Amen. Something that i don't think seems to go with the course we are on. Believe me, i have been very challenged here myself. Seeing perhaps even my own thoughts on it just as absurd perhaps. But what does not seem to come easily for me and perhaps others is the following, i believe. I think we tend to view what is going on in the world so governmed by men that we tend to develop a schematic by which to see it through them. And that being the case, yeah, for sure, there is no good outcome. For we are all fallen. And its only a matter of time till whatever in any good meant will be caught up by our human frailty and sin. And it not end well. For sure. But is that it? Perhaps not.
What is far much wilder to consider is where mans involvement ends. And this is as hard to say as it might be to believe. But what if what happens is not dependent on Trump. On the NWO. On the powers that be? What if whatever "the plan" is on man's level is hokey. But if God were to act, who could stop Him? It is a funny time to think that God act today. I mean like in a way that is over the top. We know He acts all the time in saving souls. And in the body dynamic. But in good Christian pause, we would not impose that God act on some grand scale. Especially it being so close to the tribulation. For we know then that God will act. And it will be way over the top. And no one will stop Him.
So, lets say for argument sake my 1st seal view is way off. Ok. I'm good with that. But one thing that is somewhat outside that parameter could still be a matter of poetic intent. Let's maybe find a mutual place. A neutral place. Just for the sake of argument. Lets say that the 1st seal is not according to my view or according to the mere 200 year old view that it is the antichrist. Lets say both are wrong. What then? What might we still have? Poetics, I believe.
If on one hand we come to Rev 6:2 and say ok, maybe its not the AC. Then what? Ok lets say its also not what TCC might think...that the 1st seal be active while the church is still here. Fine. But could it be something other than both? In the mind of God i believe so. At least in theory. So how might be look upon that? How many options might there be? Perhaps more than we think, knowing the mind of God. But in its most obvious form it would seem we have 2 choices. Still lets keep them outside of both our views for a second.
Ok so it looks like one of two things then. Rev 6:2 is either a similitude to Christ riding in at the end on His white horse. Or it be perhaps an opposite. If an opposite would that necessarily mean an antichrist? Not necessarily. Because antichrist would not be exactly an opposite in all senses. Especially if anti means in place of. And in place of is not the antithesis to God. But a stand in for Him. So if a stand in for Him, this is not exactly the opposite. Its a mirage of Him. So then what is the opposite?
The opposite would be something not God at all. Maybe even an unbeliever. In theory it could be a white witch who is female. Because that is the opposite. Yes it could be a billionaire. But it could also be a very poor person. So there are lots of things it could be as an opposite. Today we tend to go more with the notion of the Rev 6:2 poetic as a fake knock off of. A cheap imitation. And this could be the case. Also not as an AC. Like maybe it could be a man that pulls of stupid pet tricks. And gains a following. And power. It seems to do with power though. But as far as opposite, it surely seems it could be a lot of things we know not exactly how to characterize maybe.
But there is another poetic it could be too. Still outside of both our views. It could be just on the simple understand of its similarity be maybe NAR gaining control of America. Or Kenneth Copeland. God forbid. Not an antichrist. But like a fake one. Gaining power. Kind of like something really sorry the world deserves--those who would not trust Christ. But then there is another likeness.
It could be that this Rev 6:3 is a mirror. Similar to how the church had thought about it for 1800 years. Like maybe its the true church. Or the word. Or the gospel. Or something like that. Still this could be the case even outside my view. Like during the tribulation the focus be on Israel (not the covenant of the many maker). And in that view (which i don't think i ever heard) perhaps Israel gains power through its deals. Perhaps Zech 12 demonstrates itself in Rev 6:2? Or something.
I think what is helpful in considering this "mirror" perspective can provide perhaps some ways to consider. Like what if its not AC making a deal with the many. But Israel's place in so seemingly being honored? That would not be exactly a mirror because of their being deceived. But it would serve as a mirror in that they are His chosen given status (even if only for a short time). For we do see Israel conquering today. What if that is the cue? What we see in miniature on this side of the rapture might be massive on the other side of the rapture. If that is what the church should have been looking for, we didn't though. It would not have even entered our minds.
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Likely it is not any of those things. And potentially AC. But if it is a good thing, there is a huge problem of placing it in the tribulation. And therefore rule out it being a mirror for good. I think though what tends to govern our view is that it is difficult for us to think though that God might do incredible good in His last days in the age of grace. What if it is a mirror AND and an AC? A mirror in the true nature of God in the age of grace and an evil opposite mirror of that in the tribulation? Like what if Ez 38 is not until some point or end of the tribulation? Then Rev 6:2 could represent Israel thinking its place of honor has it made at the beginning of the tribulation.
I guess i am saying these things because it would seem that the it is not on the map or radar that God might act in our day to any huge or great degree. We tend to reduce activity to what man is doing. Like Trump or the NWO or globalists. But I would think that just like He will return in the tribulation when they don't expect Him (a terror to those in darkness). In the age of grace if that sort of principle were in play it would seem God to show up unexpectedly in the age of the grace, where we would not expect. And how might that look? Like no pretrib believers has on their minds something good. Even without consideration of how to look at the 1st seal. It would be true that if God acted today in robust and profound good way, the church would seem to have absolutely no context for that. And that condition precisely would be unexpected. Just as He will be in the tribulation. Showing up when they think He absolutely will not. For them in the tribulation a terror. But for us in the age of grae...,,maybe not so much a terror. But God's last grand overture of His character to those alive in the age of grace closing. We know during the tribulation it will be hard to make sense of God's character because of the many judgements. Just that He is angry. But in the age of grace, patient. In the age of grace we can see Him...not angry. And there might be mirror intending for us even though it might have nothing to do with Rev 6:2 but that we borrow from its mirror-ness.
So just saying it could be that God might act far beyond whatever a Trump admin or a political force be all about. But oh my, in today's climate its almost like that category does not exist though. Am i right? Blessings.
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