No, he’s not. Is he a Muslim? Doubt it. I do find it odd that people from the Muslim group CAIR are out defending Obama saying he’s not a Muslim. Yeah, that’s odd. Why would they care? I count myself among the growing percentage of those that don’t know what he is. Am I to blame? I am quicker to blame myself for things than anyone I know, but to this subject I would respectfully have to say that I am not to blame. President Obama is to blame.

Please don’t fall for the Alinsky tactic of dividing then humiliating your opponents by also noting many don’t believe Obama is a naturalized US citizen to mock those on the right. I bet there is a bigger percentage of people on the left that believe Bush did 9/11 than those on the right who don’t believe Obama was born in the US. Wanna take that bet? Which is more believable. To set the record straight, I believe wholly that Obama was born in the US and have attacked those on the right that don’t believe it. My thoughts are clear and my conclusions aren’t destinations I strive to arrive at. I let the truth come and take my wants completely out of my thought processes. I’d rather have the truth of something that I’d hate than a lie I would love. That’s the truth.

I know many will say “didn’t he go to Reverend Wright’s church for twenty years? Isn’t that a Christian church? Yes he did go there for twenty years, but no that’s not a Christian church. That goes for many churches and individuals that identify themselves as Christian though. As for the individual, Jesus himself said that just because you say “Lord, Lord! I knew you!”, it doesn’t mean God will say “I knew you too.” Many have called themselves Christians and have done despicable things inspired by their supposed Christian beliefs, but in no possible sane way can point out scripture that justifies their beliefs. President Obama and that church are no different.

Reverend Wright taught black liberation theology at his church, which means white people (especially Jews) are to blame for all of their problems. It seems that all of Obama’s “friends” have some sort of hatred for the Jews and the state of Israel. I will say this about that church and for any other church or individual that has hatred for the Jews for any particular reason: you are not only not being Christian, but you’re being demonic. Who accounts himself with those that hate the Jews? The one that will come.

When Satan arrives in his angelic flesh, he will go after the Jews along with those aligned with him. The story of him coming after the woman that beared the man child is Satan’s attack on the nation of Israel. The man child is Jesus, and the woman that beared him was Mary, a Jew. I know many Catholic theologians believe it really means Satan is coming after their church, since Mary has reached deity-status, but I can shoot that belief down conclusively with no problem. It is written that the world will come and meet for war at a place known in the Hebrew tongue as Armageddon. Many mistake Armageddon as a time, not a place. Armageddon comes from two Hebrew words “har” and “Megiddo”. “Har” is the Hebrew word for mountain. Megiddo is in the valley of Jezreel in northern Israel. Let me ask anyone that believes the woman is really the Catholic Church a question: Is the Catholic Church in Megiddo? Satan and his Jew-hating zombies will come and meet for war at Megiddo to take out the Jews in Israel. Anyone that hates Jews and the state of Israel now will have a seering hatred for them then, unless they change. Have those people aligned themselves with Christ or Satan?

President Obama also pushes a self-messianic image for the cult of the spiritually empty. At his inaugural speech, he said that he will cool the Earth and the seas will lower. Humility, eh? He has shown his contempt for the nation of Israel as do all his marxists mentors. Look them up. What he has said. What they have said. And that he had marxist mentors. In a private conversation, Obama would probably admit that he’s a marxist. His father was. His mentors were. His church was. Marxists have a particular problem with not only Jews, but Christians and the American capitalist ideal as well.

As reported on Glenn Beck’s show, Obama has preached about his salvation being a “collective salvation” and also has told others that their salvation can only come by the collective. There is not much more of an anti-Christian thing to say than that. As also reported on Beck’s show, Pope Benedict said that societies that try to become a collective salvation of sorts is actually demonic. I’m nowhere near a Catholic, but that is true. An individual must find their own salvation with the Lord. To do so in a collective way means the government become the religion. A government dominated by flawed, power-hungry, sinful men. How does such a government think they can bring salvation? It has happened in the past many times, especially in Europe. Collective solutions for individual problems. Ideas of trying to make things better without a hint of pragmatism, so solutions become much worse… and yes, demonic. I do find it also odd that marxists and others who want a huge government apparatus call those that don’t “uneducated” and every other name of the book that it’s been tried before and has failed everytime it’s been put in place. Who are the educated ones? They mock those that want a limited government pretty much saying “they don’t know how good it is to have a big government take care of you”. We have history after history of marxist governments failing without a hint of a success story. Not only have they failed, but the worst mass killings have come from marxist governments by Stalin and Mao Tse Tung to name a couple. Many people died under Stalin from starvation while the nation had enough food to go around. I don’t see how that type of government can entice anyone. I guess that’s why Karl Marx himself called those that got behind that movement “useful idiots”. Why not “partners” or “allies” since they were on the same side? Marx knew Paul would get behind a government movement that would rob Peter to pay Paul, even if it were only a crumb, while the rest went to a power hungry government. That’s why he called them “useful idiots”.

