PORTENTOUS WARNING: If you're one of those folks that cannot stand those [insert eyeroll here]"Bible Thumpin' Christians", you may wish to find a different place to be, lest you find yourself accidentally beaned (well okay, it might be on purpose :o) I only thought it fair to tell you right up front, 'cause you just never know...

When I started to ride, I felt something that I had never felt before on Earth.  I began to experience the peace, the freedom, the love, the holiness that a person can have in that beautiful place.  I started to enjoy everything that my eyes could see.  I just wanted to enjoy everything in that beautiful paradise that the Lord has prepared for us. 

We also could see the wedding banquet table, everything was already served.  It had no beginning or end.  We saw the chairs prepared for us.  There was also crowns of eternal life that are ready to be taken by us.  We saw delicious foods that are already set, for all of those that will be invited to the Wedding of the Lamb. 

Angels where there with some white cloth for the cloaks that the Lord is preparing for us.  I was amazed looking at all these things.  The Word of God tells us that we have to receive that Kingdom of God like little children. (Mathew 18:3)  When we were in Heaven we were like children.  We started to enjoy everything there; the flowers, the residences... the Lord even allowed us to go inside the residences.

Then God took us to a place that had many children.  The Lord was in the middle of them and He started to play with them.  He made sure to spend enough time with each of them and He enjoyed being with them.  We got close to the Lord and asked Him, "Lord are these children the ones who are going to be born on Earth?".  The Lord answered, "No, these children are the ones who were aborted on the Earth".  Upon hearing that, I felt something inside of me that made me shake. 

I remembered something I had done in the past, when I did not know the Lord.  At that time, I was in a relationship with a woman and she got pregnant.  When she told me she was pregnant, I did not know what to do so I asked her for some time to make a decision.  Time passed and when I went to her to tell my decision, it was already too late because she already had an abortion.  That marked my life.  Even after I accepted the Lord in my heart, that abortion was something that I could not forgive myself of.  But God did something that day, He allowed me to enter that place and told me, "Ariel, do you see that girl that is there? That girl is your daughter."  When He told me that, I saw the girl, I felt the wound, I had in my soul for such long time, started to heal.  The Lord allowed me to walk close to her and she got close to me.  I took her in my hands and saw her eyes.  One word I heard from her lips, "Daddy".  I understood and I felt that God had mercy on me and had forgiven me, but I had to learn to forgive myself. 

When we arrived, these big doors were opened for us, and I started to see a valley full of flowers.  The flowers were beautiful and their smell was exquisite.  We started to walk and experience a total freedom like we had never felt on the Earth.  We felt a peace that filled our hearts and while we looked at the flowers we noticed that they were unique; each petal was different, genuine, and had a unique color. 

Inside my heart, I said to my Lord that I wanted to have a flower like one of these.  The Lord gave an expression of agreement,  I got close to a flower and started to pull it.  But nothing happened, I could not pull the flower out of the ground.  I couldn't even pull the petals or leaves off of the flower.  Then the Lord broke the silence and said, "Here everything must be done in love."  He touched the flower and it surrendered itself to the hand of the Lord.  He then gave it to us.  We continued walking and the smell from the flowers was still with us.

We arrived at a place with a set of very beautiful doors.  These doors were not simple, they were very ornate in their craftsmanship and had precious stones engraved on them.  The doors opened and we entered into a room with many people.  Everybody was running here and there making preparations.  Some of them carried rolls of shining white cloth over their shoulders, others were carrying spindles of golden thread, and yet others were taking some kind of plates with something like shields inside them.  Everyone was running with effort. 

When we came out of that place we felt even more peace, because it was beautiful to see that the Lord Himself was making something nice for us.  He has the place and the time for you because you are important to Him.  When we came out of that place, our eyes got lost in every detail in Heaven.  It's like each thing had life in itself, and every object there was giving glory to God.

Dear friend, whoever reads this, I want to tell you one thing.  God has already forgiven your sins, now you have to learn to forgive yourself.  I give thanks to God for allowing me to share this testimony with you.  Lord Jesus Christ I give you the honor and glory!  This testimony is of the Lord, He allowed us to receive this revelation.  I hope that each one of our brothers that reads this testimony shall receive also the blessing of this testimony and take it to bless many others.

God bless you.

