Revelation Chapter 6 (R06-2)

Second Seal - Rwandan Genocide
 
Rev 6:3-4  When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 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.
 
Fiery red horse – much bloodshed
Take peace from earth – unrests, rebellions, riots, wars, skirmishes.
People killing one another – civil wars caused by racial, religious, tribal and political unrests.
A great sword – suddenly multitudes killed.
 
In the late 80’s, there were more than 100 civil wars, skirmishes and unrests worldwide. In 1991, after US, EU and coalition conquered Iraq, Muslims demonstrated to show their dissatisfaction and some went into terrorism killing many innocent souls.  
   In early 90’s, some unrests and uprisings developed into serious civil wars, and those with tens of thousands massacred were found in Rwanda, Chechnya, Ethiopia, Bosnia, Burundi, Somalia, etc. UN (esp. US) was tasked with the difficult mandate to bring peace to all these warring nations.
   In 1993, US President Clinton succeeded in bringing the Jews and Palestinians to sign the abominable PLO-Israel Peace Treaty of land for peace, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the opening of the First Seal.  
   However, without God's approval, there was no peace in Israel as the Palestinians daily took to the street causing civil unrest, street protests, skirmishes and killings until the Israeli government had to build an 8-meter high wall to separate them.
 
Rwandan Genocide
   On 6 April 1994, after the plane of the President of Burundi was shot down, all hell broke loose. The great sword with one stroke killed almost one million souls within a short period of three months.
 
Fulfillment of Second Seal
   I believe this Rwandan Genocide was the fulfillment of the opening of the Second Seal.
 
2nd Seal - Rwandan Genocide was not recorded in Mat 24 because it was in Central Africa. The end time signs taught by our Lord Jesus in Mat 24 concern the temple of God or Jerusalem and Israel.
 
Wikipedia: The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority. During the approximate 100-day period from April 7 to mid – July 1994, an estimated 500,000 – 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, constituting as much as 70% of the Tutsi and 20% of Rwanda’s total population.
 
Arab Uprising and ISIS
   The 1997 Financial Crisis caused the poor in third world countries to suffer hardship and hunger, leading to the 2011 Arab Uprisings.
   The Arab Uprisings were civil wars and rebellions in many Arab countries. By the end of February 2012, rulers had been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya with civil uprisings erupted in Bahrain and Syria.
   In March 2013, the atrocious ISIS (Danesh) took over the Syrian city of Raqqa and then many parts of Syria and Iraq.
   All these wars and atrocities against mankind forced Arabs to flee their devastated homeland, resulting to millions upon millions of Muslim refugees entering the rich and stable West.
 
Note  - meanwhile the proud and mighty LGBT community strongly supported by US President Obama, UN Human Rights, and leaders of EU had turned the West into Sodom and Gomorrah. They persecuted and forced godly Christians to accept homosexuality, which will lead them to damnation.
   The presence of these fervent Muslims, who prayed on the streets and abhor homosexuality, brought fear into the then powerful LGBT community thereby suppressing their harassments and persecutions of Christians.

Revelation Chapter 6 (R06-3)

Third Seal - Asian Financial Crisis
 
Rev 6:5-6  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. 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.”
 
Black horse – complete darkness, this will be during the time of great confusion worldwide.
A pair of balance – suggests fairness or unfairness, partiality, injustice, imbalance.
A denarius for a quart of wheat (low daily wage)
A denarius for three quarts of barley (high daily wage)
Note - a denarius was a day’s wage
   A day’s pay to the poor is so low (1 quart of wheat) that it is insufficient to feed the family but on the contrary, it could be excessive (3 quarts of barley) to the rich.
   This will be the start of the great disparity of income between the rich and the poor nations.
 
Hurt not the oil (Israel) and wine (Christians are the new wine).
   During this financial crisis, almost all countries will be affected but Israel and the West (Christian nations) will certainly be spared.
 
