal I heard the fourth beast or creature saying come and looked and I looked and behold the the horse and pay attention to this horse now I realize in English and in other languages its uses different adjectives to describe this fourth horse remember the first one white second one red third one black and now the fourth one well some say spotted or dabbled but here's the truth the Greek word that is used here is mostly related to the color of green why is that well let me give you a citation you look some time at the Book of Jeremiah chapter 30 and the Book of Jeremiah chapter 30 and verses five and six there's a question as an answer the question is this can a man give birth to a child obviously the answer's no he does not then the second question is this if a man doesn't give birth that is he doesn't have labor paints why do I look and see every man with his hands over his loins bent over in excruciating pain and the color of his face is green well what we have is the Old Testament word for the New Testament word that appears here in Revelation chapter 6 with this fourth Horseman and the color of that horse has to do with a screw shading pain and that's what's happening here these are times of great great affliction now we got to be careful because someone will say now wait a second you see believers aren't going to be here for this times because we have a promise what we do what's that promise the promises that we are not going to experience the wrath of God this isn't the wrath of God you're going to see without any doubt whatsoever who's the source of all of what we've talked about who is it that's going out conquering who is it that's shedding blood and taking peace from the earth who is it that it's functioning and bringing about this famine and this this pestilence that causes great death and food prices soar well look again verse verse eight and I looked and behold a type of green horse and the rider who set upon it his name what does your Bible say death now death is never synonymous with God what we see concerning our Living God is just that he's god of life Messiah says I come into this world that you might have life and have it abundantly what's he talking about a kingdom life so this one on the fourth horse what's he called death and notice where he comes from we read and shall all that is Hades the place of the dead goes out after him so it tells us that that this one this fourth Horseman he comes out of Sheol that is the place of the death or Hades or hell and what is he called death now you say well why do you think that there's a connection a inherent connection between this fourth horse and the first three I'll tell you why and it does not allow for any other interpretation what we see here is what is happening in Revelation chapter 6 is not the wrath of God it is not the judgment of God it is satanic persecution and nowhere in the scripture are we promised in this age that we won't go through satanic persecution Messiah did says the world hated him the world will hate us Satan moved against him Satan will move against us why do I say there's this connection between the first three with the fourth notice what we read second half of verse verse eight and it was given to them a rule over a fourth of the earth now what's that well let's put it in different terms he conquered a fourth of the earth now some scholars will point out the landmass the whole earth landmass is one-fourth of the globe three-quarters as water one-fourth as Earth so what it speaks of here is a worldly reign a one-world government by this one called death who comes out of Sheol the place of the death or hell and notice something else it says that he was allowed to kill how well verse verse eight by a sword why is that important because if you go to the second Horseman it was given to him a sword the first horseman conquering so we have here when it says it was given to him to rule over a fourth of the earth that's concrete then we read that he kills by what a sword that's the second one but not only with a sword it says by pestilence or by a famine and pestilence and by by animals when when there's no food what happens there's pestilence and wild animals start coming and they become more dangerous because they're desperate for food so undeniably what is being taught here what is being revealed is this connection between the 1st 2nd and 3rd horsemen with the 4th they are in essence one they all are rooted in Satan the one who comes out of Hell who's called death now he's bringing about a lot of change now let's pause for a moment because what's gonna happen well this is what I believe that's so important for us to understand there is a connection between Daniel chapter 8 and this beast out of the east and the Antichrist who comes out of the West and destroys him who's this beast out of the East I believe it is Islam Islam is moving from the east westward northward and southern it is barbaric it is rooted in terrorism and I'm not talking about extreme Islam I'm just talking about Islam there's really no other forms of it we today to be politically correct we call it extreme but those people who are doing terrorism and killing people are simply putting into practice the veggetti of Muhammad if you study history Muhammad he wanted to control land masses and he used whatever techniques he could and he burrow from different religions to create a new one to unite people under him and whoever would not unite what do you say killed infidel that's what's being happening so what's coming about now in our days on the horizon is this beast out of the east who's going to destroy him we're gonna see it's the anti-crisis and what's going to be one of the things that he says well he's gonna say we can have any more of these extreme extreme forms of religion all you hear today is an alarm about the extreme position well guess what if you believe in Messiah Yahshua and you believe in this book you're going to be called an extremists and the Antichrist is going to enter into power he is good a rule and he is going to go to battle against those extremists and in that day and age it's going to be you and me why do I say that we'll look now to the fifth seal verse nine and when he opened up the fifth seal I looked and underneath the altar now here's the thing when altar is used what comes to your mind lots of times Christians will say altar is a place of prayer well that's true but it's also a place of sacrifice or death all these things are relevant what is being revealed to us here is that there's going to be many people who are sacrificed that is who's put to death once more verse 9 and when he opened up the fifth seal I looked and underneath the altar were the souls of those who had been slain why on account of the word of God and concerning the testimony which they had so who are we speaking about here those who had the testimony of God who's that you and I believers who value scripture who do what their slain because they're going to be living out with this book says here again is this the wrath of God no God not the source of this we'll see that undeniably in a few moments who is the source of this this one who's called death who comes out of the pit of hell that's what we saw in the previous seal verse 9 and when he opened up the fifth seal I looked and underneath the altar were the souls of those who were slain on account of the Word of God and the testimony which they had to it and they cried out if a large voice and said how long O Lord holy and true who's speaking that believers it's going to be us who understands the holiness and the faithfulness of God that he's true to his word the question is how long or holy and true until you judge and you Levin the blood avenge the blood from those who what dwell upon the earth now we've mentioned I think once or twice the important terms in the book of Revelation there's a distinction between two groups of people and these two groups have nothing to do which we're there literally are physically I'm speaking about those who dwell in the heavens and those who dwell in the earth it not has to do with where they are but whether where their allegiance is and in this account those whose allegiance to the earth that is to the Antichrist they are going to be putting to death who believers in this time and that's why it says look again verse 10 they cried out in a loud voice and they said how long O Lord holy and true until you judge and you avenge the blood of those or the blood from those who dwell upon the earth who were the ones who put to death those believers and it was given to each man from among them a white rope and it was said unto them that they should rest a little while longer until the full nut number of their fellow servants and their brethren who would be killed in the future now here again who are we talking about here believers those who revere the Word of God those whose lives are in testimony to the Word of God and they're being put to death but God says there's a number these things remember what we see in the book of Matthew chapter 24 he says these things must come about why in the end for the greatest number amount of people in the end to be saved now what I want you C as we wrapped up this message is that up until now the wrath of God hasn't even been alluded to in this book all of this is satanic persecution the people who are being suffered and put to death in the fifth seal are believers and it's not until next week when we look at the sixth seal do we see that hint of the wrath of God in the horizon it doesn't come it's only announced and that's why it's so important that we understand these events because I believe that we're very close to the events of Daniel chapter 8 that first war that will bring about the administration and the rule of who the Antichrist into this world and many people believers are going to be caught off guard by it the question is are you well we're out of time until next week when we continue on in Revelation chapter 6 well we hope you will benefit from today's message and share it with others please plan to join us each week at this time and on this channel for our broadcast of love Israel org again to find out more about us please visit our website 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Published: Mon Feb 20 2017