Conclusion of The Second Woe-Armies of Cavalry

Apparently, this cavalry thunders forth under the guiding direction of the four angels.  What a fearsome spectacle!  Imagine you reaction if you were to be the target of such a cavalry charge!   Its very appearance would strike terror into your heart.  Did you notice, though, how similar this cavalry is to the locust that preceded it?  The locusts  were like horses, in the cavalry there are horses.  Both, then, are involved in theocratic warfare.  (Proverbs 21:31) The locusts had teeth like lions, the horses of the cavalry have heads like lions.  Both are therefore tied in with the  courageous Lion of the tribe of Judah, Jesus Christ, who is their Leader, Commander, and Exemplar. -Revelation 28:1.

Both the locusts and the cavalry share in Jehovah's work of judgment.  The locusts emerged from smoke that portended woe and destructive fire for Christendom; from the mouths of the horses, there issue forth fire, smoke, and sulfur.  The locusts had breastplates of iron, signifying that their hearts were protected by unbending devotion to righteousness, the cavalry wear breastplates  colored red, blue, and yellow, reflecting the fire, smoke and sulfur of the lethal judgment messages that gush from the mouths of the horses.  (Compare Genesis 19:24, 28; Luke 17:29, 30)  The locusts had tails like scorpions for tormenting; the horses have tails like serpents for killing!  It seems that  what was started by the locusts is to be pursued by the cavalry with greater intensity to a completion.

So what does this cavalry symbolize? Just as the anointed John class started the trumpet like proclamation of Jehovah's judgment of divine vengeance against Christendom, with authority to 'sting and hurt,' so we would expect  the same  living group to be used in the 'killing,' that is, in making known that  Christendom and its clergy are completely dead spiritually, cast off by Jehovah and ready for "the fiery furnace" of everlasting destruction.  Indeed, all of Babylon the Great must perish.  (Revelation 9:5, 10; 18:2, 8; Matthew 13:41-43)  Preliminary to her destruction, however, the John class uses "the sword of the spirit, that is, God's Word, in exposing Christendom's deathlike condition.  The four angels and the riders of the horses give direction to this figurative  killing of "a third of the men."  (Ephesians 6:17; Revelation 9:15, 18)  This indicates proper organization and theocratic direction under the oversight of   the Lord Jesus Christ as the awesome band of Kingdom proclaimers charges forth to the battle. 

Next time: The Second Woe-Armies of Cavalry - Two Myriads of Myriads

From the Book of Revelation