 
Asian Financial Crisis 1997
   In 1997, the stock market collapsed but within a day or two; Israel, the West (Christian nations) and a few other nations recovered. South America, Africa and Asia were badly hit.  In 1997, the stock market collapsed but within a day or two; Israel, the West (Christian nations) and a few other nations recovered. South America, Africa and Asia were badly hit. This was later called the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997.
   All the affected nations suffered great financial setbacks, but the West prospered with the rich becoming richer. Since then, the imbalance of income has become wider and wider with the rich having grown from multi-millionaires in 2000s to billionaires in the 2010s, and then the multi-billionaires in the 2020s, whose daily income can reach millions. Today we even have a Trillionaire.
   The poor are getting poorer and they are having difficulties feeding the famines.
  This gap of imbalance of individual income is getting wider and nothing can arrest it. The poor are increasing at an alarming rate causing
riots, uprisings and rebellions in many countries (e.g. the Arab Spring in 2011 affecting the whole Arab world).
 
Third Seal Opened in 1997
   I believe the Third Seal was opened in 1997 during the Asian Financial Crisis, which put many countries in the red due to currency depreciation and a slump in stock prices and assets. On the contrary, Israel and the West prospered during this period. God in his infinite wisdom blessed the West so that they can bless the poor countries in return.
   The West can then become the light of the world and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
 
Earth's Darkest Hour
   At the turn of the Millennium the West became richer and richer. However, without the word of God, the US Supreme Court's ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) decriminalized homosexuality, which is an abomination to the Lord.
   Sodomite and Lesbian bishops and pastors, covetous televangelists and false prophets were plentiful.
   In spite of God’s favour, the West - the major powerhouse in UN, instead of being the light of the world was in complete darkness. They blaspheme His holy Name by forcing the poor and needy nations to legalize homosexuality and same sex marriage otherwise they will be sanctioned and with no financial help.
   These tyrannical actions of the West destroy the faith of many Christians and have made themselves a common enemy to many nations.
 
This 3rd Seal again did not affect the temple, Jerusalem nor Israel and therefore our Lord did not mention it in Matthew 24.

Revelation Chapter 6 (R06-4a)

(World War 3) - 1
 
Rev 6:7-8  When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a pale (green) 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.
 
Pale (green) Horse
   The Greek word 'chloros' which means green colour, has been wrongly translated as pale possibly because there is no green horse. Green is universally known as the colour of Islam. This vision could be a warning sign about the rise of Islamic power that will eventually conquer and subdue the world.
 
Riders name was Death
   This suggests that a quarter of mankind will be killed or murdered.
 
Followed by 'Hades
   The massacred will be cast into hades but godly Christians will be spared from the anarchy. The righteous are preserved so that they can disciple the hundreds of millions souls saved during WW3 (4th seal). These new converts will be prepared for the tribulations (5th Seal) and ready to become the bride of the Lamb during Rapture (6th Seal)
 
A quarter of mankind will be killed by:
   For a quarter (2 billion) of mankind to be killed, this must be World War 3, the last major war before Rapture.
1. Sword - World War 3, where possibly weapons of mass destruction are deployed to kill 2 billion people.
   This war is so extensive and destructive that it is just like the end of the world (end is not yet).
Mat 24:6  "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."
2. Hunger - food shortages caused by famines and wars.
3. Death - earthquakes, tsunamis, pestilences (plagues), weapons of mass destruction, etc.
4. Beasts of the earth - plagues transmitted from animals.
 
This 4th Seal of Rev 6:7-8 is synchronized as Mat 24:6-7 
Mat 24:7  "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places."
 
Harvest of Tares (please read Mat 13:36-43)
Mat 13:41  "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
   Before the end time harvest of His elect, God will send His angels to remove the tares (wolves and heretics) from His kingdom (church) so that He can prepare the bride of the Lamb.
   The tares are fallen Christians, who are offensive (worldly, covetous, deceivers, carnal, depraved, sodomites, adulterers and idolators) and had practice lawlessness (heresies, wrong doctrines, lies and deceptions).
   God will use this fourth Seal (WW3) to kill all these wolves and depraved Christians (tares) in His kingdom (church) and cast them into eternal fire.
 
