12/21/2023 0 Comments White horse leptonThe seven Seals then, once opened, would direct man’s history along the trajectory leading to final triumph by the forces of Light and Love over the forces of Darkness. But this great victory has yet to play out in our earthly realm. This was an important victory in the spiritual realm, which made Him worthy to open the Book of the Future. Through His sacrifice at Calvary, Jesus Christ “conquered” He triumphed over the forces of Darkness. This conquering feature of the suffering Savior appears also in the Old Testament: “Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:12) And of course, to picture Christ as a “Lion” (in Revelation 5:5), in addition to the picture of Him as a “Lamb”, places some emphasis on a different side to His nature – that of the “conquering” Messiah who is coming to rule the Earth. So verse 5:5 could have been translated thus: “behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that He can open the scroll and its seven seals.” (ESV, RSV) The word “prevailed” is nikao in Greek and is the same word translated as “conquering” and “conquer” in this verse 6:2 about the White Horse. This “conquering” feature ties in with a statement in the previous chapter: “behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” (5:5) Now when the Lamb opened the first seal of the Book, a White Horse appeared who “went forth conquering, and to conquer”. ![]() (21:3,10) So if that was the long-term promise that John sensed was held in the Book of the Future, then he had every reason to feel sorrow that the Book could not be opened. Long ago that fellowship got derailed in the Garden of Eden.īut in the final chapters of the Revelation Book we learn that “the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them” and that Heaven shall come to Earth. The unfolding of this plan leads finally to our restoration into fellowship with God. ![]() Now why was John weeping? Did the Book contain some desperately needed information for the realm of humankind? As we do learn later, that Book contained God’s blueprint for future world history. But then along comes the “Lamb” (Jesus Christ) who had “prevailed” and was “found worthy” to open the Book. sealed with seven seals”, a scroll actually, which we might call the “Book of the Future” regarding this, John the apostle says that he “wept much” because no one was found worthy to open it. The above Scripture from the Book of Revelation was preceded by a vision (in chapter 5) of a “book. Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. CHRIST OR ANTICHRIST? WHO IS THE WHITE HORSE?
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