President Obama and many on the left have martyred a man named Saul Alinsky, whom I mentioned earlier. Saul Alinsky was a community organizer in Chicago and wrote a book called “Rules For Radicals”. President Obama taught Alinsky’s book in his class when he was a professor and is in no question using Alinsky’s tactics now as President. No question. Alinsky was not someone a Christian would look up to. He hated Jews. Gee, that’s a shock. He was a devout marxist. Another one, Mr. President? He even had people dress as the Klan to pose as the other side to humiliate them. That is something that is being used today, and will definitely be used in the future with the Tea Party people as the target. Notice the collective attack on them by the media calling them “violent racists”, yet the truth doesn’t match their claims. Wonder why they do that, and in such a collective way. Guess who Alinsky dedicated his book to? Marx? Nope, worse. Castro? No, worse. Stalin? No, worse even. He dedicated his book “Rules For Radicals” to Lucifer. Why would a Christian follow a guy who dedicates his book to Lucifer and hates Jews?

President Obama and the DNC have taken so much money from a man named George Soros. I’m sure most have heard his name, and even those that pay attention don’t truly know who he is. Since he’s funding only democratic politicians, as well as some media outlets, many on the right believe he has a political agenda. Soros has never had a political agenda. Soros is out to make money. He crippled the British economy purposely along with his hedgefund investors and made many millions doing so. While Britons suffered, he profited at their suffering purposely. Now why do you think he’s funding politicians here? Political ideals or to cause us to go broke as he gets even more rich off of our suffering? It also makes it clearer why we’re spending so much money in the red while getting no results. The Stimulus Package in particular was a bill to spend money we didn’t have while not having any benefit to the US economy. It wasn’t meant to help. Just look at where the money went and tell me how it was supposed to create jobs. Remember, we had to pass it without reading it? It was an emergency or unemployment would go above 8%? If it was such an emergency in early 2009, then why haven’t we spent half of the money yet? Plus Obama and his media croneys have gone from “jobs created” to “jobs saved”, and the newest one “lives touched” as a way to promote the Stimlus as a success. Only the mindless or the liars will go along with that claim. President Obama knew who Soros was, and so does the DNC. They knew what he did in Britain, so why would they partner with him? Would a Christian partner with someone that has taken down a nation and seems poised to do it to ours as well? Soros is right now betting big against the dollar, which is why he paid democratic politicians and the media. To make money as our country suffers. If Obama is innocent of just making a bad judgment of character (yet again), do you think he’ll distance himself from Soros and his money in the future? I’ve got property on the Moon for sale if you do. Obama is doing what he was told to do. Add these things up and they don’t equal a Christian in the eyes of anyone that really knows what it means to be a Christian. Obama’s personal religion in my opinion is himself and his own glorification. Just because one says they are a Christian it doesn’t mean they are one.

I have written many blogs in the past which correct mistranslations in the King James as well as newer translations of the Bible. I have said in the past that the King James is still the best English translated Bible there is, but I have recently come to know the Gideon’s Bible. The language is updated and many of the KJV mistranslations are corrected. Without going back to correct my previous posts, I will now say the Gideon’s Bible is the best English Bible out there. The reason why I don’t want to go back and correct myself is so you know I am still learning myself, since I had not looked into a Gideon’s at that time. I still suggest for all to get a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and use a KJV with it if you want a full, true word of God. The Strong’s traces every word of the KJV back to the original Hebrew and Greek without the influence of men. This is extremely important for the true student.

