Subject: Only seal and horse in same verse Rev6:5 |
Bible Note: Greetings Jensen! My I offer a little unsolicited advice? Stay away from "biblical numerics." It is definitely not Biblical at all. There is only one verse in all of the Bible that calls our attention to a number (Rev. 13:18), where we are told that the number of the beast is 666. However, no one has a clue as to what that means. Numerics are attempts to force meaning out of number combinations. Sometimes these attempts are benign and humerous. Other times they are simply attempts to read something into Scripture that isn't there. In the present example (Rev. 6:5), the chapters and verses were not even part of the original text. Therefore, any numeric "message" is simply chance. But, even if one assumes that 6 plus 5 equals 11, which equals judgement, so what? The other three horses are also judgements from God, but they are not in Rev. 6:5. Revelation is much misapplied, but not really that hard to understand. The name itself implies something revealed, not something hidden. The important part of Revelation is that God is in control. The meanings of numbers or the exact meaning of signs is not what is significant. It is the message that we can have hope, even in the midst of troubling times, because God, not Satan, is in control. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |