There are 4 seals and 4 horse men that are released by the angels in the book of Revelations. Could the covid vaccine be the horse that brings death? And the pale horse will be the sick people that have had adverse effects from the covid vaccine (blood clots leading to death and amputation at extreme cases, infertility (apparently there are ingredients that can sterilize humans over time), and make people sick due to destroying healthy red blood cells)?
Dear Jason,
The Covid vaccine is not taught in scripture.
The term "locusts", who look like scorpions, is a spiritual symbol which is to be applied
within a believer - meaning it applies to us spiritually.
The Old Covenant was given to prove that mankind can never be good enough to be acceptable to God. All mankind can do is try to "outwardly" appear righteous through our own works. Mankind has no power to change themselves from within. Only Christ can do that work and that is why He brought us the New Covenant. The New Covenant is spiritual and is solely the work of Christ. His work is "within" mankind. Once His work is complete within an individual, they will be truly clean.
Nearly all End-time prophecy is Christ's teachings on how He will change us spiritually. If a person applies prophecy "outwardly", they will miss the truth of what Christ is teaching. This is certainly true of the book of Revelation. The subject of the book of Revelation is the unveiling of Christ within mankind. It is about salvation.
So when a person reads End-time prophecy, they should apply its meaning "inwardly" and not "outwardly".
To find the meaning of the spiritual symbols used in scripture, Paul says to compare spiritual words with the same spiritual word used elsewhere in scripture.
1Cor 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Scripture is written in Christ's spiritual language utilizing Hebrew and Greek. It is the "another tongue" mentioned in this scripture below:
Isa 28: 10-12 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and ANOTHER TONGUE will he speak to this people. 12 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Christ speaks to His people (the Elect, the First Fruits of His harvest) in this spiritual language. To all others, the meaning of what He teaches is concealed so that they "fall backward". Falling backward carries the same meaning as "falling away", which is a return to works for one's salvation.
"Works" is the preferred approach to Christ that comes from our carnal nature.
Luke 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
With this "works" mindset that comes from our carnal nature, we understand scripture in a "outward" way. For that reason, carnally minded Christians will try to understand scripture by applying it to the outside world. When they err in this manner, they miss the true meaning of what Christ is teaching.
Here is an easy example using the spiritual term "sword".
Mat 26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Does Christ really mean that if you use a sword to kill others, then you must likewise be killed with a sword? Literally (outwardly), that
is what He is saying. So if we are to understand it literally, then that statement can easily be proven to be false. There are countless examples of people who have used violence to kill others but then do not die from that same type of violence - it almost goes without saying. So is Christ mistaken or is His message something else?
Since His “words are spirit” (John 6:63), His message must be spiritually understood. Christ’s spiritual message is quite different from what He is literally saying.
In the verse, Christ uses the spiritual symbol of a "sword". To understand what that symbol means, we must look at how it is used elsewhere in scripture – we must compare spiritual with spiritual as Paul said to do.
Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
From this verse, it is easy to understand that a Sword represents the Word of God. So Christ’s hidden spiritual point He is making in
Matt 26:52 is that all who live (those being “born again”) by the Word of God, must perish (death of the carnal nature) by the Word of God.
Water baptism is another symbol which sends the
same spiritual message as
Matt 26:52. When an individual is baptized in water, the immersion represents the death of their carnal nature (Old Man). The ascension out of the water represents their new birth in Christ in the Kingdom of Heaven. This great work of conversion (salvation) is accomplished by the Word of God (Sword/Christ).
When we look at the verse in Revelations which you referenced and apply the same method to its understanding, we come away with a meaning that is quite different than what is commonly taught.
Rev 9:10 And they (locusts) had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
"Tails" is the primary spiritual word used in the verse. Here is what it means when we "compare spiritual with spiritual":
Isa 9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
With this spiritual meaning for the word "tails", we can now understand that this verse is teaching about false prophets who hurt mankind for
5 months.
The number "five" is also a spiritual word that carries a different meaning than what man's wisdom teaches. However, it's spiritual meaning is more difficult to understand. With "five", we must read many verses and then with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, its meaning becomes clear. The number five represents how we approach God, which can be either by "works" (Old Covenant) or by "faith" (New Covenant). In the case of Rev 9:10, since it is speaking of false prophets, the number five tells us it is referring to "works".
Here is what the verse is really saying: The locusts who are like scorpions with stinging tails represent false prophets who teach salvation by works. With this false teaching, the tails "sting" all who accept their teaching as truth. When a believer turns to "works" for their salvation, they "fall away" and spiritually die (fall backward and are broken, Isa 28:12). They commit the sin that leads to death.
Salvation only comes by faith alone in Christ who will do 100% of the work.
The "
fifth" seal, which teaches how mankind approaches God, has been open since the days of the Apostles. Paul even warned about the locusts but called them "grievous wolves":
Acts 20: 29 -31 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
Since this is such an important subject, we would expect that it is taught elsewhere in scripture, and it is.
Here is what Paul said:
1Joh 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
Here is what Jesus said:
Mat 12:43-45 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation
Evil spirits represent Satan's false truth. Since we remain spiritually blind after being called out from the world (Early Rain), we cannot replace our worldly false beliefs with God's truth. One "evil spirit" leaves but comes back with seven more (the spirit of anti-christ) since our house remains void of God's truth. Now, instead of "one evil spirit" within us, we now have EIGHT. The number eight spiritually represents a new spiritual condition. Our new spiritual condition is "worse than the first". Paul calls this worsened spiritual condition the
Man of Sin.
After the new believer devolves into a Man of Sin, their deadly head wound is healed. The deadly head wound originally came from the sword of Christ at the time they received the Early Rain of the Spirit (time of being "called out"). That blow by the Sword of Christ was intended to slay our carnal nature (Old man) but because of our spiritual blindness and Satan’s deceptions, the wound is healed and our Old Man continues to live.
Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
As a result, we lose our salvation and are still represented in the Seven Headed Beast of Revelation. In case you are unaware, the Seven Headed Beast is a spiritual symbol for
mankind in our spiritually "marred" created state. After a believer's deadly head wound is healed, they are truly "fallen away" and have become a Man of Sin who follows the ways of Satan (works), instead of Christ (faith).
"Falling away" happens because the locusts of the fifth seal are unleashed upon the "earth" (where carnally minded believers dwell). Then coupled with the spirit of antichrist, a Man of Sin is produced
within each "called out" believer (Early Rain only). Their only hope is for Christ to come to them a second time with the Latter Rain of the Spirit and heal their spiritual blindness. Once they are given "eyes that can see", the truth will slay the Man of Sin whom they have become. For them, the sun will be darkened and the moon will turn to blood. No longer will their light (truth) come from this world - it will now come
only from Christ. From the death of the Man of Sin within them, they will be born again as a child of God.
All who live by the Sword, must be killed by the Sword.
Joe