First Four Seals

Theology and Politics from a Conservative, Biblical Perspective

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Links:

• CNN Admits Hunter Biden’s Laptop Is Authentic 532 Days After Initial Reporting
• Joe Biden Promoting ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’ With Approval Of An ‘X’ Gender Designation On American Passports
• Biden needs to be impeached for violating Constitution
• 22,000% Increase in Deaths following COVID Vaccines for Adults Over 50 as FDA Authorizes 2nd Booster for this Age Group
• Abortion tourism and infanticide are now California attractions
• Aphasia can be caused by the CV vax
• Shaping Future Governments: Preparing for the New World Order
• The United States And Israel Host An ‘Unimaginable’ Abraham Accords Summit…
• Scientists seek to make self-spreading vaccine
• Judge rules Biden’s mandatory vax mandate for Navy unconstitutional
• White House ignores inflation
• 68,000% Increase in Strokes, 44,000% Increase in Heart Disease, 6,800% Increase in Deaths Over Non-COVID Vaccines
• One of five Americans broke before payday
• Military doctor testifies she was ordered to suppress huge amount of vaccine injuries
• Disney employees in FL arrested for human trafficking

As I go through headlines, and articles, I’m seeing a consistent message. The world is changing drastically and not for the better. I’d like to emphasize that these are simply my opinions based on what I’m reading. I could be wrong. I’d rather try to be safe than sorry.

Unfortunately, too many people seem oblivious to what may well be impending global disaster. They think the rise in fuel prices and shortages of food and supplies are temporary and will return to normal. I try to point things out to our grown children (without scaring them), and while they are doing things to mitigate against potential upcoming shortages, I’m not sure they even understand the frailty of the situation. Who among us really can be fully aware of the possibilities?

Drought
For those unaware, there have been major areas of drought in parts of the USA and the world. Crops normally planted at a certain time were delayed or the ones that were might not have enough water to bring those crops to harvest. On the other hand, in other areas, prolonged heavy rains created a delay in planting so that will mean a delay in harvest. Overly wet conditions also created disease in crops and animals.

Bird Flu
The world is also allegedly experiencing a major outbreak of Avian flu. Because of this, some countries are destroying millions of poultry to eliminate the flu. This is even happening in the USA where questionable PCR tests are being used to determine conditions of backyard flocks with some states carrying portable gas chambers to kill birds on the spot. In the UK, there are no more free-range chickens. All chickens must be kept inside. Obviously, this will affect the amount of chicken and eggs available in grocery stores throughout the world.

Exports
Russia is one of the biggest exporters of wheat and oil. Now, due to sanctions by many nations including the USA against Russia, President Putin has stopped exports except to those countries which are “friendly” to Russia. We are already seeing the results of this at the gas pump with prices that have essentially more than doubled since Trump was in the White House. We can be assured that things will get worse as the Biden administration pleads with countries like Iran and Venezuela to sell us oil. We need to remember that one of Biden’s first executive orders after becoming president was to shut down the Keystone Pipeline. That pipeline – when completed – would have had the capacity to produce 833,000 barrels of oil each day, but that will not happen now. This is certainly part of the reason we are seeing higher gas prices and unless a miracle happens, those prices will continue to climb.

The same is said of wheat and other grains. Russia is not exporting wheat to the USA because Putin claims that the USA and the EU have reneged on its debt payments and have frozen Russian assets. This will simply devolve into something worse than it is now. Here is a short clip of Putin outlining the problem as he sees it. The link takes you to Telegram, which may or may not be accessible to you if you do not have the Telegram app on your computer or phone.

China seems to have seen the problem between Russia and the Ukraine coming as they’ve been stockpiling wheat and other grains for some time now. They are determined to ensure that they have food for the Chinese people. Turkey is friendly to Russia to ensure they can continue to import wheat and oil from Russia. Russia has oil and wheat and much of the world is siding against Russia including the USA. Seems to me Russia holds some very important cards that they are now beginning to play. The sanctions against Russia may completely backfire.

We also know that the supply chain has been negatively impacted due to the original economic shutdown roughly two years ago due to CV. That shutdown, with only businesses considered “essential” allowed to remain open, caused a huge backlog and delayed disruption in the supply chain, which is now coming home to roost.

The Seals
So with all of this, what’s happening? Can we know? Well, no matter how we view it, it simply doesn’t look good. In fact, if I did not know better I’d think that the opening of the first few seals of Revelation 6 were lining up. What do those seals entail?