The most important mistranslation in the KJV is inside the New Testament with the phrase “end of the world”. Only in the NT is that phrase written, and in each case in the original Greek the word there for “world” does not trace back to “κοσμοσ” (cos-mos), which is their word for “world”. Every single instance the original Greek word was actually “αιων” (ahee-own), which is their word for “age”. Not world. In some cases, it can mean world but let’s look at the gospel of Matthew. Four times the phrase “end of the world” shows up, again all were “αιων” in Greek, but other times the word “world” in Matthew cosmos is used. Why would Matthew use different words if he meant the same thing? Answer: he didn’t mean the same thing. He meant “age”, so he used a different Greek word than cosmos. What makes this so important is it shows there is no end of the world. If you look at Matt. 24:3, the disciples ask Jesus for the signs of his return and the end of the age. If you take that to heart and read Revelation 20, then you can make sense of it. When Jesus returns, that ends this age and begins a new age that will last a little over a thousand years. Without knowing Jesus’ return ends this age, Rev. 20 cannot be made sense of. The Gideon’s corrects those mistakes.

In one of the most intriguing mistranslations of the KJV is the craft Ezekiel saw. In the KJV it says the color of it was amber. That is a mistranslation. The Hebrew word there was (khazh-mal), which means “polished spectrum metal with an amber hue”, or beryl. Not a grainy amber color. Given the other descriptions of the craft Ezekiel saw, it could not be anything made of this world at that time. The Gideon’s also corrects this.

Jesus wasn’t our Lord’s real name. Jesus is the English pronunciation of the Greek version of the Hebrew name Yeshua (or Y’shua). Y’shua means “God saved”. If you took Y’shua and directly translated it to English, it would be Joshua. It doesn’t matter so much what you call him, as long as you call him Christ, Saviour, Lord, and the Son of the Living God. His mother Mary is the English version of Maria. Pronounced in their native Aramaic tongue, it would sound like (mah-ree-AH). Maria in Hebrew means “bitter”.

Satan in the Hebrew means “opponent, adversary”, and in some instances can mean “persecute”. Very apt names, which the definitions really mean something. Satan is the opponent and adversary, and has/will persecute(d) our creation. Another very important mistranslation in the KJV is because of an assumption made by men. In Isaiah 14:12, the word “Lucifer” shows up for the only time in the KJV. The original Hebrew word there wasn’t anything near Lucifer at all. The original Hebrew word there was “Helel”. Why change it to Lucifer? Because the Catholic Church, which authored the KJV translated the name into Latin with the Vulgate. Lucifer is a Latin word. Isaiah nor any other OT prophet knew Latin. Helel means “brightness”, while Lucifer means “morningstar”. One must ask, why the huge differences in not only the names but the meanings? Helel/Lucifer is mentioned only one time in the entire Bible, so why only there? It describes how Helel fell. After he fell, God changed his name. He was the morningstar. Now he’s the adversary.

Another important and intriguing mistranslation of the KJV is the word “giants” in Genesis 6:4. The original Hebrew word there was “nephil” (neh-feel), which is their word for “fallen”. This mistranslation also shows up in Numbers 13:33, which also describes them being like grasshoppers. If you look at the plague of the locusts in Revelation 9, their master was Apollyon, which is another name in the Greek for the Devil. These points are significant since it shows who those “giants” really were in Genesis and Numbers. They were the fallen angels. “Nephilim” is the Hebrew word for “fallen angels”. When Helel fell, he took many angels with him. They became known as the “nephil”, and their master is the Devil. The plague of locusts is the plague of the fallen angels. I didn’t look if the Gideon’s corrects this or not.

What too many call the final battle between good and evil before the end of the world, Armageddon has nothing to do with a time. Armageddon is two words put together. There is “har” which means “mountain”, and Megiddo means “a gathering’, but also is in the valley of Jezreel in northern Israel near a mountain. Armageddon means “a gathering near a mountain in Megiddo”. That is where the world will come to meet for battle against Israel and the forces of God. Both the OT and NT speak of Megiddo being the place for the final battle, but as I stated before, not for the end of the world. Armageddon will be fought at the climax of this age, but afterward a new age will begin once Y’shua has returned.

I hope this post not only gives you a new insight on the written Word, but also inspires you to get a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance since it will open your eyes. It doesn’t preach. It doesn’t have any link to a denomination. All it does is trace the words back to the original languages for a pure word of God without the influence of men. If you truly want to learn, a Strong’s is a must.

