In this illuminating episode of Discovering the Jewish Jesus, Rabbi Schneider discusses the various seals of Revelation, breaking down the symbolic horsemen and their meanings. From the charismatic rise of the Antichrist to the devastating plagues of famine and war, gain a clearer understanding of these apocalyptic symbols. Learn why these scriptures promise not doom, but preparation and peace for those who listen and heed the prophetic warnings they entail. Explore the significance of these events and how they show God’s plan for the cleansing of the world.
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Welcome to Discovering the Jewish Jesus. I’m your host, Dustin Roberts. And for the next 25 minutes, Rabbi Schneider is going to continue our study in the book of Revelation so we can be prepared and at peace in the end times. Whether you’ve seen them in a movie or read about them in a book, most everyone has heard about the four horsemen of the apocalypse. But who are these mysterious riders and what’s their purpose during the last days? Well, that’s the topic of discussion today when Rabbi Schneider continues our study. And as we discovered in our last message, Jesus opens the heavenly scroll that starts a chain reaction of events. And now we’re going to be examining these horsemen in greater detail. So let’s get started. Here’s Rabbi.
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We are continuing in a very important end time series called Decrypting the Book of Revelation. I want you to hear me. We are entering into the last days. Jesus promised, as I’ve been saying in both the first and the last chapter of the Book of Revelation, he said, blessed is he that reads, studies, and heeds the words of this book. Beloved, you and I have to understand the times in which we’re living and where we’re going in the world’s history in order to be able to survive what we’re entering into. We are picking up today where we left off in Revelation chapter six. In Revelation 6, what we find is that the book that God held in his hands had been opened by the Lamb, by Jesus. And when Jesus opened the scroll, when he opened the book, 21 judgments begin to be released. These 21 judgments consist of three sets of seven. They begin with seven judgments. seals and then the judgments continue with seven trumpets and then it culminates with seven bowls. We’re beginning now today looking at the first set of seven. We’re looking at the seven seals. I know that this can sound confusing and overwhelming. Don’t worry about all the details. What you need to understand is this, beloved ones, that the judgment of God is going to fall upon the earth. His judgment’s going to fall upon the earth, not because He’s a mean-spirited God, but because He has given God as much time as He can give them. He has given man, rather, as much time as He can give man to repent. And at this point, man has reached the point of no return. In God’s end times purpose of cleansing the earth now, he begins to destroy those that have not repented in order to create, beloved, a new world order in which God’s glory covers the earth. Rebellion has ceased and the glory of God will cover the earth just as the seas cover the world right now even more so. So I want you to look with me in Revelation chapter number six as we begin to look at these first seven seals. Last time we saw the first seal was the release of the Antichrist. 6-1, Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with the loud voice of thunder, Come, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. This first seal, beloved, unleashes the power of destruction that will take place and be released on the earth through the Antichrist. Now remember, the Antichrist rises to power not as someone that’s coming to conquer, but as someone that’s coming to bring peace to earth. You see, the Antichrist is able to arise because he has such charisma that everybody trusts him and likes him. The Bible tells us in the book of Daniel, for example, that the Antichrist is going to be anointed by Satan, his father. In other words, he’s going to have a power on him that’s going to be so seductive Such a distortion of godly charisma that everybody that hasn’t taken the mark of the beast will fall for him. They’ll trust him and like him. We can even think, for example, just to try to put this in perspective and flesh it out, that there are some people, you probably know some people, Everybody likes them. I’m not saying that these people that everybody likes are anointed by the devil. I’m just trying to help you to understand the power of charisma and charm. For example, many of you are aware of the politician Bill Clinton. Again, in no