JOSEPH APPEARS to have been something of a spoiled brat. Either he had no self-awareness at all or his self-image was so inflated that he didn’t care what his brothers thought of him.
This week’s program is eerily appropriate as the world grapples with a viral pandemic that has infected more than a quarter-million people in less than two months and shows no sign of slowing down.
The Third Horseman of the Apocalypse carries scales, representing trade and commerce, but the Greek word is translated elsewhere in the New Testament as “yoke,” a symbol of slavery and oppression.
The Second Horseman of the Apocalypse plainly represents war and bloodshed. But, as you might guess based on our recent books, we believe the rider on the red horse is a literal entity well known in the ancient world.
The rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak is just the latest sign that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are riding the earth—and have been since the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
THE FIRST six seals are opened in our study of Revelation this week. Bearing in mind that the meaning of these seals has been debated for 2,000 years, we offer our best understanding of the images and prophecies recorded by John.