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Pamphlet #5064

The Four Winds

PART (4)

Jesus Christ foretold us all things that would be happening during this final generation leading up to the appearance of the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, who will stand in the holy place claiming to be the Messiah. Jesus also told us what would happen and even how long it would be from the time this Pseudo-Jesus appears until the true Messiah returns at the 7th Trump.

Once again, here are His words:

Mark 13:23
But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

Luke 10:18
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

[19] Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

The locust army has power too! But their strength is like doing battle with plastic picnic forks against the mighty glistening Two-edged Sword of the Lord. Not much of a contest, wouldn't you agree?

Rev. 9:3
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

[4]And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

Rev. 7:3
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Rev. 7:1
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

blow = pneo, pneh'-o, Greek 4154; a primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze :- blow. Compare Greek 5594 (psucho).

[2] And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Now here is the reason for the DELAY of the "hard blowing" of the Four Winds! It is to allow time to "seal" the servants of God, to educate them in the Word of God.

[3] Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Do you remember what the first Four Seals were represented by in Revelation chapter 6? Colored Horses with horsemen, right? We also learned that they are the powers of the Four Hidden Dynasties of Religion, Politics, Economics, and Education/Indoctrination.

Here's a quick review:

Rev. 6:1-8

[2] And I saw, and behold a white horse: (religion)

[4] And there went out another horse that was red:  (politics)

[5]And I beheld, and lo a black horse; (economics)

[8]And I looked, and behold a pale horse: (education)

Zech. 6:1
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Let's do a quick Sidebar.

A chariot is a vehicle:

chariot = rekeb, reh'-keb, Hebrew 7393; from Hebrew 7392 (rakab); a vehicle; by implication a team; by extensive cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone :- chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude [from the margin], wagon.

2 Kings 2:12
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Here are verses 2 and 3 of Zech. 6 concerning these four chariots:

[2] In the first chariot were red horses;

and in the second chariot black horses;

[3] And in the third chariot white horses;

and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

Zech. 6:4
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

[5] And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

The word "winds" is "ruach" in Hebrew and this is the only place that it is translated four "spirits" instead of four "winds". The six other times this phrase is used it is translated four "winds".

Remember that the four winds of Rev. 7 do the "hurting" when they are released to BLOW! Remember also that it is the LOCUSTS of Rev. 9 that come out of the SMOKE when it is blown away, that do the "hurting". Notice again in Zech. 6 that these horses are in "chariots" which are symbolic of WAR! In other words "They are horses prepared for battle!"

Yes, I believe we read that the locusts were like horses prepared for battle!

Rev. 9:7
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

Rev. 12:7-9
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

[8] And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

[9] And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Rev. 9:13
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

[14] Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

[15] And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

[16] And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

Here is some more info about them:

[17] And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

Do you know that Christ shortened the days (the length of time) FOLLOWING the appearance of the abomination of desolation until Christ returns? Do you know WHY He shortened those days? He shortened them for the elect's sake.

Let's read about it.

Matthew 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Let's skip down to verse 21.

Matthew 24:21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Daniel 12:1
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Back to Matthew 24.

Matthew 24:22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Rev. 9:10
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

For the sake of the ELECT. So they have more time to Seal the 144,000 and as many who will listen BEFORE the Four Winds are let loose. Because when the Four Winds BLOW, the SEALING is OVER! Here's the same statement by Jesus in Mark 13 declaring that the Four Winds will be held back.

Mark 13:20
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Do you think God reserved a bunch of wimps and losers to stand against the false christ in this final generation? If you do, you have grossly underestimated the power of our Father and you don't actually believe Luke 10:19. Our Father has ALL POWER, even the power to destroy souls in the lake of fire. Satan does NOT have that kind of power.

Do you think God's elect are afraid of plastic picnic forks when we wield the mighty power of His Sword?

Do you think God's elect are afraid to be thrown in a fiery furnace?

Do you think God's elect are afraid to stand in the den of the lions?

God has declared that He has reserved 7,000 who WILL NOT bow a knee to Baal (Rom. 11:4). They were chosen before the foundation of this world. They stood against the dragon in the first earth age. They were even justified there, and they were chosen FIRST to be the Elect of this generation. He first chose the best of the best. TOP GUNS! Yes, the first shall be last (to come down from above) and the last shall be first. God chose His First Knights to kick dragon in this generation. Then He backfilled the remnant down through history.

Woe, wait a minute there. Haven't you read Mat. 24:24 and Mark 13:22?

Matthew 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

"The condition involves no doubt as to its being impossible. See Ap. 118.2.a." (Quoted from The Companion Bible, page 1366.)

Rev. 12:12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. (Only five months; not three and one half years)

In our next study we will SEE some more exciting scriptures that have come to pass and perhaps get an even better "feel" for where we are in the chronological order of "all things" which must yet be fulfilled. Will we set a date?  Of course not. We're having too much fun watching!