way am I connecting Bill Clinton to being anointed with evil. I’m just trying to point out the charisma that he had. People say of Bill Clinton that even if you oppose his political views, they say, You couldn’t help but like him when you met him. He just had this charisma. So you see, the Antichrist, beloved ones, he’s going to arise because he’s going to have such a powerful charisma on him. People will trust him thinking he’s going to bring peace into the world. But in the middle of his reign, three and a half years in to his reign, he’s going to show who he really is. His true colors will be released and he’s going to begin to take over in power to conquer. We see this type of thing happen in the lives of many political dictators over the years. They arose promising their country peace and solutions. People trusted them. Then once they arose to power, Their fury was released upon the people and they became political dictators. And so this is what’s going to happen with the Antichrist. He’s going to begin to furiously reign and he’s going to use destruction to do it. Let’s look now as the second seal is broken. I’m picking up now in verse 3. When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, come. And another, a red horse, went out. You’ve heard the four horses of the apocalypse. These are the four horses of the apocalypse. The first four seals represent the four horses of the apocalypse. The Antichrist, war and murder, famine and death are the first four horses. So as we get to the second seal, we’re looking now at the second horse of the apocalypse. A red horse went out, and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, that men would slay one another, and a great sword was given to him. So the second seal, this red horse, the second horse of the apocalypse, is the plague, beloved, the judgment, get it now, of war. and murder now we’ve always seen wars on the earth but beloved it’s going to be nothing like the intensity of the wars that will be taking place on the earth during the great tribulation and during the days leading up to it you see jesus said concerning the same phenomenon in matthew chapter 24 that nation would rise against nation and kingdom would arise in conflict against kingdom. And I’ve asked myself, why does Jesus say nation would arise against nation and then go on to tag right on next to it and kingdom against kingdom? Is there a difference between nation arising against nation versus kingdom arising against kingdom? I believe there’s a difference. I believe nation against nation is what we’re going to be able to see with our physical eyes. One country in war with another country. This huge conflict that we can observe that’s flesh and blood. But there’s a greater dimension to this conflict that’s going on in the unseen heavenly places. This is the conflict, beloved, of kingdom against kingdom. It’s a spiritual conflict of darkness against light. It is a conflict… of those forces that are in alignment with the God of Israel against those religious forces, those spiritual forces that have aligned themselves to other gods. And so we’re seeing even now in the world, this conflict arising of kingdom against kingdom. And this conflict is based, listen now, on different religious ideological perspectives. And so we’re seeing right now in the world, conflict taking place with those that have aligned themselves with the philosophy of radical, fundamental Islam. Now, once again, I’m not saying that all Muslims are people of war, not at all, because many Muslims don’t identify with that, but I’m saying there’s this movement with the philosophy of the radical Muslim jihadist, where they feel that they need to subdue the world for Allah. And these forces that are really spiritual forces are coming against, beloved, those forces of light that are aligned with the God of Israel. And this kingdom against kingdom conflict is going to escalate during the end times. It’s going to be an unseen conflict made up of those once again, they’re in alignment with the Spirit of God through Jesus. It’s going to be a conflict with that spiritual dynamic against and in opposition to that force of darkness that is attacking, that is coming, beloved, not just in the natural, but as a supernatural conflict. We’re going to see this thing continue, beloved ones, to blow up. Even as we’re seeing it now, on the earth in flesh and blood. Every month, we’re hearing of a new terrorist attack. And where’s the terrorist attack coming from? The people that are claiming this terrorist attack are claiming to be radical jihadists associating themselves with this kingdom that is opposed to the kingdom that is in alignment with the God of Israel.
