Scripture Blog

This weblog is my personal online scripture journal. I try to read the scriptures each morning as I exercise on my cross-trainer. It has a great impact on my life and my testimony of the Savior and his restored church. The journal is really for my own benefit but I have set it up as a web log in hopes to benefit anyone else that may be interested. "For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost..." 1 Nephi 10:19

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Revelation 6

We learn in modern revelation of the seven seals of the book seen by John, represent the -

"...earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence."  (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 77:6)

And -

"...the first seal contains the things of the first thousand years, and the second also of the second thousand years, and so on until the seventh."  (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 77:7)

And of each seal -

"...the Lamb opened..."  (New Testament | Revelation 6:1)

Which would suggest that the Savior, having made a covenant with the Father, was in charge of plan of salvation on this earth.

Over the years, many have speculated concerning the four horses and horsemen as with each seal being opened.  It appears to me that with each thousand years brings a general symbolic representation with each horse.  In my mind, each horsemen represents success or victory.  With the white horse, or first thousand years -

"...he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."  (New Testament | Revelation 6:2)

In my mind, white represents righteousness and purity.  Thus generally speaking righteousness ultimately prevailed.  We see this in the life of Enoch.  With the red horse we witness that -

"...power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."  (New Testament | Revelation 6:4)

Obviously during the second thousand years that there would be much war and bloodshed.  Red would then be symbolic of blood.  With the black horse, one would expect evil and wickedness.  John saw that -

"...he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, 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."  (New Testament | Revelation 6:5 - 6)

It is apparent that the pair of balances had a great deal in measuring limited food.  It must have been very prevalent during this period of many famines because of wickedness.  And of the pale horse -

"...his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."  (New Testament | Revelation 6:8)

In my mind, the pale horse represents all loss of the Spirit, the Holy Ghost, and spirituality.  That during this period there now resides and accumulation of captive prisoners in the spirit world.