I think there must be some subliminal message drug in the water cuz here we go again with someone being labeled the Antichrist. And this time...might as well pin it on Judas. When I first pondered this I thought to myself that it can't be something that people are seriously suggesting ya know? And then...against my better judgment I googled it. Two simple words...Judas. Antichrist.

As you can see...there is quite a bit of stupidity going on out there and, it seems, it's being led by some of those crazy fanatical Christian types that make a Jihad Muslim look tame. Makes me wonder if their Bible is really written in braille and since they can't read braille...they just make ish up. ESPECIALLY since I understand two things to be of certainty in what the Antichrist is supposed to be:

1. The Antichrist is SUPPOSED to come AFTER Christ has been back for something like a hunnert years right?

2. The Antichrist is SUPPOSED to be in Christ's likeness. Hmmmmmm...are these folks ready to admit the possibility that they had it wrong with the Charleston Heston crew?

Tread lightly folks. Admitting you believe one opens all SORTS of doors yall don't have the key to.

The thing that has always stood out to me in the teachings regarding the Antichrist is that his rise to power won't be able to be stopped by man. So hey...if ANY man on Earth is the Antichrist there is not gonna be anything we can do about it. Also...Christ will be able to smote, smite, smitten him in an instant so hey...don't make me none...I stay prayed up.

GALLERY II

ANGLE

TOWER

REVELATION

THE END OF THE DAY

SCRIPTURE OF REVELATION

ST. ANNA 

REVELATION continued..

All our information concerning the names and lives of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary, is derived from apocryphal literature, the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary, the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Protoevangelium of James. Though the earliest form of the latter, on which directly or indirectly the other two seem to be based, goes back to about A.D. 150, we can hardly accept as beyond doubt its various statements on its sole authority. In the Orient the Protoevangelium had great authority and portions of it were read on the feasts of Mary by the Greeks, Syrians, Copts, and Arabians. In the Occident, however, it was rejected by the Fathers of the Church until its contents were incorporated by Jacobus de Voragine in his "Golden Legend" in the thirteenth century. From that time on the story of St. Anne spread over the West and was amply developed, untilSt. Anne became one of the most popular saints also of the Latin Church.

St. Michael

St. Michael, the Archangel - Feast day - September 29th The name Michael signifies "Who is like to God?" and was the warcry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against satan and his followers. Holy Scripture describes St. Michael as "one of the chief princes," and leader of the forces of heaven in their triumph over the powers of hell. He has been especially honored and invoked as patron and protector by the Church from the time of the Apostles. Although he is always called "the Archangel," the Greek Fathers and many others place him over all the angels - as Prince of the Seraphim. St. Michael is the patron of grocers, mariners, paratroopers, police and sickness.

7 Terumpets

The purpose of the seven trumpets is to wake up everyone in the world

All around us are signs that the second coming of Jesus is near. But before He comes again the “gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world”. Matthew 24:14.

The problem is, the percentage of people on earth who have heard about Jesus and the gospel of His kingdom, is declining. If the current trend continues Jesus will never come again.

God has designed a method to get the attention of each person on earth so that he can hear a clear presentation of the gospel. Then each person will choose whether to worship Jesus or Satan. After the last person has made his final decision then probation will close and Jesus will come the second time.

Many people are too busy to take time to listen to the gospel. Most people are steeped in religion and tradition. Their mindset prevents them from hearing the gospel. Very soon God will interrupt the lives of people on earth and challenge their paradigms. Their minds will be opened. Taking time to hear the everlasting gospel will become a priority.

God will gain the attention of each person by sending great calamities on the earth. These calamities will occur during the seven trumpets found in the book of Revelation.

Worldwide earthquake 

Shortly before the seven trumpets sound the people on earth will be shaken awake by a worldwide earthquake. It will be different than any previous earthquake because it will be felt all around the world. It will be accompanied by noises, thunder and lightning. This earthquake marks the beginning of the Great Tribulation.

Within a few weeks after the first worldwide earthquake the first four trumpets will sound in quick succession:

Trumpet 1

Hail and fire will be thrown to the earth. Fires will be ignited all around the world and 1/3 of the trees and forests will be burned up. All the green fields, crops and grass will be burned up. This devastation may be caused by meteors that rain down on earth. Volcanoes may begin erupting.

