Excerpt from -
Daniel and Revelation by Uriah Smith
Revelation 6-
Verse 7 And when he
had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and
see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth
part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and
with the beasts of the earth.
The Fourth Seal.--
The color of this
horse is remarkable. The original word denotes the "pale or yellowish
color" that is seen in blighted or sickly plants. A strange state of
things in the professed church must be denoted by this symbol. The rider of
this horse is named Death, and Hell (hades, "the grave") followed
with him. The mortality is so great during this period it would seem as if
"the pale nations of the dead" had come upon the earth, and were
following in the wake of this desolating power. The period during which this
seal applies can hardly be mistaken. It must refer to the time in which the
papacy bore its unrebuked, unrestrained, and persecuting rule, beginning about
A.D. 538, and extending to the time when the Reformers began their work of
exposing the corruptions of the papal system.
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"Power was
given unto them"--"him," says the margin, that is, the power
personified by Death on the pale horse, namely the papacy. By the fourth part
of the earth is doubtless meant the territory over which this power had
jurisdiction; and the words "sword," "hunger,"
"death" (that is, some infliction which causes death, as exposure or
torture), and beasts of the earth, are figures denoting the means by which it
has put to death millions of martyrs.
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AD 539-1500's.
Who among us hasn't
heard of the awful things the Papacy- the church of the ruling power- did to
people? Who hasn't heard of the corruption of the Papacy? It's HISTORY!
We treat it as a sordid tale to be used for entertainment on television.
We strip away the horror and call it all said and done.
Here is one article
on the horrors of the Papacy-
1096 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter half the Jews
in Worms, Germany.
1098 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter almost all of the
inhabitants of the city of Antioch.
1099 Roman Catholic crusaders massacre 70,000 Muslims
and Jews when they capture Jerusalem.
1208 – 1226 The
Albigensian Crusades in southern France. Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter approximately 20,000
citizens of Beziers, France, on July 22, 1209. Albigensian Christians and Catholics were slain. By the time the
Roman Catholic armies finished their “crusade,” almost the entire population of
southern France (mostly Albigensian Christians) has been exterminated. During
the six centuries of papal Inquisition that began in the 13th century, up to 50
million people were killed. Read what J. A. Wylie's The History of Protestantism has to say about the Crusades against the Abigenses
1236 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter Jews in the Anjou
and Poitou regions of western France. The Catholic crusaders trample to death
under their horses 3000 Jews who refuse baptism.
1243 Roman Catholic mobs burn alive all the Jews in
Berlitz, Germany (near Berlin).
1298 Roman Catholic mobs burn alive all Jews in Rottingen,
Germany.
April 26, 1349 Roman Catholic mobs burn to death all Jews in
Germersheim, Germany.
1348 – 1349 The Jews are blamed for the bubonic plague.
Author Dave Hunt tells us, “Accused of causing the ‘Black Death’ Jews were
rounded up [by Roman Catholic mobs] and hanged, burned, and drowned by the
thousands in revenge.”
1389 Roman Catholic mobs murder 3000 Jews in Prague
when they refuse to be baptized.
1481 – 1483 At the direction of the Roman Catholic
inquisitors, authorities burn at the stake at least 2000 people during the
first two years of the Spanish Inquisition.
1540 – 1570 Roman Catholic armies butcher at least 900,000
Waldensian Christians of all ages during this 30-year period.
1550 – 1560 Roman Catholic troops slaughter at least 250,000
Dutch Protestants via torture, hanging, and burning during this ten-year
period.
1553 – 1558 Roman Catholic Queen Mary I of England (aka
“bloody Mary”) attempts to bring England back under the yoke of papal tyranny.
During her reign, approximately 200 men and woman are burned to death at the
sake. Her victims include bishops, scholars, and other Protestant
leaders.
Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assassinat_de_Coligny_et_massacre_de_la_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy.jpg...
1572 St.
Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. French
Roman Catholic soldiers begin killing Protestants in Paris on the night of
August 24, 1572. The soldiers kill at least 10,000 Protestants during the first
three days. At least 8000 more Protestants are killed as the slaughter spreads
to the countryside.
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History. No one made this up. No one invented these facts. This happened. Prophecy-history.
History. No one made this up. No one invented these facts. This happened. Prophecy-history.
Do we dare believe?
Do we dare not to?
Some will say that
we are crazy and making things up to suit our personal agendas. Let them talk, let them believe what they
will. History unfolds and prophecies
come to pass and we are either allowed to see because we want truth, or we are
allowed to remain blind because we would rather believe lies, fables, fairy
tales that are meant to destroy us, not save us.
We will continue on
with our prophecy study, and by the GRACE of GOD we will know only truth!
Please, let the Holy
Spirit open our hearts and understanding to YOUR TRUTH, YOUR LOVE!
All by the Grace and
Mercy of our SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST our LORD!
AMEN.
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