However, most information is taken from unbiased historical records and all information is easily verifiable. In this mass suicide, one can see the eerie fulfillment of Revelation 6:16-17: “They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” Realizing that they could not overcome the Romans, 960 Jews took their lives. Amidst the fall of Jerusalem, many people fled to caves under the city or to the mountains and caves of the Dead Sea as predicted in Revelation 6:15: then the people “hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.” The last pocket of resistance held out at the mountain fortress of Masada. 12 may refer to the earthquake that hit Jerusalem the year before, in A.D. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to the earth.” The earthquake mentioned in v. 69, a year before the fall of Jerusalem, an omen of the coming tragedy was seen in the sky– the sun darkened, the moon turned blood red and a star fell in fulfillment of Revelation 6:12-13: “There was a great earthquake. As a result of this allied assault, Jerusalem was conquered and thousands of Israelites were killed by “sword, famine and plague.” 97,000 Jews were exiled 2 many of whom were killed in Roman amphitheaters “by sword and wild beasts.” 3 In A.D. It is also possible that these four horsemen are these four generals? Regardless of whether they were four generals or four client kings, these four horsemen did indeed conquer as predicted in Revelation 6:2 “take peace from the earth” according to Revelation 6:4 induce famine as implied in Revelation 6:6 and “kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth” when these four kings led their armies in the war on Palestine climaxing in the siege of Jerusalem in A.D. 1 The Midrash says that Vespasian had four generals with him during the Roman assault on Israel. I believe the four horsemen of the apocalypse are Antiochus, Agrippa II, Sohemus and Malchus. I believe the four horsemen of the apocalypse have human counterparts in the four kings that supplied auxiliary troops during the siege of Jerusalem. Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? And what were the seven seals? In the following preterist Bible commentary on Revelation 6 the reader will be exposed to answers to these questions in addition to compelling evidence that every verse in this chapter came to pass during the Jewish War in the first century. Previous Next A Preterist Commentary on Revelation 6: Summary and Highlights Home > Revelation 6: A Preterist Commentary The Names of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Seven Seals Revealed!
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