The 2nd Seal war horse simply parallels what Jesus said about His 2nd Sign in His Olivet discourse.Revelation 6:3..........
" And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."
Now comes a Firey RED horse. = WAR!
Red of course is the color of blood.
This matches the prophecies of Jesus perfectly in Matthew 24:5...........
"For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." = Rider on the white horse in verse #1.
Matthew 24:6.........
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."
Yes.....wars have existed since Cain killed Abel. But Israel was NOT IN THE LAND until 1948.
1. Now, WHY are the 1st 7 judgments SEALS?
Because the Seals portray to us the fact that God's future judgments were ordained in advance and securely held back until God's
time came for Him to release them.
2. Then WHY are the 1st 4 on running horses of different colors??????
Horses display rapid movement covering a lot of ground. This means that when the judgments come, they will be in rapid
succession.
A "great sword" indicates that a lot of people will die. Slaughter on a gigantic scale! Again, the earth has seen thousands of wars but when this RED horse is let loose, the blood shed will be intense and more wide spread than ever before.
1. The Bible indicates that Russia will make war against Israel in Ezek. 38-39.
2. The Muslim nations of the world will make war against Israel in Zech. 14. & Ezek. 38.
3. 200 million Chinese will come into Israel.
2nd Seal Event:
Matt 24:6
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
KJV
The actual time of "great tribulation" does not begin until the latter half of Daniel's symbolic "one week". This event of wars and rumors of wars is NOT about the "great tribulation" time. I know you pre-tribbers hear a lot of the idea that the coming trib is about war from pre-trib authors like Hal Lindsay and Tim LaHaye, but they are wrong. The very 'end' like Jesus showed above, will be about WORLD PEACE.
But PRIOR to the "great tribulation", it will be a time of war. This is what Lord Jesus showed there.
Moreover, the Armageddon event, which is the Ezekiel 38-39 event of the nations that come upon Israel, that is for the very last day of this world on the 7th Vial. So there's no way that happens during the "great tribulation", nor even before the trib.