Feb 4, 2009
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Directions in the Holy Bible – the
Torah, the Tanakh, and the Brit Chadashah – are
specific. North, South, East, and West are all
related to Jerusalem, the City of G-d.
When you go to Jerusalem, you are
going UP. If you travel away from Jerusalem, you are going down.
Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration TO the land of
Israel. Conversely, Jewish emigration FROM Israel is referred to as
Yerida (descent).
Those who go up for
this purpose are known as olim - a term used in
the Bible when the Children of Israel went up from Egypt (Gen.
50:14 and Num. 32:11) and - at a later period - for the exiles who
returned from captivity in Babylon (Ezra 2:1,59 and Neh. 5-6). The
call of Cyrus, King of Persia, in 538 B.C.E., - "Whosoever
there is among you of all His people, his G-d be with him, - let
him go up." (Ezra 1:3, 2 Chronicles 36:23) - has been used as
a watchword for aliyah.
The Law of Return is Israeli
legislation, enacted in 1950, that gives Jews (those of Jewish
ancestry) and their spouses the right to migrate TO and settle in
Israel and gain citizenship.
El Al Airlines derives its name from
the meaning going up to God, or
skyward.
The Word of G-d is specific; it is
not a general set of information or precepts. It has
purpose:
“For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”
-- Tanakh: Isaiah 55:10-11
Direction in the Bible is important
to G-d and to us. For example, Isaiah 43:5-6:
“Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;
I will tell the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth.”
I want to draw your attention to the
fact that the verb tenses associated with each direction in the
passage I just quoted are different. For example, when G-d says,
“I will gather you from the west,” it is
a selective gathering: a collection. This applies to aliyah of the
Jews in the USA and South America (west of Jerusalem). When G-d
says, “I will tell the north, Give up,”
it is a command: “You must deliver up.” In other words, G-d will
cause the Jews in Russia to be released. And “to the south,
Do not keep back,” means “do not restrict, do not
prohibit or hold back (by act or word).” The Yemenite Jews who were airlifted to Israel from
Yemen in Southern Arabia during 1949 and 1950 are examples of this
(as are also the Falasha Ethiopian
Jews).
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But let me tell you about some other
directions revealed to us by the Holy Prophets. For example, the
Prophet Zechariah reveals that certain riders and their horses in
the supernatural realm are supernatural beings under the direction
of G-d, with assigned responsibilities on earth. In Zechariah
Chapter 6 he says that different colored horses are assigned
certain areas of the earth. The white
horse goes to the west, the red horse goes to the east, the
black horse goes to the north, and the
pale (dappled) horse goes to the
south.
Remember, directions in the Bible
are from the location of Israel, and specifically from
Jerusalem. So let’s look at what a Jewish prophet named Yochanon
(John) in the first century AD / CE reported when he received the
Revelation given to him from Yeshua ha Meshiach by an
angel.
“And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, ‘Come!’ Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, ‘Come and see!’ And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand. I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ‘A choenix*** of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!’
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and see!’ And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on him, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.”
-- Revelation 6:2-8 (Brit Chadashah)
*** When I mentioned the black
horse, the passage I quoted said “A choenix of wheat for a
denarius and three choenix of barley for a denarius." A
choenix is a Greek dry volume measure, a little more than a litre,
almost equal to one quart. Mentioned in the New Covenant only in
Revelation 6:6, where the Revised Version, margin would
read "choenix" instead of the indefinite translation "measure."
This verse is then obviously a crisis of famine … or,
hyperinflation … or, both.
So let us combine Zechariah and
Revelation to form a matrix of information
revealed.
WHITE HORSE |
PEACE |
WEST |
RED HORSE |
WAR |
EAST |
BLACK HORSE |
FAMINE |
NORTH |
PALE HORSE |
DEATH |
SOUTH |
So, if the white
horse is assigned to the West, that would be across North
Africa and extending to the USA and North America. The rider has a
bow but NO arrows. That means he does NOT have to fight. He
conquers through peace.
The red horse would
be assigned to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India,
and extending to China. The rider has a powerful armory of weapons
and military force. The rider has a large sword and is given
authority to take peace from the earth. He takes peace away
from the earth and brings war.
The black horse
would be assigned to Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and extending to
Russia and the previous countries and areas belonging to the old
U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe. Its rider holds a pair of scales
(balances) and it takes a whole day of work to earn enough wages to
buy a loaf of bread. There will be catastrophic damage to grain
production resulting in severe
famine.
The pale horse
would be assigned to Africa. The rider is given authority over a
fourth part of the earth to kill by sword (or, weapons), famine,
death, and wild animals. A fourth part of the earth
dies. The word “death” used in this passage will probably
refer to death as a result of disease, pestilence, or pandemics,
since all four judgments (sword, famine, death, and wild animals)
will result in death. These same four (4) judgments are listed by
the Prophet Ezekiel (famine, evil beasts, pestilence and blood, and
the sword) as judgments that G-d can use. See Tanakh: Ezekiel
5:17.
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Notice: Europe could be considered
to the West or North of Israel; Australia could be considered to
the South or East of Israel. Central and South America could be
considered to the South or West.
