First, Revelation 5:6-7 – John saw “a Lamb standing, as
if slain” take the seven sealed book from the right hand of
the One seated on the throne.
Second, Revelation 6:1 – John saw the Lamb break one of the
seals.
When the Lamb breaks the first seal, one of the four living
creatures in a voice of thunder tells John to “come” so that
he might behold the vision of the breaking of the first
seal. After the command to “come” John says, “I looked and
behold” a white horse rider with a bow. A crown was given to
the rider and he went forth conquering and to conquer. This
means that he is victorious, invincible, and nothing can
stop him.
Who is the Lamb? In The Gospel According to John, John the
Baptist said Jesus is “the Lamb of God that takes away the
sin of the world” (John 1:29).
Where is the Lamb? He is standing before the throne
(Revelation 5:1)
What is the Lamb doing? He is breaking seals (Revelation
6:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12; 8:1)
Who is this rider on the white horse? Is he our Lord Jesus
Christ? Is he the man of lawlessness, the son of
destruction, who will be revealed after the Restrainer is
removed (2 Thessalonians 2:3), the prince who is to come and
who “will make a firm covenant with many for one week (
seven years) and in the middle of the week put a stop to
sacrifice and grain offering” (Daniel 9:26-27)?
The rider on the white horse cannot be our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Lamb; He is in heaven breaking the seals. Note
also, Revelation 6:16, the Lamb as still in heaven. Further
evidence the rider is not our Lord Jesus Christ is the
crown. The crown that this rider is given is a victor’s
crown, not the crown of a sovereign, a diadem crown. In
chapter 19, the white horse rider wears many crowns, and
they are the diadem crowns, the crowns of sovereignty.
One of his first acts of this rider on the white horse
represents will be a solution that will end the Arab-Israeli
dispute by a peace treaty with Israel. This evidently begins
Daniel’s 70th week, the unprecedented time of Jacob’s
distress (Jeremiah. 30:7). His weapon a bow and since no
arrows are mentioned it seems to indicate that he will bring
about a peace through diplomatic tactics, cold war tactics
through a one world order mentality that has been growing
for years and continues to do so.
Today the stage is set for the rise of such a man with his
world government and religion as an answer to international
problems. Prominent world leaders and movements have posed
the idea that what we need is a world order with a
charismatic leader who can mold the world into harmony and
peace and unite the nations under a one-world government.
