Revelation – Part 3 – The 4 Horsemen

Revelation is an unveiling. Unveiling is a removal. It means the separation of everything that obstructs the radiance of the glory of Christ! And the mystery of it is that the revelation of Christ is not bringing Christ within us to His fullness, it’s not adding something to the Christ that is in us. You can’t add anything to Christ. Christ is! It’s not the production of Christ, or the increase of Christ, or the maturing of Christ, or the formation of Christ, but it’s the uncovering of the Christ who is already there!

The legendary Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are, to most minds, one of the Bible’s greatest riddles. Nearly two thousand years ago, the apostle John recorded the details of their grim ride and, ever since, scholars and ordinary believers alike have wondered what they represent. Much has been written concerning the Four Horsemen, much of it misapplied to struggles between nations and would-be world conquerors, or to the horrors of tribulation under the antichrist. Actually, however, the book of Revelation is not concerned with worldly kingdoms and empires, or outward wars, strife, famines, and pestilence, except as they become linked with the affairs of God’s people. The book of Revelation, as we have repeatedly pointed out, is a spiritual revelation, even the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Thus, the Four Horsemen and the Four Horses represent, like the figures in the rest of the book, aspects of the ongoing revelation or unveiling of Jesus Christ in and through His body. These are spiritual realities, touched and known only “in the spirit” and “by the spirit.”

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are among the most significant of the great symbols in the word of God because they give the key to the deep dealings of God within us. When we have grasped their full significance, by understanding how the scriptures speak of horses, in order to teach spiritual truth, we then have gained an appreciation of Bible symbolism. The Bible is not written in the style of an ordinary book. It has a method all its own of conveying spiritual realities through picturesque symbols which is the language of spirit communicated to the mind of man, wisdom expressed in terms comprehensible by people in all ages and in different parts of the world and of different degrees of spiritual development.

The symbol of horsemen is a strange one to the Western mind. We associate horses with useful labor and sport, but the Eastern mind associated the horse and his rider with war. It is significant that in the scriptures you do not find horses mentioned in connection with agricultural purposes, but for riding or drawing chariots, and for use in battle.

Also, the term “redemption” means in the Greek “loosing.” Can we doubt that the “loosing” of the seven seals and the Four Horsemen out of the Throne Room is related to God’s great work of redemption? We are now entering the day of loosing (redemption) and our spirit joined to the Lord’s spirit is beginning to express more of His life than ever before. In order for Christ to be fully revealed in us, these negative attributes of the carnal nature and human consciousness must be effectively dealt with. Before the One who has purchased us for the base of His operation can take full possession of His inheritance in us there must be the dispossession of all that hinders the expression of the spirit. This, dear ones, IS THE MINISTRY OF THE FOUR HORSEMEN! The events surrounding these four horsemen all portray conflict, war and destruction. The Four Horses are war horses — and are sent forth into our earth to dispossess the usurper — the mind of man, the will of the flesh, the desires of the flesh, and the works of the flesh. It is the taking possession of our earth by the life of the Christ within! That is the mystery of the unveiling and The Four Horsemen!

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