Beginning in Revelation, chapter six through

chapter nineteen, the Tribulation Period occurs.

• The Tribulation Period lasts for seven years and is

divided into two parts with each portion lasting 3 ½ years.

• The first 3 ½ years is called the “Tribulation” and involves

the first four seals. The last 3 ½ years is called the

“Great Tribulation” and involves the last three seals.

The breaking of the first seal by Christ,

will begin the Tribulation Period.

During the Tribulation Period, 21 catastrophic judgments, divinely ordered, will be unleashed upon the earth.

The judgments occur one after the other and include:

• Seven seal judgments;

• Seven trumpet judgments;

• Seven bowl judgments.

1a And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,

John sees the only one worthy of opening the

scrolls, the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ,

beginning the work of judgment to restore the earth.

1b and I heard, as it

were the noise

of thunder, one

of the four

beasts saying,

Come and see.

Immediately, John hears the noise of thunder, a

sign of impending judgment, and a living

creature. The voice that summons John to

witness the opening of the first seal is Jesus.

The words “and see” are not in the original, just

the word “Come,” a command meaning to “Go”.

The first four of the seven seals, known as the

Four Housemen of the Apocalypse, are

characterized by living creatures and living horses.

2 And I saw, and behold

a white horse: and he

that sat on him had a

bow; and a crown was

given unto him: and he

went forth conquering,

and to conquer.

The rider on the white

horse is the infamous

Antichrist, the imitator

and counterfeit of Christ.

This rider of deception is not Jesus, who will also ride on a

white horse at His Second Coming. (Revelation 19)

• Jesus breaks the seals.

He can’t ride and open the

seals at the same time.

• Jesus wears “many crowns”

(diadems) and this rider

wears a crown, a

“stephanos” or victor’s

crown that he earned as a

prize. Jesus is not given a

crown, He “gives” crowns.

(Revelation 2:10)

• Jesus carries a “sword”, and

this rider carries a “bow.”

This rider on the

white horse, a

symbol of victory,

goes forth with a

bow without arrows

and is victorious

without bloodshed

or slaughter,

because he brings

world unity and

peace.

The Antichrist will confirm a treaty or covenant of peace with the

Jews in their own land. All will be peaceful for three and a half

years, and then the rider will go forth as a conqueror and to

conquer for the next three and a half years. (Daniel 9: 24 – 27)

During a weeklong, four-country trip to secure European unity

against Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine, President Obama

interrupted his trip to visit the Vatican on March 27, 2014. Pope

Francis and President Obama focused their discussion on two

areas: how to help the poor and how to confront conflicts that

test the limits of peace in a meeting that lasted almost an hour.

John Kerry, the US

secretary of state,

left, with Israeli

leader Benjamin

Netanyahu, whose

government

includes ministers

calling for Israel to

set its own borders.

Recently, on April 29, 2014, a nine-month deadline for US-

sponsored peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian

Authority ended with no settlement of the Israel-Palestine

conflict. The two sides are now possibly even further apart.

In late May, 2014, Pope Francis is scheduled to visit

Israel. The stop includes visits to the Western Wall and

Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, a meeting with

Netanyahu and a Mass in Bethlehem, a Palestinian

stronghold. The trip may possibly be cancelled due to

labor strikes that have closed Israel's more than 100

embassies and consulates for the first time. Planned

stops in Jordan and the West Bank will not be affected.

3a And when he had opened the second seal,

3b I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out

another horse that

was red: and power

was given to him that

sat thereon to take

peace from the earth,

and that they should

kill one another: and

there was given unto

him a great sword.

5a And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the

third beast say, Come and see.

The peace instituted by the Antichrist seems to be

short lived as the rider on the red horse is given

power to take peace from the earth.

• The rider of the red

horse is given a

“great sword”.

• The word “great”

indicates that there

will be widespread

warfare.

• The word “sword”

refers to the short

swords carried by

Roman soldiers to

engage in hand-to-

hand combat. These

were very effective in

bringing about a

quick death.

War and violence will breakout and

rage in every corner of the globe.

It is during this period that Russia and her allies

will invade Israel from the North in fulfillment

of Ezekiel 38-39. Their army will be defeated by

divine intervention, and Israel will burn the

weapons of warfare for seven years.

Magog

The conflicts will not end here, however, the wars

spawned by Antichrist will rage, one after the other, until

Jesus, the Prince of Peace returns in power and glory!