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Now let’s look at the next seal that’s gonna be released, the third horse of the apocalypse. And it is verse number five and six. It is the plague of famine. We read there that during the end times, we’re gonna see a worldwide famine take place on the earth. We’ve seen things like this take place in the past, when there’s great turmoil, where there’s great upheaval. Listen, you should understand, those of you that think that things are stable, you’re wondering how could this ever happen in America. You know, back around 2008, we came this close in America to a complete, get me now, financial breakdown. which would have thrown the entire world’s economy upside down. You see, some of us that are younger, we have a hard time relating to this. We never experienced the Great Depression. But I’m telling you, something is gonna happen in the world’s economy where the rich will remain rich, But there’ll be a huge division between the people that have money and the vast majority of people that don’t have money. And this is illustrated here in verse number five and six of the book of Revelation. It says there, when he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, come. I looked and behold a black horse, this is the third horse of the apocalypse, and he who sat in it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, a quart of wheat for a Daenerys and three quarters of barley for a Daenerys and do not damage the oil and the wine. Now, I know that this is language that’s difficult to understand, but here’s what he’s saying here. that it’s gonna cost roughly about $75 for two pounds of wheat. Hyperinflation, just the basic staples of life are gonna be so unaffordable for the majority of people that populate the world, there’s gonna be great famine on the earth. But notice also in this verse, the scripture says here, but do not damage the oil and the wine. What’s this about? Well, if you think about it, Oil and wine are items of luxury. You know, oil, you anoint your head with oil. You put oil on your skin. Oil and wine are luxury items. What this means is the rich will be protected. They’re going to be separated from this total financial class. But the vast majority majority, the vast population is going to be thrown into such an economic crisis that they won’t even be able to afford, beloved, the basic staples of life. Famine, beloved, is coming upon the world. I travel all over the world. I see it in other nations where people are living on such meager incomes. You’ve seen pictures on humanitarian programs where little babies’ stomachs are bloated this big because they’re dying of malnutrition. Beloved, we’re going to see a world epidemic. during the end times. Let’s go to the fourth horse of the apocalypse, death. I’m reading verse number eight. I looked and behold, an ashen horse. And he who sat in it had the name Death and Hades was following him. And so we’re gonna see death coming over the world’s population in a way that we had never seen before. Let me try to flesh this out a little bit. The world health authorities tell us that every so many years, there is some type of new strain of health epidemic. We hear of the plague, the black plague. For example, in 1968, a million people died of the Hong Kong flu. In 1957, two million people died of the Asian flu. Listen to this, in 1918, between 40 and 50 million people died of the Spanish influenza. Something like this is going to happen on the earth where there’s going to be such a death toll that everywhere we look around, we’re going to see dead bodies. We had a scare not long ago with Ebola in Africa. I was amazed that they were able to contain it. Something like this is going to happen again as we enter into the end times, but this time we’re not going to be able to contain it, and death is going to be rampant, beloved ones, upon the earth. Let’s move on to the next seal, the fifth seal. It’s the persecution of the saints, Revelation 6, verses 9 through 11. Oftentimes, when we think of the persecution of the saints, when we think of the martyrs, we think of people that lived oftentimes in times distant past. We think about, for example, the apostles that were martyred. We hear of others that were martyred. But I want you to know, There have been more saints martyred in the last 100 years than in the 1900 years combined before that. Just because it hasn’t happened here in America, it doesn’t mean that it’s not happening in other places upon the world. God’s people are being not only persecuted, but martyred on the earth in a way that has never happened before. And when we enter into the last days, beloved ones, this is going to escalate beyond anything that we ever imagined. Praise God. He gives a special grace to those that are martyred for him, to those that suffer for him. Remember, Paul was in jail the last years of his life. But while he was in jail, He wrote most of the New Testament. So here he was being persecuted for his faith in jail. And yet while he was in jail, he said he had learned the secret of learning how to be content in every situation. So even though God’s people will be murdered, even though they’ll be persecuted, I want you to know the grace of God will be sufficient. Remember when Stephen was being stoned to death? He was being murdered. What happened? As he was being stoned to death, he had a vision. He said, I see the Lord Jesus. And he had a big smile on his face like an angel. He was glowing. And so I want you to know, There are going to be difficult times ahead for God’s people, but we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus. And when we need God the most, His grace is going to be there the most. Beloved, God has a special bubble of