I have written many blogs in the past which correct mistranslations in the King James as well as newer translations of the Bible. I have said in the past that the King James is still the best English translated Bible there is, but I have recently come to know the Gideon’s Bible. The language is updated and many of the KJV mistranslations are corrected. Without going back to correct my previous posts, I will now say the Gideon’s Bible is the best English Bible out there. The reason why I don’t want to go back and correct myself is so you know I am still learning myself, since I had not looked into a Gideon’s at that time. I still suggest for all to get a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and use a KJV with it if you want a full, true word of God. The Strong’s traces every word of the KJV back to the original Hebrew and Greek without the influence of men. This is extremely important for the true student.

The most important mistranslation in the KJV is inside the New Testament with the phrase “end of the world”. Only in the NT is that phrase written, and in each case in the original Greek the word there for “world” does not trace back to “κοσμοσ” (cos-mos). Every single instance the original Greek word was actually “αιων” (ahee-own), which is their word for age. In some examples, it can mean world but let’s look at the gospel of Matthew. Four times the phrase “end of the world” shows up, again all were “αιων” in Greek, but other times the word “world” in Matthew cosmos is used. Why would Matthew use different words if he meant the same thing? Answer is: he didn’t mean the same thing. He meant “age”, so he used a different Greek word than cosmos. What makes this so important is it shows there is no end of the world. If you look at Matt. 24:3, the disciples ask Jesus for the signs of his return and the end of the age. If you take that to heart and read Revelation 20, then you can make sense of it. When Jesus returns, that ends this age and begins a new age that will last a little over a thousand years. Without knowing Jesus’ return ends this age, Rev. 20 cannot be made sense of. The Gideon’s corrects those mistakes.

In one of the most intriguing mistranslations of the KJV is the craft Ezekiel saw. In the KJV it says the color of it was amber. That is a mistranslation. The Hebrew word there was (khazh-mal), which means “polished spectrum metal with an amber hue”, or beryl. Not a grainy amber color. Given the other descriptions of the craft Ezekiel saw, it could not be anything made of this world at that time. The Gideon’s also corrects this.

Jesus wasn’t our Lord’s real name. Jesus is the English pronunciation of the Greek version of the Hebrew name Yeshua (or Y’shua). Y’shua means “God saved”. If you took Y’shua and directly translated it to English, it would be Joshua. It doesn’t matter so much what you call him, as long as you call him Christ, Saviour, Lord, and the Son of the Living God. His mother Mary is the English version of Maria. Pronounced in their native Aramaic tongue, it would sound like (mah-ree-AH). Maria in Hebrew means “bitter”.

Satan in the Hebrew means “opponent, adversary”, and in some instances can mean “persecute”. Very apt names, which the definitions really mean something. Satan is the opponent and adversary, and has/will persecute(d) our creation. Another very important mistranslation in the KJV is because of an assumption made by men. In Isaiah 14:12, the word “Lucifer” shows up for the only time in the KJV. The original Hebrew word there wasn’t anything near Lucifer at all. The original Hebrew word there was “Helel”. Why change it to Lucifer? Because the Catholic Church, which authored the KJV translated the name into Latin with the Vulgate. Lucifer is a Latin word. Isaiah nor any other OT prophet knew Latin. Helel means “brightness”, while Lucifer means “morningstar”. One must ask, why the huge differences in not only the names but the meanings? Helel/Lucifer is mentioned only one time in the entire Bible, so why only there? It describes how Helel fell. After he fell, God changed his name. He was the morningstar. Now he’s the adversary.

Another important and intriguing mistranslation of the KJV is the word “giants” in Genesis 6:4. The original Hebrew word there was “nephil” (neh-feel), which is their word for “fallen”. This mistranslation also shows up in Numbers 13:33, which also describes them being like grasshoppers. If you look at the plague of the locusts in Revelation 9, their master was Apollyon, which is another name in the Greek for the Devil. These points are significant since it shows who those “giants” really were in Genesis and Numbers. They were the fallen angels. “Nephilium” is the Hebrew word for “fallen ones”. When Helel fell, he took many angels with him. They became known as “nephil”, and their master is the Devil. The plague of locusts is the plague of the fallen angels. I didn’t look if the Gideon’s corrects this or not.

What too many call the final battle between good and evil before the end of the world, Armageddon has nothing to do with a time. Armageddon is two words put together. There is “erme” which means “a gathering”, and Megiddo is a place. Megiddo is in the valley of Jezreel in northern Israel. Armageddon means “a gathering in Megiddo”. That is where the world will come to meet for battle against Israel and the forces of God. Both the OT and NT speak of Megiddo being the place for the final battle, but as I stated before, not for the end of the world. Armageddon will be fought at the climax of this age, but afterward a new age will begin once Y’shua has returned.