World War 3 is Near
   Repent brethren from evil, wickedness and heresies for the opening of the fourth Seal is just around the corner. To ensure your eternal inheritance, keep the words of Jesus, love God and love another as Jesus had loved us
Eph 5:2-5  And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma…. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Revelation Chapter 6 (R06-4b)

Fourth Seal (Prelude to WW3) - 2
 
The Grecian Empire
Dan 11:3  Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
   Alexander the Great created a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to part of India.
 
Dan 11:4  And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.
   After Alexander's death, his empire was divided into four major portions by 301 BCE:
1.           Cassander ruled over Greece,
2.           Lysimachus ruled in Asia Minor,
3.           Seleucus I Nicator (king of the North) ruled in Babylon and Persia, and
4.           Ptolemy I Soter (king of the South) ruled over the Holy Land and Egypt.
   The last conflict between the king of the South (an alliance of Israel and Egypt) with the king of the North (Iran) will spark off WW3.
 
Prelude to World War 3
 
Dan 11:29  At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
  'The time appointed' is that particular time or day in the last days (time of the end) just before Rapture.
Dan 11:35  And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.
 
Warships of the West
Dan 11:30a  For the ships of Chittim (the West) shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved...  (KJV)
   Chittim or Kittim means the West or Western Coastland. Today, the West refers to US and EU (former Christian nations)
 
For the ships of the West (Chittim)
   As soon as Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, US President Joe Biden took the opportunity to send the newest and largest aircraft carrier Jerald Ford strike group to be stationed in the East Mediterranean to protect Israel. Many nations of the West (UK, France, Germany, Italy, etc.) also sent their warships to the Red Sea, Gulf of Persia and the Arabian Sea to help US maintain peace in the middle East.
 
Warships of the West (Chittim) shall come against him - taking down Iranian missiles and drones
 
1st. Iranian Retaliatory Aerial Attack
   On 2024 April 13, Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones targeting Israel marks the first direct strike by Iran on Israeli territory from Iranian soil.
   The Israeli military also said the vast majority of the projectiles were intercepted outside the country’s borders with help from the warships of the US, the United Kingdom and France.
 
2nd. Iranian Retaliatory Aerial Attack
   On 2024 October 1, two US Navy destroyers launched around a dozen interceptors to help defend Israel against a massive attack by Iran on Tuesday, the Pentagon said.
   On October 26, Israel carried out what it described as “precise and targeted” airstrikes on Iran on Saturday, in retaliation for the barrage of strikes launched by Tehran against Israel earlier this month. This recent aerial strike had wiped out most of the Iranian air defense. Iran is now almost defenseless against any aerial attacks from Israel and the warships of the West.
 
Fulfilment of Prophecy of Ships from Chittim
   Warships from the West (Chittim) helping Israel to bring down the Iranian aerial attack with missiles and drones fulfilled prophecy.
Dan 11:29-30a  At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. For the ships of Chittim (the West) shall come against him:

Revelation Chapter 6 (R06-4c)

Fourth Seal (Prelude to WW3) - 3
 
Dan 11:30  For ships from Chittim shall come against him; therefore he (king of the North) shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.
 
King of the North
   In 2025, the king of the North then was the late 86 years old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was Iran's spiritual leader and highest authority - he had the final say over all government matters in the country.
   Shia Muslims set up a formal clergy system, with religious leaders called 'imams', who were descendants of Muhammad and whom the Shia consider to be the sole interpreters of Islamic theology. The head imam is given the title of Ayatollah.
   The Shia Twelvers believe that after Iran has been wiped out by its enemies, the twelfth and final Imam (Mahdi) will appear and conquer the world for Islam in the last days.
 
he shall be grieved
   Ayatollah Ali grieved that both his aerial attacks of Israel in 2024 were ineffective, but:-
1. The 1st Israeli Retaliation on 19 April 2024 was the limited airstrike in central Iran killing most of Iran's nuclear scientists and top military and political leaders
2. The 2nd Israeli Retaliation on 26 October 2024, wiped out most of the Iranian air defense.
   Ayatollah Ali grieved that all their most advanced missiles and drones are not matched to the superior arsenal of Israel and the West.
 