Trumpet 2

Something like a great mountain burning with fire is thrown into the sea. 1/3 of the sea will become like blood and 1/3 of the creatures in the sea will die. 1/3 of the ships on the sea will be destroyed. This will include cruise ships, freight ships, fishing boats and pleasure boats. This great mountain may be an asteroid that bursts into flame as it plummets through the earth’s atmosphere. It then plunges into the ocean at the speed of 50,000 miles per hour.

Trumpet 3

A giant star drops from the sky, blazing like a torch. It falls on 1/3 of the rivers and on the springs of water. 1/3 of the fresh water on earth becomes bitter. Many people drink the poisoned water and die. This giant star may be another asteroid.

Trumpet 4

1/3 of the sun, moon and stars are darkened. Both the day and the night are affected. The smoke and ejecta from the first three trumpets will darken the air and the sky.

The first four trumpets will destroy buildings, roads, and bridges. Communication and transportation systems will be badly crippled. Our food crops will be destroyed and clean water will be scarce.

People will be terrified and will be asking if God is angry with us. Their minds have been opened to hear the gospel of the kingdom. They will have a desire to know more about God and to be saved from the destruction ravaging the world.

As horrible as the first four trumpets are, they are nothing compared to trumpets 5, 6 and 7. The last three trumpets are called woes because their devastation is so overwhelming.

Trumpet 5 - First woe

Satan and his millions of demons will appear visibly on earth. Satan will appear to be Jesus. Most of his millions of demons will appear to be angels from heaven. Others will appear as people who have died and supposedly gone to heaven. Satan (appearing as Jesus) will claim that he sent the earthquake and the calamities of the first four trumpets so that people will repent and worship him.

For five months he and his demons will inflict pain on people who refuse to worship him. He will offer to remove the pain if they will consent to worship him. He is not allowed to hurt those who have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Trumpet 6 - Second woe

Satan and his demons will combine forces with an army of 200,000,000 people. Together they will kill 1/3 of the people on earth. Billions of people will be slaughtered. This will be the last opportunity for Satan to convince people to worship him and he will stop at nothing to achieve his objective.

Trumpet 7 - Third woe

There is a second worldwide earthquake. It is accompanied by noises, thunder and lightning. There is also a great hailstorm. The kingdom of this world is given to Jesus and He will reign as King of kings forever. The door of mercy in heaven is shut. Human probation ends. People can no longer be converted to Jesus and choose to serve Him. Every person will continue to worship the master he has chosen, either Jesus or Satan.

Just before the first trumpet sounds, 144,000 servants of God will be sealed. During the first six trumpets they will give a clear, powerful presentation of the gospel to the whole world. Jesus will be revealed as a complete Savior. The 144,000 will present the everlasting gospel under the power of the Holy Spirit. During the chaos and destruction of the trumpets the earth will be lightened with the glory of the God of heaven.

Wat in Heaven

The Fallen Host

These are angels that have fallen from God's grace. Although rarely mentioned in biblical scripture these beings serve as a warning to the reader of what the wrath of God can bring. Angelologists have a certain interest in these creatures because they have quite an air of shadowy mystery which surrounds them.

Fallen angels can be split into two main groups namely:
The angels who sided and allied with Lucifer during the war in Heaven and the fallen Watchers or Grigori.
In both of these cases the angels tuned on God, their creator, by misusing the free will that had been granted to them by God.

The War in Heaven

Generally there is a belief that at some point in time Lucifer joined forces with a third of the divine host in an attempt to place themselves as rulers in the Kingdom of Heaven, by overthrowing God and the faithful angels.
One theory about the cause of the conflict is that when God created man he called upon all of angelic forces to bow before his new creation. Lucifer at that time being one of the highest Archangels found this too humbling by far and refused to debase himself in this manner and duly asked if "a son of fire should be forced to bow before a son of clay?".

A similar theory and one very much like the latter suggests that Lucifer should bow before Jesus the son of man. Whatever the reason for the conflict Lucifer appeared to be outgrowing his post as highest of the Seraphim and chief of Angels.

REVELATION

4 Horses

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The four horsemen appear when the Lamb (Jesus) opens the first four seals of a scroll with seven seals (which is described in Revelation chapter 6). As each of the first four seals are opened a different coloured horse and its rider is seen by the apostle John as described in Rev 6:1-8.

 A white horse

First seal is opened : a white horse appears, its rider held a bow (conquest). 

(Rev 6:1-8 NIV) I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" {2} I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest. 

