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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described in the Book of Revelation. They will ride when the seven seals are opened, resulting death and destruction on a vast scale. The four horsemen who will ride are Death, War, Famine and Pestilence The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse are described in Revelation chapter 6, verses 1-8. The four horsemen are symbolic descriptions of different events which will take place in the end times. They are essentially a sign of things to come.

The first horseman of the apocalypse is cited in Revelation 6:2, “I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.” This first horseman likely refers to the antichrist, who will be given authority and will conquer all who oppose him. The antichrist is the false imitator of the true Christ, as He will return on a white horse (Revelation 19:11-16).

The second horseman of the apocalypse from Revelation 6:4, “Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.” The second horseman refers to terrible wars.

The 3rd horseman as referenced in Revelation 6:5-6, “…and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!’” The third horseman of the apocalypse refers to a great famine.

The fourth horseman from Revelation 6:8, “I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.” The fourth horseman of the apocalypse is symbolic of death and devastation. It seems to be a combination of the previous horsemen. The fourth horseman of the apocalypse will bring further warfare and terrible famines along with awful plagues and diseases.

Fairly scary stuff.

The WC Fields saying/quote of “I love Jesus, but I hate his followers” is an interesting reality. I know this might not be the exact quote and it may be someone else, but we continue to look at our religion as the only way. Is what I believe the only way to believe?

Please Note: This does have some not so good language.

Paranoia and conspiracy theories are just good fun. What some folks say on TV sermons, write in books and generally blog about is most interesting when it comes to religion. Here are some right wing “conspiracies”, not necessarily all religious, but religion plays a part in each one:

• Christian Evangelist Jack Van Impe claimed the United Nations was placing secret codes on the back of national highway signs to reveal the locations of believers so the new world order could persecute them.
• Jerry Falwell cited Lucifer as behind the Supreme Court ruling in Topeka, Kansas regarding school integration.
• The “American Mercury” carried a piece about the secret 1913 Federal Reserve Act that set into motion a process begun in l819 to benefit secret bankers who rule the United States. Perhaps they are responsible for the latest collapse of free markets – hmmm…
• Lutheran minister Gerald Winrod,known as the Jayhawk Nazi, believed all these conspiracies can be traced to Adam Weishaupt. Adam was a Jew who worked with the Masonic Lodge in Europe to set up the Illuminati. We can rest easy in the states because Winrod did not beleive the American Lodge was infected.
• Robert Snow’s book on Christian militias. He noted that many militias believed that on the back of a 1993 box of Kix Cereal was a map teaching children about how the U.N. will divide up the United States.
• In 1959, the John Birch Society issued an urgent alert: Christmas was under attack.  “One of the techniques now being applied by the Reds to weaken the pillar of religion in our country is the drive to take Christ out of Christmas — to denude the event of its religious meaning.” The central front in this perfidious assault was American department stores.  The “Godless UN” was schemed to displace religious decorations with internationalist celebrations of universal brotherhood.

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The Crusades were a series of wars initiated by Christians to win back their holy lands from Muslims. The Crusaders were ultimately unable to reclaim their holy lands, but the wars had another effect: Western Europeans had left their homes to fight in a distant war. The stories of the returning Crusaders encouraged their countrymen to look beyond their own villages for the first time. The Crusades were expeditions undertaken, in fulfillment of a solemn vow, to deliver the Holy Places from Mohammedan tyranny. By AD1095, Muslim territory included land where Jesus Christ lived. Christians warriors of the era believed Christians, not Muslims, should control their holy lands.

In the year 1095, people were shocked in Western Europe by the words of Pope Urban II, “The Muslims have conquered Jerusalem“. Pope Urban wanted the Christians to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims. People shouted “God wills it”. All over France these were the warring words of the Christians.

The French, German, and Italians were the European Christians that went on Crusades. The word Crusade meant “a war of the cross”. During the first Crusade (1095-1097) most of the knights died of hunger, thirst or disease. When they got to Jerusalem they slaughtered anyone they could find. They took vows before going on a crusade. Sometimes during a crusade a knight would forget his vows and ride off or live in the village closest by.

Religion was important to the knights in the Middle Ages. One of the results of the Crusades was the founding of new Christian religious orders. Most of the monks were former knights who fought against each other in the Crusades. The knights did capture Jerusalem for a short period of time, but the Muslims kept on re-taking Jerusalem. The knights gained temporary power, but lost many soldiers during the deadly Crusades, not to mention causing the death of many innocent Muslims.

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