12 Day War 2025 (13 June – 24 June 2025)
   Israel launched surprise attacks on key military and nuclear facilities in Iran, assassinated prominent military leaders, nuclear scientists, and politicians, and damaged or destroyed air defenses.
   On June 22, 2025, the United States B2 bombers attacked and obliterated three nuclear facilities in Iran under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer.
 
The Grieving Ayatollah
   Ayatollah Ali constantly warned the US that if they attacked any of its nuclear sites, he would send his full arsenal to wipe out Israel and all US military bases in the Middle East. On June 22, US had obliterated all its three nuclear facilities.
   In complete hopelessness, Ayatollah Ali then set his faith for the Mahdi to appear soon. He sent his limited, outdated and inferior arsenal of weapons to attack the military bases of the West knowing very well that it would be suicidal to attack the invincible US fleets.
   Since 2026 Feb. 28, combined U.S.-Israeli airstrikes began, with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed alongside dozens of senior political and military leaders in strikes on his office in Tehran. The fear of the US bombs, resulted in the burial of Ayatollah Ali (Kong of the North) only in July, where a temporary peace agreement was made.
 
therefore he (king of the North) shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage.
   When the new king of the North (new Iranian Supreme Leader) returns from his grieving, he will call Jihad and then annihilate (do damage) the invincible Western warships and military bases in the middle East.
 
New Supreme Leader Mojtaba
   In March 2026, Mojtaba Khamenei (the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) was elected the new Supreme Leader, and he is grieving for the Iranian navy and defences were annihilated by US. Even the Straits of Hormuz is now under US control.
   He has not been seen on TV since his election because he is hiding from the bombs of the West. He is really grieving because he cannot rule the chaotic Iran, which is in complete shamble. His only hope is the appearance of the Mahdi to save Iran for annihilation by its enemies.
 
 Who then is this new King of the North ?
 

Revelation Chapter 6 (R06-4d)

Fourth Seal - 4
King of the North - Endtime Antichrist
 
Dan 11:36a  “Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods...”
   This king of the North is the incarnate of Satan (the Endtime Antichrist), who exalts and magnifies himself above every god.
2 Thess 2:3-4  ...and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
 
Antichrist a Shia Muslim?
   The Antichrist is the head of the former Persian Empire (Iran) where more than 90% of the population is Shia Muslims. Is it possible that he is a Shia Muslim?
   Islam is diverse religion with Muslims practicing hadiths which is a record of the traditional accounts of things said or done by Muhammad and his companions.  The hadith is written by Muslim historians. To really understand Islam, we must look into the beliefs and practices of Muslims in Saudi Arabia – the home of Islam where all Muslims throughout the whole world will gather together to perform the Hajj.
 
Dan 11:37  “He (Antichrist as end time king of the North) shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.”
1. God of His father
    The Almighty God (Yahweh) is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. The Arabs or Ismaelites  (descendants of Hagar) refuse to acknowledge Isaac as the first born of Abraham. Therefore, the Allah in the Quran is not Yahweh because he is not the God of Isaac nor the God of Jacob.
2. Desires of women
   Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam Wahhabi Muslims has no regard for the honour of women. Arabian women have to tolerate polygamy, submit to their husbands’ whims and fancies, no freedom of movement and socialization, no personal rights to fashion and to live their lives independently.
3. No regard of any god
   The word Allah in Arabic means 'God' and it has been used 2000 years ago by the Arabs, Christians and Jews. Unlearned Muslims edify the word Allah to unilaterally claim it as its own God. They repudiate God or YHWH, the Creator and Almighty God just because He is not called Allah.
 