Opinions differ on whether the first horseman, riding the white horse, represents Christ or the False Prophet. The white color of the first horse could mean victory, because generals of that time often rode white horses after they had won a battle or war. The crown that its rider wore was a kind of prize awarded for service in a war. The bow that he carried could be a symbol of an enemy at that time, the Parthians, who were famous for their archery. Some commentators have thought it significant, however, that no arrows are mentioned.
A red horse
Second seal is opened : a red horse appears, its rider holds a sword (war)
{3} When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" {4} Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.The red color of the second horse could mean bloody war, and the sword held by the rider could symbolize war and violence.

A black horse Third seal is opened: a black horse appears, its rider holds a pair of scales (famine)  {5} When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. {6} Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"  The black color of the third horse could be a symbol of death and famine. Its rider was holding a scale, which means scarcity of food, higher prices, and famine.                                                                           A pale horse
Fourth seal is opened : a pale horse appears, its rider is called Death
{7} When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" {8} I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. 
The pale greenish color of the fourth horse means fear, sickness, decay, and death. 

Babylon

From Genesis to Revelation, the name Babylon has come up, again and again, 
all throughout the Holy Scriptures. In this site, we will discover just 

what Mystery Babylon was, how it survived, and what it has become today. We'll 
discover just how the true enemy of the Christian church is this Babylonian system 
of old.We'll discover how a system that began in Babylon so long ago survived, and
 flourished, to currently manipulate many processes in our world today. 
This site also provides an outlet for little-known or otherwise suppressed interpretations of 
the earliest stories of the Bible.No, this is not a "politically-correct" attempt to water-down
that which was commonplace in biblical wording for thousands of years, nor is it an attempt 

to contradict what the Bible says; quite the opposite. This site upholds the Scriptures. 
We value the Bible for the original words and content contained 

therein. The problem with Biblical interpretation lies in the variety of meanings contained
within the original Hebrew, as well as the flawed 

attempts of human beings to correctly translate it into other languages.

NEw Jerusalem

Arrival of the New Jerusalem City:  Revelation 21:1-6 (KJV)

1 And I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth: for the first Heaven and the first Earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of Heaven saying, Behold, the Tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words are True and Faithful.

6 And He said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the Water of Life freely.

Revelation Chart 2

Now, of course, we are at once confronted with the obvious objection--how do we know that these messages are really from beyond? How do we know that the medium is not consciously writing, or if that be improbable, that he or she is unconsciously writing them by his or her own higher self? This is a perfectly just criticism, and it is one which we must rigorously apply in every case, since if the whole world is to become full of minor prophets, each of them stating their own views of the religious state with no proof save their own assertion, we should, indeed, be back in the dark ages of implicit faith. The answer must be that we require signs which we can test before we accept assertions which we cannot test. In old days they demanded a sign from a prophet, and it was a perfectly reasonable request, and still holds good. If a person comes to me with an account of life in some further world, and has no credentials save his own assertion, I would rather have it in my waste-paperbasket than on my study table

7 Churches

Binding is like a temporary spiritual handcuffing. You can bind a demon spirit, much like tying something up with rope or chains. You cannot bind a person's free will, but you can bind the demons affecting or influencing that person.Binding is NOT the same practice as casting out demons, casting out demons brings fourth lasting results, whereas binding is only to tie them down for a period of time. If you are trying to talk to or minister to somebody, and they seem impossible to get through to it can be helpful to bind up the spirits inside that person, which will handcuff the enemy so you can directly and effectively minister to that person without having them continually held back by the enemy's interference. 

Seven Seal

The seven seals (Revelation 6:1-17, 8:1-5), seven trumpets (Revelation 8:6-21, 11:15-19), and seven bowls (Revelation 16:1-21) are three succeeding series of end-times judgments from God. The judgments get progressively worse and more devastating as the end times progress. The seven seals, trumpets, and bowls are connected to one another. The seventh seal introduces the seven trumpets (Revelation 8:1-5), and the seventh trumpet introduces the seven bowls (Revelation 11:15-19, 15:1-8).

The first four of the seven seals are known as the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The first seal introduces the Antichrist (Revelation 6:1-2). The second seal causes great warfare (Revelation 6:3-4). The third of the seven seals causes famine (Revelation 6:5-6). The fourth seal brings about plague, further famine, and further warfare (Revelation 6:7-8).The fifth seal tells us of those who will be martyred for their faith in Christ during the end times (Revelation 6:9-11). God hears their cries for justice and will deliver it in His timing—in the form of the sixth seal, along with the trumpet and bowl judgments. When the sixth of the seven seals is broken, a devastating earthquake occurs, causing massive upheaval and terrible devastation—along with unusual astronomical phenomena (Revelation 6:12-14). Those who survive are right to cry out, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” (Revelation 6:16-17).

