The number 4 is one of the most amazing numbers used in God's holy word. We all know a portion of the depth of the number 7 and perhaps the number 3, the mumber 5 and the mumber 12 also being among the more noteworthy. Few times, however, have I heard much teaching on the number 4. Here is a brief list of the use of the number 4 as used by God in creation. This list serves to provide proof for my argument of the number 4 being God's number of physical unity.
4 for unity
4 seasons
4 corners of the earth (as figurative speech and as defined in the bible)
4 hemispheres
4 primary directions
4 cardinal directions
4 divisions of 3 on a clock
4 divisions of 3 months in a year
4 divisions of 13 weeks in a calendar year
4 divisions in old testament (law, history, wisdom, prophets)
4 gospels
4 divisions of 3 tribes (not merely arbritrary, they camped in 4 divisions)
4 divisions of 3 apostles
4 divisions of new T (gospels, acts, epistles, revelation)
4 seraphim around the throne
4th man in the fire
4 major forces that hold all things together . (electromagnetic field, gravity, strong and weak nuclear forces)
4 divisions of subatomic particles, each containing 4 particles. 4-4-4-4
The word God in the KJV original : 4444; 4 repeating 4 times.
This last example is of the upmost importance. Sub-atomic particles are the base materials that all things are made up of. The last family of 4 of these particles are directly linked to the 4 forces that hold our entire universe together. Thus the number picture of the unity that holds all things together would be 4-4-4-4!! It is no coincidence that God inspired the writers and translators of his most famous revelation of himself (KJV bible) to place his title in the text exactly 4444 times!
I have very expensive and up to date bible study software, one feature of which is the ability to count the occurrence of any word in any bible translation, but for immediate proof text see: http://www.twopaths.com/faq_WordCount.htm
So why does it matter to us if we can conclude that the number four is a number representing unity? I'm sure there are a multitude of reasons, my immediate intention however, is to show a new and deeper meanig behind the revealing of the 4 horsemen in the book of Revelation.
(KJV) Revelation 4:6 And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
(KJV) Revelation 4:7 And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.
(KJV) Revelation 4:7 And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.
It is important to note here that the four seraphim, reffered to here as beasts, are numbered and not simply listed in random order. The bible makes not trivial statements. What we see here is that the bible declares in the book of Psalms (133) that unity is the glue of anointing, and in the book of Isaiah (10) that the anointing is what breaks the enemy. So we therefore see in the book of revelation the enemy bringing about his destruction using the number that God set forward for perfect unity and power. All things that good can do evil tries to mimic. Hence the Anti-Christ.
God however reveals a message of his own concealed in the revelation of these four Generals of destruction. (KJV) Proverbs 25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.. The true message of revelation 6 is not the four horsemen, but rather the 4 seraphim that reveal them. (note: for the remainder of this study I will refer to the seraphim as the Beasts, staying in line with the verbiage of the KJV text.)
Due to the length of the study I will post each horse and beast as individual blog-posts, to follow immediately!
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