Dan 11:38  “But in their new place, he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things.”
4. Worship the Fortress
   At the Hajj in Mecca, non-Muslim will think that the Muslims are worshipping the black fortress housing the Kaaba stone.
5. Decorated with gold, silver, etc.
   The black cloth covering the fortress is very expensive because it is decorated and embroidered with gold, silver and precious stones.
 
Dan 11:39  “Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.”
6. Advance Allah’s glory
   The Saudi Arabians are Wahhabi Muslims, which bred almost all of today’s terrorists (Al Qaeda, IS, etc.). They will fight only for Allah (a foreign god) and not for their own countries by proclaiming ‘Allahu Akbar’, Allah is Great. They will fight or rebel against all institutions, countries, to advance Islam and glorify Allah.
7. To rule over many
   They will advance their ambition by conquering and controlling many nations and if possible even the whole world.
 
Antichrist is a Shia Muslim
   Brethren, see how God described Islam in such simplicity and with such great accuracy in the book of Daniel.

Revelation Chapter 6 (R06-4e)

Fourth Seal (Start of WW3) - 5
 
The Grieving Iran
Dan 11:30a  For ships from Chittim shall come against him; therefore he (king of the North) shall be grieved,
   Since the Islamic revolution ended thousands of years of the Persian dynasty, the West has banned Iran from making any nuclear bomb. Iran has reiterated that its first nuclear bomb will be for wiping out Israel. Its nuclear scientists have been the target of Israel. The US Epic Fury Operation in February 2026, killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali (who was finally buried in July) along with other top political and military leaders.
   The new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba is grieving for Iran defenses are in ruin with its most powerful weapon ‘the Straits of Hormuz’ now under the complete control of US.
 
The Resurrected Iran
Dan 11:30b  and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.
 
and return (from death)
   The new Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba is really grieving because he cannot rule Iran for the fear of the US bombs.
   Will he be apprehended and then killed for Satan to use his corpse (or another Ayatollah) to incarnate into the new king of the North (Antichrist or Mahdi? All those who witness his resurrection will be amazed and follow him.
Rev 13:3  And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marvelled and followed the beast.
 
in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage.
   Immediately the Antichrist (Mahdi) will call 'Jihad' against the West. With Satanic power, he will destroy all Western warships and military bases in the middle East.
 
So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant
   Satan and his demonic forces have been causing chaos racially, religiously and politically especially in the West. With hundreds of thousands of innocent Iranians massacred at the fall of Iran to Israel and the West and the appearance of their powerful Mahdi, rebellions and revolutions will be worldwide causing the West and many other nations to self-destruct.
 
Start of World War 3
Dan 11:31  And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily [sacrifices], and place there the abomination of desolation
   After the Antichrist (Mahdi) has neutralized the invincible US Carrier fleets, the Iranians and allies will conquer Jerusalem (sanctuary fortress). This is God's vengeance (Luke 21:20-24) on the faithless Israelites for signing the abominable PLO-Israel Peace Treaty in 1993.
 
they shall take away the daily [sacrifices]
   Today, standing on the Temple Mount is the Al Aqsa Mosque, which calls Muslims to prayers (5 times daily).
[sacrifices] is best replaced by [call to prayer]
   The Antichrist will send the Muslims to remove both the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome on the Rock.
 
Dan 11:44  "But news from the east (Australia) and the north (EU is North West of Israel) shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many."
   The Antichrist will conquer the rest of the world and annihilate many nations. The wicked in the West will be annihilated, but faithful Christians will be anointed to care and disciple multitudes of war victims.
 
God used Babylon in Rev 17-18 to represent the complete annihilation of the abominable West during World War 3 for being the great harlot in Rev 17, who corrupted the whole world with heresies and abominable practices (homosexuality, sexlessness and same sex marriages).