Book of Daniel

Daniel, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible, is listed with the Major Prophets by Christians and with the Writings (Ketuvim) by the Jews. It comprises six stories of the trials of Daniel and his companions while they served at the court of Babylon, as well as four visions of the end of the world. The book takes its name, not from the author, who is actually unknown, but from its hero, a 6th century Jew. Internal evidence indicates that the book was written during the Maccabean wars (167 - 164 BC).

Daniel is a form of Apocalyptic Literature rather than prophecy; it is cast in symbolic imagery about the end of time and is attributed to an earlier authority. The book was intended to encourage Jews in the face of religious persecution by the Hellenistic kingdom of the Seleucids and their Jewish sympathizers. Daniel contains the only certain Old Testament reference to bodily Resurrection, presents a form of the Son of Man tradition influential in the Gospel traditions about Jesus Christ, and was a primary source for the visions of the New Testament Book of Revelation.

Last 7 Pleagues

These saints are neither the saints of the Gospel age nor even of the general harvest period. The saints engaged to sing this song are those that had gotten the "victory over the beast, and over his image."    While in token form the saints have indeed separated themselves from Babylon in this harvest time, what is implied here is more than that. These saints have "gotten the victory over" or conquered the "beast" and "his image," and his "number."    There was no "beast" or "image" in the early church. While there was the making of a "beast" starting around Constantine’s time that began to emerge, this is not what Revelation 15 is focusing on. Indeed, the saints throughout the age did not worship this dreadful papal beast. However, the time sequence of our study is when a joint endeavor by both the "beast" and the "image of the beast" is orchestrated.    The "image of the beast" is represented in the Protestant federation, which did not even begin until 1846 with the Evangelical Alliance. Nothing much came of this movement. When the Evangelical Alliance was dissolved, they gave all their papers and records to the World Council of Churches.    The World Council of Churches was born in 1948, the same year the nation of Israel was born. Since that time, liberal elements have aligned the World Council  of Churches more with communism than with the Western world, and the organization began to lose its way.    Since the demise of communism, the World Council has begun to reorient its focus.  They will come to a posture similar to that of the Catholic Church today. What the two have in common is a desire to become a dominant religious and political force in the world. The Scriptures teach they will succeed in this. (See Revelation 13:15-18.)    The point of our lesson is that the "beast" and its "image" will not succeed in making the true saints receive their "mark," either in their "forehead" or in their "hand," or even to accept the number of the beast "666," which translated means "Vicar of the Son of God."    Our head is the Lord Jesus Christ. We recognize no "Vicar" of Christ, "for one is your Master, … and all ye are brethren" (Matthew 23:8).

GALLERY I

mASSACRe

Gustave Doré was a world famous 19th century illustrator. Although he illustrated over 200 books, some with more than 400 plates, he is primarily known for his illustrations toThe Divine Comedy, particularly The Inferno, his illustrations to Don Quixote, and Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven.
These art images include Doré's illustrations to The Divine Comedy, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Perrault's Fairy Tales, Don Quixote, Paradise Lost, Contes Drolatiques, Fables de La Fontaine, Tennyson's Elaine, and others.
Latest additions: Added Leviathan to the Bible images. The Crusades. Also, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner is now complete, from the 1876 elephant folio edition. Coming: Idylls of the King and special selections of Gustave Doré Angels and The Darker Side of Gustave Doré(at least a few by Halloween, but many of these can be found now in Rime and Inferno).

TO THE KING

Is it or is it not Doré? Some people think Witches Dancing at a Sabbath (La Danse du Sabbat) is Doré and some insist it isn't. This is made more difficult because many works signed by Doré are primarily works done by his apprentices under his direction so being true to type isn't the sole criteria. For example, for Rime of the Ancient Mariner, he had worked with some of his engravers so many times that he sketched the drawing directly on large woodblocks and the engravers completed the work. This is the other signature you see on many of the illustrations. In any case, I'm including it here until it's proven one way or the other. Doré did not sign the finished work unless it met with his approval, which could have been denied for any number of reasons. His signature does not appear on Witches Dancing at a Sabbath but his influence is still apparent.