These are NOT specific delineations
of geographic areas, but only for the purpose of illustration as
one possible view of the prophecies of Zechariah
and Revelation combined.
I personally do NOT believe
that the prophecies of Zechariah and Revelation are
related. That is, I do NOT believe the horses mentioned
are representative of the same judgments. For example, the red
horse in Revelation takes peace from the
earth, seeming to show non-delineated geography. Also, the
pale horse causes a fourth part of the earth to
die. However, this nomenclature (from the earth and of the earth)
could be used of the different directional
quadrants of the earth.
However, reduced to the least common
denominator, from the Revelation
we know for sure the
following:
WHITE HORSE |
PEACE TREATIES |
RED HORSE |
WAR AND FIGHTING |
BLACK HORSE |
FAMINE |
PALE HORSE |
WAR, FAMINE, DEATH, WILD ANIMALS |
So where does Israel fit
into the four horses of the Revelation?
The horses represent
consecutive judgments upon the earth that will affect all nations,
but may be more intense in directions as represented by
Zechariah. Part of the prophetic revelation in Zechariah
is dealing with the return of the Jews to Jerusalem in the days of
Zerubbabel but then extends in range to the return of Messiah in
the Day of the LORD. It is typical of different prophecies in the
Tanakh for there to be double or multiple
fulfillment.
The key thing to realize is that all
these representations of the horses and their riders in the
Revelation will happen consecutively - one after the
other. There may be some overlapping of these
events in different geo-political regions of the earth and
in time. However, the major result will be that the
catastrophic events will create a worldwide
situation (war, famine, death) that will pave the
way for the coming world leader. This leader will be
appointed by the Global Governance Group
(previously the New World Order) and will be a false messiah: not
only for Israel, but for the whole world.
This coming world leader will be
chosen to heal the crises of war, famine, and death. He will also
seemingly have the answer to the social, economic, and religious
crises of the world. He will come to power through a policy of
change and diplomacy.
If you have listened to even a few
of my podcasts, you will be aware that the EU (European Union) is
NOT the friend of Israel. As a matter of fact, it will be in the
future the greatest enemy that Israel has ever known: even greater
than Nazi Germany. The NWO (New World
Order) will arise from both the EU and the League of Arab
States and then the Ten (10) Region World Order will select the
leader who will seduce Israel into signing a seven (7) year treaty,
or covenant, allowing Israel to rebuild her Temple on or near the
Temple Mount.
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Jerusalem will be the
bargaining key. (Consult the Show Notes of my podcast on
The Voice of Israel 2008-06-10 titled:
“The World Leader Who Deceives
Israel”).
The 10 region confederacy that will
be comprised of governments in both Europe and the Middle East
(including North East Africa) will ultimately have the political
clout to control the Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea, the Suez, the
Gulf of Aden, and the Persian Gulf. Some of these 10 region states
may be from Western Asia and North Africa, but most of them will
probably be from Europe and Middle Eastern Muslim countries.
The final leader of this confederacy will overthrow three
(3) of the 10 regions by a political, military and governmental
takeover. He will be the false messiah: the enemy of
Israel.
Today, in addition to disease and
famine issues, the leaders of the dominant nations are concerned
with three (3) primary factors:
Attaining peace among nations and ethnic groups;
Guaranteeing the flow of oil; and,
Stopping terrorism and conflict in the Middle East (especially between Israel and the Palestinians).
Again, the CHIEF bargaining
factor will be the city of Jerusalem!
What you should be watching for is:
Leadership ... a leader ... who will seemingly have the
solution for the Israeli - Palestinian conflict. At some
time during his rule, this leader will be wounded in the head and
his seemingly deadly wound will be healed. This
leader, appointed by the NWO will bring temporary peace
and will convince the Jewish people to sign a seven (7)
year treaty.
In exchange for agreeing to this
treaty negotiation, which will undoubtedly include land
concessions, Israel will be allowed to rebuild her
Temple on or near the Temple Mount. Then, after
three and one half years (42 months) the NWO leader (the
false Messiah) will do just what Antiochus Epiphanes did, who
desecrated the Jewish Temple at the time of the Maccabean revolt.
(Read Daniel 9:24-27 and Daniel 11:31 in the Tanakh.)
The new world leader will go into the new rebuilt
Temple and blaspheme G-d … then he will declare that he is
G-d.
Then will begin a time of the worst
persecution the Jewish People (and Israel) have ever known: worse
than that experienced during World War II under Hitler and Nazi
Germany.
Jew or Gentile, make sure you know
the real Messiah: Yeshua ha Meshiach. Pray to the G-d of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob and ask Him to reveal to you if Yeshua is really
your Messiah. If He does, then receive Him and ask Yeshua WHAT He
wants you to do.
The Holy One of Israel, YHWH, knows
HOW to provide for you and protect you. Write or email me for help
and direction in your next step with the LORD.
Baruch haba b’Shem
Adonai.
Your friend,
Prince Handley
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Podcast time: 17 minutes, 27 seconds