Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Yesterday when we left off, John was an vision of God's throne room and Jesus had just

taken a seven-sealed scroll from the Father's right hand because Jesus was the only one

worthy to open it.

Today he begins opening the seals, one by one.

As he opens a seal, it releases more of the scroll so more of the story can be read.

It would be kind of like if a piece of paper were folded up seven times and each time you

unfold it, you see more of what's written.

With the first four seals, we see four horses and four horsemen.

These are commonly referred to as the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

By the way, the word apocalypse in Greek is the English word revelation, so these could

also be called the four horsemen of the revelation.

They are all enemies of God and even though one is on a white horse, don't let that fool

you.

He's a counterfeit of Jesus who also rides a white horse later in this book.

They bring death, disease, and destruction, but notice that these enemies of God still

only operate under his jurisdiction.

They come out when his seraphim give the command.

They bring destruction, but any authority they have is tightly held by God and is only temporarily

given to them for accomplishing his purposes of judgment on the earth.

They are never in control and God's reign is never in question.

The three final seals pertain to God's people.

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