HErO

These pages are an extension of the artpassions.net Gustave Dore pages, a primarily non-commercial online gallery. I have tried to keep Artsy Craftsy as the listing of prints available from the Art Passions gallery, but I seem to have lost track of a few; there are Dore images here that are not at Art Passions and vice versa. In most cases, Art Passions is a more exhaustive gallery and has biographical information. Feel free to browse both.

VICTIMS

STRATEGY

GOD OF ARMY

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

-Blondel hear the Voice of Richard -Hospitality of Barbarians to Pilgrims -Foulque-Nerra Assailed bt the Phantoms if His Victims -Peter the Hermit Preaching the Crusade -The War Cry of the Crusaders -Walter the Penniless in Hungary -The Army of Priest Volkmar and Count Emicio Attack Mersbourg -The Second Crusaders Encounter the Remains of the First Crusaders -Celestial Phenomena -Astonishment of the Crusaders at the Wealth of the East -Godfrey meets the remains of the Army of Peter the Hermit -Priests Exhorting the Crusaders -Crusaders Throwing Heads into Nice -The Battle of Nicea -The Battle of Dorylaeum -Burying the Dead after the Battle of Dorylaeum -The Battle of Antioch -Florine of Burgundy -Bohemond Alone Mounts the Rampart of Antioch -The Massacre of Antioch -Barthelemi Undergoing the Ordeal of Fire -The Road to Jerusalem -Enthusiasm of Crusaders at the First View of Jerusalem -Second Assault of Jerusalem: The Crusaders Repulsed -Apparition of St. George on the Mount of Olives -Godfrey Enters Jerusalem -The Discovery of the True Cross -Godfrey Imposed Tributes Upon Emirs -Gerard of Avesnes Exposed on the Wall of Asur -The Crusaders Massacre the Inhabitants of Caesarea -The Hundred Knights after Twenty Thousand Saracens -Death of Baldwin, King of Jerusalem -Ylgazy Gives Gauthier His Life -Louis VII Receiving the Cross from St. Bernard -Destruction of the Army of Conrad III of Germany -Louis VII -Saladin -Glorious Death of De Maille, Marshall of the Templa -Death of Frederick of Germany -The Siege of Ptolemais -The Siege of Ptolemais -Richard Coeur De Lion in Reprisal Massacres Captives -Crusaders Surrounded by Saladins Army -Richard Coeur De Lion and Saladin at Battle of Arsur -Richard Coeur De Lion Delivering Jaffa -Dandolo, Doge of Venice, Preaching the Crusade -The Emperor Alexius Poisoned and Strangled by Mourzoufle -Mourzoufle Parleying with Dandolo -Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople

4 HORSE MAN

4 HORSE MAN

In Revelation chapter 4 we see God seated on the throne in heaven, it is he who is sovereign over earthly events. We should notice first that only the Lamb (Jesus) is able to take the scroll from God and to break the seals and reveal its contents. Each of the four riders is summoned onto human history by one of the heavenly living creatures. Notice the phase 'he was given a crown', 'was given power', 'do not damage the oil and the wine', 'were given power over', all of this indicates that the four riders are under the sovereignty of God. Even if we do not understand earthly events, the message of Revelation is that God is sovereign from the start to the finish. Then his enemies will be defeated and punished and his saints vindicated and rewarded. Followed by a new earth with no more death or mourning or crying or pain.

EVIL WITH HANDS

Each one of the four living creatures reveals a horseman, the first three horsemen are summed up by the fourth horsemen, 'They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth'. These are popularly known as the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The power of these horsemen is limited to a quarter, with the trumpets later it is limited to a third.

PEOPLES ARE PANIC

The forth horse summarises the first three and is distinctly evil, the first horse signifies the lust for conquest which is commonly the cause of war, which is the next seal and famine (third seal), the fourth seal describes death by sword, famine, plague and wild beasts. It should also be noted that in the sixth seal the wrath of the Lamb falls on the kings, princes, generals and mighty (men) among others who are responsible for war. Rev 19:18 also describes the kings, generals, mighty men, horses and their riders and the rest whose flesh the birds flying in mid-air eat. The four horses cover the four directions of the compass, they are of a unity, just as the first four trumpets and bowls affect the whole earth. The first four seals are introduced by the living creatures, the rest are not.