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LTHOUGH there are some
differences in the order and form, it would be difficult not to connect
Zechariah 6 with Revelation 6. In that passage, there is a white horse that
seems to be the antichrist bringing false peace to the earth. There, a red
horse represents world war, a black horse represents famine and a pale horse
represents disease and plagues. In the Revelation of John, these horses
represent difficulties that come upon the earth after the rapture and before
the second coming of Christ. In Zechariah 6, they symbolize angels who will
have influence on the earth at the time of the coming of the Messiah. They may
not be identical but there does seem to be a connection. Then again, C. I.
Scofield identifies these four spirits with the angels of Revelation 7 instead
of with the apocalyptic riders of Revelation 6. Either way, all of them are to
be associated with the coming of the Messiah. The role of the angelic princes
of Daniel 10 (as the governing influences behind certain world empires and
events) may provide the help we need in interpreting these passages together.
More significant than the
heavenly spirits and their swift impact on the world, is the One for whom they
pave the way. The Branch (Messiah) of Zechariah 6:12 will be both priest and
king in Israel. Here He is associated with Joshua the high priest (Zechariah
6:11), and with David too. Here He is presented as both the builder and the
ruler of the millennium temple (Zechariah 6:13). So, as they worked on their
little reconstruction project, Zechariah's audience had plenty of reason for
hope. God was with them and would someday bring from their small beginning
something greater than anything they had ever seen. The thing that He wanted
from them was faith and obedience (Zechariah 6:15).
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