Q: The second rider was given a sword 'to take peace from the earth'? (Re.6:4) What serves the purpose of a pair of balances that the rider on the black horse carried?
A: The power was given from heaven and the word of God is clear."A false balance is abomination to theLord:" Further down the word of God assures, "The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them." (Pr.11:1, 3) God and mammon address the heart of man. If one honours God, he shall observe the two commandments of Jesus Christ. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind./This is the first and great commandment./And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself./On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."(Matt.22:37-40). Hypocrisy of white sepulchres is where heart tries to serve both God and mammon. The many wars on the earth create artificial scarcity and those who benefit shall have to face the Word of God. "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."(Re.19:12). In the inaugural vision of Jesus Christ, "And his eyes were as a flame of fire;/And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace;"(1:14-15)
In mid-air Jesus Christ is shown in his wrath. "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God./And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords." (19:15-16) Devil has his angels as Christ has his cloud of witnesses. Here also in mid-air two camps shall fight it out.
Who can say in good conscience that he loves his neighbour if he were to price-gouge or scalp him in his dire necessity?
Q: The second rider was given a sword 'to take peace from the earth'? (Re.6:4) What serves the purpose of a pair of balances that the rider on the black horse carried?
A: The power was given from heaven and the word of God is clear."A false balance is abomination to theLord:" Further down the word of God assures, "The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them." (Pr.11:1, 3) God and mammon address the heart of man. If one honours God, he shall observe the two commandments of Jesus Christ. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind./This is the first and great commandment./And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself./On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."(Matt.22:37-40). Hypocrisy of white sepulchres is where heart tries to serve both God and mammon. The many wars on the earth create artificial scarcity and those who benefit shall have to face the Word of God. "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."(Re.19:12). In the inaugural vision of Jesus Christ, "And his eyes were as a flame of fire;/And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace;"(1:14-15)
In mid-air Jesus Christ is shown in his wrath. "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God./And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords." (19:15-16) Devil has his angels as Christ has his cloud of witnesses. Here also in mid-air two camps shall fight it out.
Who can say in good conscience that he loves his neighbour if he were to price-gouge or scalp him in his dire necessity?
This comment thread is locked. Please enter a new comment below to start a new comment thread.
Note: Comment threads older than 2 months are automatically locked.
Do you have a Bible comment or question?
Posting comments is currently unavailable due to high demand on the server.
Please check back in an hour or more. Thank you for your patience!
Report Comment
Which best represents the problem with the comment?