And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. (Revelation 6:2 ESV)

There are of course, disagreements over the first seal and the identity of the rider on the white horse, with some believing it to be Jesus, while others believe the rider is the Antichrist. I’m with the latter group. The crown the rider wears is certainly a crown of authority but it is not the same type of crown Jesus would wear. Beyond this, though the rider carries a bow, he has no arrows. He conquers, but clearly does so politically, not with instruments of war.

Is Putin the Antichrist? The fact that he is actually involved in a physical war and using ground troops likely means he is not the Antichrist at least for now. It is difficult if not impossible to identify the Antichrist simply because he may not yet be on the scene. However, also note from Revelation 6 that when the Antichrist does appear, it seems as though he will be on the scene a while before he brings about one of his major goals: piece between Israel and surrounding Arab nations. We really have no idea how long after Antichrist appears that he will successfully broker a fake peace deal in the Middle East. But I tend to envision him being on the scene for some time while he works his magic politically, beginning his rise to the top to cement his position as “peacemaker.” I can’t see this happening overnight.

That’s the interesting thing about the seals (and trumpets and bowls). While it appears that the seals are a chronological occurrence of events, we have no clue how long each will last or how much time passes between each seal. They could occur rapidly one after another or greatly spaced out.

As stated before, we know the exact event that begins the Tribulation – the signing of the peace deal for one “week” (Daniel 9:24-27) – which seems possible to me that some of the seals listed in Revelation 6 could occur prior to the actual peace agreement. If this is true, then it tends to change the timetable a bit. It seems likely that Antichrist will appear on the scene (though not be recognized as the Antichrist at first), begin his political assent and start the process of “conquering” politically, which will then lead up to the fake peace deal between Israel and Arab leaders.

The second seal is the rider on the red horse (Revelation 6:4), which signifies war. This rider is allowed to remove peace from the world. This results in multitudes of deaths.

And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

The third seal is also interesting because it speaks of famine and specifically mentions wheat, barley, oil and wine. The oil here, since it is mentioned within the context of a list of food products, is likely oil used to cook but could also refer to fuel. Constable notes that “wheat” may represent “good food,” while “barley” is generally indicative of less expensive cattle food. Prices of both will be extremely high during this time of the third seal. I’ve already seen people on social media saying that because of a fixed income, they are now having to make a choice between heating/AC or food as they cannot afford both anymore. The skyrocketing cost of fertilizer and livestock feed will also continue to increase food costs. By the way, vines and olive trees are not necessarily affected. One reason is that their roots go much deeper than wheat and barley, but those commodities will also increase in price too.

The fourth seal (Revelation 6:8), is no less dramatic.

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Death rides a pale horse. A fourth of the entire world’s population will die by sword, famine, pestilence, and/or by wild beasts. It appears that even the animals will go crazy from hunger and will begin attacking human beings to sustain themselves. War always results in famine and disease. Please note that this seal results in the death of 1/4 of the world’s population, or around 2 billion people. Nuclear war could play a role in this and there’s plenty of talk of it now.

Right now, the world is playing seriously with the idea of WWIII. This all began between Ukraine and Russia because Ukraine was being encouraged to join NATO, something that breaks their Minsk Agreement with Russia. Think what you want of Putin, but he is concerned about Russians living in the Donbas area of Ukraine, while the government of Ukraine treats those Russian people like garbage. The world wants to hold up Zelenskyy as a hero, while demonizing Putin. My only point is that as far as Putin is concerned, he believes he has a right to fight for the Russian people of Ukraine since Ukraine’s borders were created by Russia during the dissolving of the USSR years ago. The fact that Soros, Schwab and other globalists are all-in for Ukraine tells me that things are not what the media wants us to believe.

This world is on the brink of global conflict. Biden continues calling for the overthrow of Putin. If world war actually does break out, we can conclude that there will be tremendous famine, disease and pestilence along with huge shortages of everything people have gotten used to having in life. I have no clue how this will end. I’m simply providing what I believe to be possible insight into the increasing global problems we will all likely face.

Klaus Schwab recently noted “…global energy systems, food systems, and supply chains will be deeply affected” (at the recent World Government Summit), so he clearly knows something is up and has a huge hand in creating it in my opinion. Even if all-out war does not occur, we can be assured that unless God intervenes and changes things, the near future does not look good. If you’ve not made any arrangements by stocking up on food and other supplies, you will be caught fully unaware. Expect there to be shortages. Expect the price of goods and commodities to continue to rise. Cut back on other things to make room for this.

Do not bury your head in the sand. Make informed decisions. Trust in the Lord.

Theology and Politics from a Conservative, Biblical Perspective