Last week I shared about the four horses in Revelation 6. These four horses are introduced by the four living creatures mentioned in Revelation 4—the lion, the ox, the man, and the eagle. When these four living creatures introduce the four horses, they also introduce four anointings for the church.
These four anointings—the apostolic, laboring, reformer, and prophetic anointings—are what God has given the church to counteract the antichrist spirit in these last days. The order the horses were introduced and the anointings released coincides with the warnings Jesus gave about the last days in Matthew 24.
Since the apostles preached after the day of Pentecost, there has been a progression of the four horses being released. I believe a new layer of the fulfillment of this began in 2020. The Lord showed me that 2020 was the beginning of everything coming out in extreme form and being as dark as it’s ever been. However, the light will also be brighter than it has ever been.
The lion, the first living creature, introduced the white horse. The lion is a picture of the Word of God being roared from Zion, and it released the apostolic anointing when the Word was first preached by the apostles. The apostolic anointing was introduced to deal with the white horse, which represents deception.
The white horse rider of Revelation 6 is a counterfeit version of the white horse rider in Revelation 19, who is Jesus. The counterfeit white horse rider goes out to seduce, conquer, and control. He has a form of godliness but no real power. Matthew 24:4-5 says, “And Jesus answered and said to them: ‘Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.’” The apostolic anointing helps us combat this deception.
The ox broke the seal revealing the second horse. The ox represents the sacrificial laboring anointing, which gives Christians the ability to work and sacrifice and give their lives even in martyrdom. That anointing was released to bring unusual courage and bravery to combat the red horse rider.
The red horse represents death, war, and pestilence, which we have seen throughout history (see Revelation 6:4). After the first century, many Christians faced martyrdom. They were fed to the lions in the Roman Colosseum, and since then, there have been many instances of Christians being killed for their faith.
The next living creature, the man, introduced the black horse. The black horse denotes spiritual darkness. In addition to spreading darkness, the black horse rider was told he could affect the economy (see Revelation 6:5-6). The four horses have been riding throughout history, in localized situations. Now, another cycle is happening worldwide. To combat this, we have the reformer anointing.
The reformer anointing has led to events like the Reformation under Martin Luther, the Bible being translated into many languages, and the world overcoming the Dark Ages when corrupt Roman Catholic priests sold forgiveness for money. The reformer anointing is being released now as well. Isaiah 60:1-3 says, “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”
The fourth horse, the pale horse, is a mixture of the three previous horses. It can bring deception like the white horse, initiate war and persecution like the red horse, and keep people in spiritual darkness and destroy the economy like the black horse. All these things will be mixed together as time accelerates. That’s why the next seals we read about, after the horses are introduced, initiate the resurrection, the coming of the Lord, and the millennial kingdom (see Revelation 6:9-17; Revelation 8).
I believe the pale horse is riding now. In 2023, we have seen deception, war, inflation, and darkness all at the same time, and that is why the prophetic anointing will be so important in 2024. The eagle, the fourth living creature that introduced the pale horse, represents the prophetic anointing.
Like the other three anointings, the prophetic anointing was released when the fourth horse began to ride. In other words, when clarity is needed most, the prophetic eagle can soar high enough in the Spirit to see what is happening and sound the alarm when any of the four horses are riding. The prophetic anointing gives us a prophetic perspective of current events.
Jesus described the events leading to the last days as “the beginning of birth pains” (see Matthew 24:8). They have been intensifying throughout the church age, and they will get worse. To walk in the anointings we are given to combat the antichrist spirit, we need to encounter the four living creatures which represent four parts of God’s nature—the lion, the ox, the man, and the eagle. This will help us work for the Lord and grow in our prophetic gifts. God will accelerate us in the Spirit, just as time is about to accelerate.
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