I hope this post not only gives you a new insight on the written Word, but also inspires you to get a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance since it will open your eyes. It doesn’t preach. It doesn’t have any link to a denomination. All it does is trace the words back to the original languages for a pure word of God without the influence of men. If you truly want to learn, a Strong’s is a must.

In a word, no. Don’t worry, I’ll elaborate. Purgatory was invented by men to do one thing: increase money to the church. If you donate enough money, your stay in purgatory will be less than if you didn’t. This is another power taken away from God by some churches and put into the hands of men. Always when men take powers away from God, they invent something that is not written anywhere in the Bible.

There is no evidence of a purgatory in the Bible, and I’ve looked. Those that came up with purgatory claim it’s to purify souls before reaching heaven. The soul has no need of purification because it’s already out of this sinful human flesh. The soul is pure already. Whether that soul is worthy of heaven, everlasting life, or punishment is up to One. Nobody else. Either way, once the soul has been loosened from this human prison it goes straight to the Maker. From there God chooses whether that soul goes with Abraham and Lazarus or on the other side of the gulf with the rich man. There is no pit stop on its way.

One should ask themselves if a person makes the right choice and lives their lives honorably why God would make them suffer through something called “purgatory”. It’s just another manmade creation to make those that believe in it to give more money to the churches that have purgatory as part of their doctrine.

Paul said to be absent from this body is to be present with the Lord. Does that sound like there is a stop at something at purgatory? On the rare occasion when someone dies and are brought back to life, the common thing seen is a tunnel of white light. If you imagine yourself travelling through space with stars, galaxies, and other heavenly objects flying by you many times the speed of light, what would you be seeing? A tunnel of white light. Does that sound like there is a purgatory?

Men do such wicked things in the eyes of God by inventing things of God that do not exist for the sake of their own cause. This is the silliest and least biblical example possible. I dare any theologian, priest, cardinal, pope to find me biblical evidence of purgatory. They can’t do it because it doesn’t exist. Men should be careful about inventing things to take power away from God and putting power into their own hands on such matters because God just may invent some things right back of His own. This is one of those things that angers me personally. I find it insulting when men invent things of God with no backing from God’s word. I issue a challenge to those that believe in purgatory. Find me biblical evidence. Not logic of why there might or should be a purgatory. Not who came up with it. Not it’s purpose. Find me biblical evidence of it. There is no such thing as purgatory. Take that to the bank.

Some people hear “Lucifer” and “Satan” and just think those are the names of the devil and don’t even question why. There is a huge difference between the two names and when they were his names. When taking all of this in with the meaning of his names, it can provide you a whole lot of wisdom about not just him, but about us and why we are here. That’s a trip for you to take if you decide to though. I cannot go any further than where this post ends.

In the KJV and other translated versions of the Bible, for some reason they mistranslated the word "Lucifer". Lucifer in the Hebrew is actually Helel (hay-LALE). If you open a Hebrew OT, it would read in the Hebrew "Helel", not Lucifer. The definition of it is “morning star”. Only one time does the Bible mention the word Helel, or “Lucifer”. That is in Isaiah 14:12. There’s a reason for that. It mentions what Helel’s crime was, in which he was banished from God and sentenced to everlasting torture. It says Helel exalted himself above all of the other stars of God and tried to be the god of the congregation. Helel was Satan’s name before he committed his crime.

Satan in the Hebrew means “the opponent” or “adversary”. There’s a reason for that too. Satan is what he became after his crime. He was the morning star, and now he’s the adversary. Since the days of Adam, he has been known as Satan. The reason why he’s mentioned as Lucifer in Isaiah 14:12 is because that’s what he was known as when he committed this crime. Since the days of Adam, Satan has been the adversary. People don’t trace back what is written in Revelation 20:2 back to the serpent written of in Genesis with Adam and Eve. “And he laid hold on the dragon, THAT OLD SERPENT, which is the devil and Satan and bound him for a thousand years.” What was John of Patmos referring to?

