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Senior Sunday School 4 : Book of Revelation : Lesson 20

Text: Revelation 6:1-8
26 January 2025

SSS 4 26 January 2025

Revelation 6

1 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.”
2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.”
4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”
7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.”
8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

Revelation 6:1-8

THE FOUR HORSEMEN

1. The White Horse

a) False leader
b) He will go out to conquer
c) His focus is to wage war rather than to bring peace

2. The Red Horse

a) He follows soon after
b) He will cause wars
c) Many would be engulfed in conflicts

3. The Black Horse

a) The aftermath of many battles
b) The cost of living goes up considerably
c) Normal goods would become very costly

4. The Pale Horse

a) Death is the name of the 4th Rider
“As pale as death”
b) Hades is a reference to the grave
c) Death will come:
i) Through the sword
ii) Through hunger
iii) Through beasts that would arise amidst conflicts

THE VISION OF HORSEMEN/HORSES

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet:
8 I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and white.
9 Then I said, “My lord, what are these?” So the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what they are.”
10 And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth.”
11 So they answered the Angel of the LORD, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly.”

Zechariah 1:7-11

1. An angelic Horse Patrol

2. Significance

a) God is watching the earth
b) These are guardian angels
i) They walk to and fro throughout the earth
ii) They take note of what is happening on earth
c) They report to The Angel of the Lord

IMPORTANT TEXTS ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE

1. Ephesians 6:10-18

2. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12