Chapter Twenty-Three/The Second Woe - Armies of Cavalry - Continue

 Apparently, the cavalry thunders forth under the guiding direction of the four angels. What a fearsome spectacle! Imagine your reaction if you were to be the target of such a cavalry charge! Its very appearance would strike terror in your heart. Did you notice, though how similar this cavalry is to the locusts 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. Both are therefore tied in with the courageous Lion of the tribe of Judah, Jesus Christ, who is their Leader, Commander, and Exemplar. - REVELATION 5:5; PROVERBS 28:1. 

Both the locusts and the cavalry share in Jehovah's work of judgment. The locusts emerged from the smoke that portended woe and destructive fire for Christendom, from the mouths of the horses, there issue forth fire, smoke, and sulphur. 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 sulphur  of the lethal judgment messages that gush from the mouths of the horses.  (Compare Genesis 19:24, 28; Luke17:29, 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. 

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