Ba’al was a fertility god of the pagans, but was he more than that? In Elijah’s time, Ba’al was the great opponent god and Jezebel was the chief pagan prophetess. As Paul reiterates the conversation between Elijah and God in Romans 11, he adds something that really puts traditional teaching into question. As is written, God tells Elijah “I have reserved to myself 7000 men who have not bowed the knee to Ba’al.” Traditional teachers have said that God meant there were 7000 people living in Israel who did not bow the knee to this pagan god. That’s wrong. If God reserves to himself a person, it means that that particular person has not lived yet. Proof of that is what Paul said afterward. “Even so at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace.” A remnant. That means there are still some left. Elijah lived around 900 BC. Paul wrote this around 900 years afterward. There couldn’t be any living still if the traditional teachers are correct. God reserves to himself a person by not letting them live. In that particular conversation God meant that He has reserved to Himself 7000 men (and women) for the last generation. When else? Another secret to all of this is what Ba’al truly was. Ba’al may have been the pagan god of fertility, but he was also the deity of Venus. Lucifer means the morning star. What is the morning star? Venus is. Take it from there. I cannot go any further. I wish you luck.

This is the time when our teachers will fail us the most. It is written it will be so, and so it will be done. With the Easter and Passover holidays over, and the Greek Orthodox Πασχα (PAS-kuh) here today, the worst of the Christian scholars come out to take advantage of the time and put forth some of the worst things you’ll ever hear coming from a supposed Christian. Every year Christian scholars, priests, and other so-called experts meet at something called “The Jesus Seminars”. Many of the Catholic hierarchy come and share their beliefs and usually dominate the discussion. In years past, they have put forth that Jesus never rose from the dead. That Pilate never washed his hands of the crucifixion. That Jesus was eaten by dogs. These are from Christian teachers, mind you. Every year around Easter they meet and come up with heresies against our Lord’s word.

It is written that in the last days there will be a falling away from the faith, as is written in 2nd Thes. 2:3. In Ezekiel 13:20 it says that teachers who teach their flock how to fly will have their flock taken away from them. Something that flies in the face of the rapture doctrine. Also back in 2nd Thes. 2:3 it says that Jesus will not return until the son of perdition is revealed, clarifying what rapture believers say 1st Thes. speaks about, but I digress.

The last days are here. We are not in the Tribulation Period as of yet, but it’s coming soon. Israel is all alone now since they no longer have an ally in the White House. The judgment of the US will come as is written in Isaiah 18:1-3. The last days there will be many false christs and will deceive many. Some will be so convincing that only the election of grace will not be swayed by their words. They aren’t allowed to. Not because they won’t be here. They most certainly will be.

The point of this post is to make sure you know that your teachers will fail you. Not all of them. Perhaps maybe not most of them. Definitely many of them will though. They will twist and turn doctrine and supposed scientific finding to lead you away from what is truly written. They’re already doing it. There is a history of doing this, but it will come to a climax very soon. That is why Jesus finds no fault in only two of the seven churches of Christ in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. That is why he threatens to remove the Church of Ephesus from its place as a Christian church. That church happens to be the biggest denominational church among all in the world. That goes right in line how so many of the attendees at the Jesus Seminars are those representing the Catholic church and wearing their white collars. I don’t know what they’ve come up with for this Easter holiday. Who knows what else they can come up with in the future. One thing is for certain, it will be contrary to what is written. It will be heresy. It will anger our Lord. Those who are of the election of grace KNOW the Lord’s day will come, and He will have His vengeance.

To my Greek friends out there, ΚΑΛΩ ΠΑΣΧΑ! Enjoy your τσουρεκι.

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse is one of the most intriguing tales of the Bible. Each rider of the horse brings about a plague that is designed to make it difficult for men. Prideful men. Things to humble men down from their self-imposed pedestals. Men, fools and teachers alike wonder aloud “why would a good God let this happen?” The answer is beyond their comprehension at least at this point in this age’s history. At the blowing of the seventh trump, they will have their answer. All of God’s mysteries will be revealed and the spirit of slumber upon them will be lifted. Until then, it is not for anyone but the election of grace to know. They do not have the spirit of slumber. I will say this though, our souls are much older than our bodies. This Earth despite what your teachers have told you is much older than a few thousand years old. This age is several thousand years old. Not the world. If you trace what is written in the NT back to the original Greek, you would see that this is an age we’re living in. There will be another one afterward. Being that our souls are much older than our human bodies, there are things our creation may have done beforehand that God found disgraceful. Some, albeit very few never offended God. That’s how God chose certain people to be his prophets. As God told Jeremiah, “I knew you when you were in your mother’s womb” meaning God knew him before he was in his mother’s womb. There must have been a reason why God chose Jeremiah and other prophets to be His prophets. God would not create a soul and say at random “okay, you’re going to be my prophet”. There are things at work here that will be revealed, perhaps in this very generation itself.

