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Exegesis exercise:
- Gather in groups and answer the questions on the board using the passage from
Matthew 24:3-14, 21-22, 29-31. Answer your questions using verses in Matthew 24 to
support your position.
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Questions:
- What does the white horse represent?
- What does the red horse represent?
- What does the black horse represent?
- What does the pale horse represent?
- When does the persecution of the saints from the fifth seal occur in history? (i.e.
before Great Tribulation (see Matt. 24:21), during our age, during the Great Tribulation,
or otherwise).
- When does the judgement of the sixth seal occur? (Hint: find where apocalyptic
language such as “earthquakes, sun/moon darkened” etc. occur).
NOTE:
1. John is not a reporter gathering facts. This is a western mentality.
2. There are a number of positions concerning Revelation held by people who love God.
Donʼt dwell on the views being different, dwell on what they mean to you spiritually.
1 http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/overview/famine.pdf
2 http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstats.htm
3 http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstatv.htm#Martyrs
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_martyrs#cite_note-4
5 http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm
Revelation 6-7
- John hears about the sealing of the 144,000 but sees the multitude, similar to hearing
about the Lion but seeing the Lamb in Chapter 4.
Optional Note: We are promised tribulation. (see John 16:33 “in the world you will have
tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world”, Acts 14:22 “Through many
tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God”)