Sorry to take so long to get this conclusion out. I’ve been hard at work putting together an overview of the pretribulation rapture theory. This will be the first of many overviews of different theories about the Last Days.
There’s a reason why the truth about the Last Days was sealed. And, I’m not sure that it has been unsealed yet, so we should all be a little humble about our thoughts on this topic. I will certainly do my best.
Anyway, let’s wrap up these four horsemen with a conclusion.
Of all the horsemen of the Apocalypse, I have been dreading the Black Horse the most.
Why?
Because I could see how it would ride, and the utter devastation it would cause. In fact, I’ve been yelling about this particular horse for eleven years. No one has been listening, so I’m a little surprised that we made it this far.
Thankfully, we’ve been able to delay the moment when the Black Horse rides, but delay is the best that we can do. And, the reason for that, has everything to do with energy.
When we hit the limit to how much we can produce, our economy will collapse, and our civilization will die.
Revelation 6 introduces the ride of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a specific order. There is a reason why the White Horse goes first, followed by the Red, then the Black and finally the Pale Horse ridden by Death.
Why do these horsemen ride out in that particular order?
What purpose do these horsemen fulfill?
Are we in a position to know?
If not, when would we know?
These are interesting questions that are worth asking, as long as we understand that the truth might be different than what we see, right now.
I finished writing When Gog Comes two weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In that book, I asked:
What happens when a strong nation needs what a weak nation has?
Ukraine looked weak, and they had what Putin wanted. So, he chose to invade.
What was it that Ukraine had, that Putin wanted?
The second largest natural gas reserves in Europe. The sixth largest coal reserves in the world. Plenty of oil.
Russia wants what Ukraine has, so they went to war to get it. Unfortunately, this will not be the last energy war.
The ride of the Red Horse, was never going to be very fun.
Today, I just completed a major revision of When Gog Comes, and I don’t know of any pastor, Bible teacher, theologian or writer on the Last Days that would like what is in this book. In fact, they’ll hate it.
Why?
They don’t have a choice, if they want to keep their jobs – since this book knocks down all of their theories. Pre-trib, Post-trib, Amill, PostMill… they all get wrecked by what I’ve shown – from the Bible itself.
So, this book may turn out to be the most hated book on eschatology in… well …ever.
And, it needs to be.