The rider of the first horse of the Apocalypse is riding a white horse. His power was to be able to conquer much of Earth. The color of the horse being white is significant because this is the Antichrist who will be as Christ coming in riding on a white horse. The Antichrist will conquer the world to be his one world government. We’re closer to that now than anyone might think. With the recent economic collapses revealing the vulnerabilities of the global economy, it goes to show our economies are already tied to one another.

The rider of the red horse is next, and his power was to take peace from the Earth. Again, we’re right at the door of this possibly happening. Iran is close to having a nuclear bomb to which Israel cannot let them have. Israel as they have done in times past will see to it that this does not come to pass. Iran has the backing of many countries which are not coincidentally the same countries listed as the ones written in the Bible that will come against Israel. The Arab World, Russia, China, and others will be among these nations. Right now a snapping of a twig can send this world into a world war. Even nonbelievers can see this as a possibility.

The rider of the black horse is more nuanced than the others. He was given a pair of balances. There was a voice that said “a measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.” As most know, this is a plague on the economy. What is a bit of a mystery is how specific this plague really is and it goes to show how subtle some of God’s words really are. One part is that the oil and the wine aren’t actually oil and wine at all. If there is a great plague upon the economy, of course oil and wine would be hurt. Oil you don’t just cook with but you anoint with. Wine is fermented grape juice, but during fermentation impurities come out of the grape juice. What that really says is “don’t hurt the anointed and the pure”. To prove this further, Psalm 105:15 says “touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.” Exactly what my interpretation of Revelation 4:6. It’s either that or that the price of oil and wine will not go up when everything else does. You be the judge. Two, specifically one measure of wheat and three measures of barley make up a good sized loaf of bread. You can make two decent sized loaves of bread. It says that each a measure of wheat and three measures of barley are a penny. What is a penny according to what is written? The answer is in Matthew chapter 20. Just about all of that chapter is a parable from Christ which means that it doesn’t matter when a person comes to Christ in their life. That they will receive the same things a person will receive if they came to Christ early in their lives. Hidden in that parable is what a penny is. The man who owned the land offered men to work in his field a penny for a day’s work. That seems so innocent there and one would just blow by it except for one of the elect. A penny represents a poor working man’s daily wage. This clarifies the economic plague of the black horse making it mean it would take a poor working man’s daily wage to be able to buy a loaf or so of bread. If that seems far-fetched as how there could be a plague so strong, one must be a student of history. In Russia shortly before and after communism fell, people lined up in the streets to pay $20 for a loaf of bread. I remember bread being mentioned specifically in those old news stories. This will be a plague of great economic woe and will give power to the one who has “the solution”.

The rider of the last horse rides a pale horse. Perhaps the worst of all of the horsemen. The rider of the pale horse had Hell follow with him. His name was Death. This is no longer the Antichrist as a human being anymore, but Satan being kicked down to Earth himself. Satan is Death, and Hell will follow him. Satan will make war with Israel and the nations aligned with Israel. War, hunger, and pestilences will kill a fourth part of the Earth. Pestilence isn’t written there specifically, but among the things described by Jesus in Matthew 24 and other gospels when he describes the end times says that there will be many pestilences. We’ve had SARS and the bird flu threaten to take many people for the last several years now. An outbreak of either or both would do great damage. AIDS already has taken many, and continues to be the biggest threat to the people of Africa.

These plagues are frightening to say the least, but if this is the generation to see it then it has a lot of work to do. This is the most selfish and lost generation in this age’s history. So many do not believe and belittle things that are of God. Many who do believe don’t fully believe what is written. “It’s all in the interpretation” I’ve heard many times. That’s such a lazy thought to have. Of course it’s in the interpretation, but God’s word is GOD’S WORD. Not man’s. Trace things back to the original languages of Hebrew and Greek. Those are God’s words written in its original form. The King James is man’s translation of God’s word. Read with a Strong’s Concordance which will explain to you what it originally says in the Hebrew for the OT and the Greek for the NT. Get ready. Prepare yourselves. We are at the door.