protection, even joy for His people, even in the midst of such tremendous difficulty of extreme persecution and martyrdom. I read a biography not long ago, it was actually an autobiography, of a man that was persecuted in China. And they beat this man so terribly, he was in prison. They did such horrendous, terrible things to him. I won’t even tell you how terribly they tortured him, ways that are just so crass, so defiled, they subjected him to while he was in prison. Eventually, he was released. And you know what he said several years after he was released from the prison? He said he actually missed being in prison because of the incredible glory of God that he was experiencing while he was in prison, right in the midst of the persecution. So to the outer eye, it looked terrible. And I’m sure it was so, so difficult, so hard. But yet in the midst of that, there was something going on supernaturally in the unseen world where God was meeting him there. And once again, when he was released, he actually missed being there because of the incredible glory of God that was in his life during those times. Persecution and murder is coming to the saints in the end times, but God’s grace, beloved ones, will be sufficient. This is why Jesus said over a hundred times through both his prophets in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, do not be afraid. And then we get to the next seal. The last one we’ll be able to touch on today. The next seal, beloved ones, the sixth seal, is cosmic and ecological disaster. We’re gonna see things like the sun, the moon, and the stars being affected. We’re gonna see massive earthquakes. In other words, the things that have held natural law in order will no longer do so. We’re going to be entering into extremely difficult times. Here’s the word I want to leave with you today. Jesus told us more than 100 times, do not be afraid. Jesus gave us this book so that we would prepare ourselves. I want to encourage you today. Get strong in the Lord today while you have the chance. This way, when we face the difficult times that are coming down the pike, we’re going to be able to be firmly rooted and stand ground. Jesus said we’ll be like a rock. And when the waves came and the winds blew, we’re going to stand because we’re firmly rooted in him. Shalom, beloved, and I hope this brings you joy. When you send in your tithe to Discovering the Jewish Jesus, your church or wherever you’re sending it to, you’re not just sending your tithe to that ministry. What you’re actually doing, beloved, is sending your tithe unto the Lord. The Bible tells us in the book of Hebrews, chapter seven, verse eight, that when we present our tithe to the Lord, We’re presenting it to the one beloved Jesus Christ, the righteous who lives. I want you to know, beloved, take joy when you send in your tithes and offerings, because what you’re actually doing is sending your offering, lifting up your tithe and giving it to Jesus himself. I want you to know I love you today. I want to ask you to be faithful with your finances to the Lord. And if this ministry is blessing you, I want to ask you to do it through this ministry. God bless you. And now Dustin, could you please tell our brothers and sisters in Christ how they can give?
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I’d be happy to, Rabbi. If God is calling you to support Discovering the Jewish Jesus with the gift of any amount, would you please call us today? You can reach us at 800-777-7835. You can also give online. Our website is discoveringthejewishjesus.com. Once again, that’s discoveringthejewishjesus.com. And you know, a lot of people find the book of Revelation intimidating or confusing, but through Rabbi’s book, the book of Revelation Decoded, revised edition, Rabbi helps you understand what scripture really says about the end times and how it applies to our world that we’re living in today. In his revised edition, it’s a clear and accessible guide that addresses the recent world-shaking events, including the October 7th attack on Israel. Rabbi reveals how the ancient Hebrew prophets and the book of Revelation together provide a roadmap to understanding these challenging times. He’ll go line by line and will include updated and refined facts, statistics, and even additional insights that’ll help you be prepared for the days ahead. So I want to encourage you, pick up the book of Revelation Decoded, revised edition, And you can discover how the Old and New Testaments work together to reveal God’s plan today. It’s a wonderful resource and you can purchase it at discoveringthejewishjesus.com or you can get it on the phone. Give us a call at 800-777-7835. I believe this book will greatly bless you from Rabbi’s unique Jewish perspective. And now as we head out of today’s program, let’s turn things back over to Rabbi again so he can send us off with God’s sacred and special blessing. Rabbi.
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In the book of Numbers chapter six, we find a personal blessing from God our Father. This blessing should touch our hearts because it’s so personal. Father God wants to intimately bless you. So receive his blessing into your life today with gladness and an open heart.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up with his countenance. And the Lord give you, beloved one, his peace. God bless you and shalom.
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This program is produced and sponsored by Discovering the Jewish Jesus. And I’m your host, Dustin Roberts. Come back again next week when Rabbi Schneider sheds some light on the 21 judgments of the book of Revelation and what you need to know about them. That’s Monday on Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