5b And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat

on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

Famine and inflation usually follow war, caused by the

rider of the second seal. The rider on the black horse

produces these tragic twin sorrows upon the earth. Food

and other basic necessities will be measured or rationed,

indicated by the scales held in the rider’s hand.

6a And I heard a voice

in the midst of the

four beasts say,

A measure of wheat

for a penny, and

three measures of

barley for a penny;

A biblical “measure”

would be enough

food to feed a

grown, working man

for one day. It would

be equivalent to one

quart using today’s

standards.

A “penny” refers to

the “denarius”, which

was a day’s wages.

Ordinarily a

“denarius” would buy

from 8 to 12 times

this much.

The two grains, wheat and barley, constituting the

staff of life or bread, will be rationed and doled out

by careful weight and sold at inflated prices.

At the end of the day,

a man could take his

meager wages and

buy a measure of

wheat, enough for one

meal of good white

bread or, he could buy

three measures of

barley, enough for

three meals of much

cheaper black bread

usually fed to slaves,

the very poor, or

livestock.

The end result is famine, scarcity, and want.

6b and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

This statement signifies that the rich will be excluded

from this famine. Oil and wine were regarded as

luxuries, and were to be found only on the tables of

the rich. Though the governing classes will be

exempt from the suffering of the poor and working

classes, the rich shall not escape much longer.

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the

voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

8a And I looked, and

behold a pale

horse: and his

name that sat on

him was Death,

and Hell followed

with him.

The fourth horse is

said to be “pale” in

color. The word pale

comes from the same

Greek word that gives

us the English words

“chlorophyll” and

“chlorine”. The word

means, “Green”. It

refers to the “sickly,

yellow-green pallor

of a corpse”.

8b And power was given unto them over the fourth part of

the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with

death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Death will claim one-

quarter of the world’s

population. That is one

out of every four people

living during those

days. If you take today’s

population of 7.2 billion

people, you are talking

about the death of 1.8

billion people in a short

period of time!

Under the three previous seals, we note one instrument

of judgment under each seal; but here, there are four

instruments of judgment used to claim one fourth of the

world’s population. The methods used are:

This refers

to warfare:

nuclear,

chemical,

or biological

warfare.

This refers to worldwide starvation.

Other than warfare and famine, death caused

by pestilences or diseases that run rampant.

Animal attacks that may also refer

to small pests, such as rodents.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the

altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of

God, and for the testimony which they held:

These are martyrs

for Christ, killed

after the Rapture

who have sealed

their testimony

with their blood

after the saints

have been caught

out of this earth

into Heaven.

10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O

Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge

our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

The appeal of these martyrs is to God. They are

crying to the sovereign ruler of all creation - the

One who has the right and the power to avenge the

Blood shed by the enemies of the Lord God. These

martyrs are crying out to God to pour out

vengeance “upon them that dwell upon the earth.”

11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and

it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little

season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren,

that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

The Lord gave these martyrs a

white robe, and stamped His

approval upon their request.

He did not rebuke or shame

them. He gave each a white

robe. In this day of Grace, one

would have been rebuked, but

this is another dispensation.

These martyrs are instructed

to “rest yet for a little season,”

until another group of “fellow

servants and brethren” should

be killed as they were killed.

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal,

and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun

became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon

became as blood;

This “great earthquake” is the first of three

earthquakes mentioned in the book of

Revelation. They will all be terrible.

Scientists predict a massive earthquake similar to the

1811 New Madrid Fault Earthquake that could split the

United States in half in the near future.

Revelation Chapter Six reveals as one of the signs of the

Second Coming, a phenomenon that has unfailingly

heralded historic events for the past 2,000 years. The

four blood moons—or tetrads as they are commonly

known—are a phenomenon resulting from a lunar eclipse

wherein the moon takes on a red or "bloody" appearance.

NASA predicts that a solar eclipse will take place March

20 of 2015 (where the sun will be darkened), followed by

a lunar eclipse (blood moon), April 4, 2015. According

to biblical prophecy, these signs suggest that the seven-

year tribulation will have already begun.

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as

a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is

shaken of a mighty wind.

A confirmed polarity shift, a supposed Planet X

approaching earth, may cause meteorites and asteroids

to shower earth, like the stars.

14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled

together; and every mountain and island were moved

out of their places.

15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and

the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men,

and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves

in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and

hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,

and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great

day of his

wrath is come;

and who shall

be able to

stand?