the world wars and the communist revolutions were the 2nd horse, the red horse. The vision given John was showing him the things which would take place... kind of like a road map for the days ahead. All I'm doing is plotting where we are on the map.
The accident at Chernobyl happened as they were shutting down, they had already turned off the feed to the rods, but the system continues to run the generators off the heat that is given off during the cool down period. The warnings that normally accompany too much heat are turned off since the system is shutting down. When they went in to get the rods, thinking they were cool, they discovered the opposite.... very strange event.
The road map leads to the end; the final seven years determined by Gabriel (Daniel 9:21-27). The reason we think these are in the last moments of the age is because we have concluded all seven epistles and have come to the 4th seal - which is immediately followed by the end of the age, the final seven year testimony. someone once asked me some very good questions about the throne of God in John's vision, here was my reply:
it was the same vision...
by Days
08/25/2008, 11:35 AM
the vision is uniform... from the
earliest prophets to Paul to Peter to John...
those four living creatures that surround the throne and also hold it up
as a sea of crystal above their heads ... are they part of the God head?
certainly. they are the administration of his throne.
Are they angels?
yes, but God is an angel; that is, they are spirits, God is a spirit, life
comes from the spirit.
What exactly are they?
Hard to say, except that they are part and parcel with the execution of
God's will. They carry out his orders.
And what is that wheel within a wheel... and is the spirit that carries
them the same spirit as the lamps of fire burning before the throne?
A wheel within a wheel signifies the spirit of God animating our spirit; or
maybe more properly, we are animated that way because these four living
creatures are directing us that way. The spirit that carries them is the same
spirit as the lamps of fire before the throne; it is all of one and the self
same spirit; God is spirit and God is one.
Are they the living cherubim that the temple figurines were depicting?
I think so. If not all the carvings and stitchings, then certainly the
beaten gold cherubs that rose up from the ark covering.
was the chariot that took up Elijah riding their glory?
it stands to reason, that chariot matches the one in Ezekiel that lifted the
spirit of God out of the Temple
before it was given over to the Babylonish army. Both were visions of the
presence of God's authority.
Was this what Lucifer was part of before the fall?
absolutely. He walked up and down amidst the stones of fire, he was the
covering cherub; the rainbow that was over top of the throne; he was very high.
How do arch angels rank next to one of them?
Lower. the four living creatures seem to join the desires of God to the
angels; transmission.
... and the seven eyes, which are the seven spirits sent throughout the
whole earth, are they the same eyes as the eyes that ring the top of the living
creatures?
wow, that was the one I was hoping someone could explain to me; the eyes
were dreadful and very high; the four living creatures definitely connected
God's will to the creation; sending out the seven eyes throughout the whole
earth would be right up their alley; but the seven eyes are the seven spirits
of the holy spirit: the administration of God during the church age (which were
are at the end of) while the eyes atop the four living creatures are numerous;
they seem to be part of their personal function; possibly their own manner of
searching through matters to ensure that God's will is done.
the central theme of the vision
is the Son standing before the Father's throne, commissioned with a kingdom to
execute for a thousand years. The day of the Lord is the end of man's self rule
and the beginning of the kingdom, where in, jesus returns and lives amongst us.
The vision is two part; first is the two witnesses; repeating the 3.5 year testimony
period of the first coming; this is the jesus standing before the angel in
Zechariah with filthy garments; branches in the vine; brethren in the flesh who
are annointed with the lighting down of God's arm... second is the resurrection
and return of the saints seizing hold of the earth. All the prophets old and
new testament are given pieces to this puzzle; it is one vision.