Les Feldick identifies the red horse of Revelation 6 as the Russian invasion of Israel described in Ezekiel 38-39, while clearly labeling this as his personal interpretation.
Revelation 6:4 introduces a red horse whose rider takes peace from the earth and causes people to kill one another. Les points to Russia's Red Army and connects the red horse to the great northern invasion of Israel in Ezekiel 38-39. He places that invasion early in the seven-year tribulation, soon after the Antichrist signs the treaty with Israel.
Revelation 6:4 — This verse directly describes the red horse and its rider taking peace from the earth.
Ezekiel 38:21-22 — Les uses these verses to connect the red horse to a northern army that turns on itself and is judged by God.
Ezekiel 38:2 — This verse identifies Gog, Magog, Meshach, and Tubal, the leader and lands behind the invasion Les ties to the red horse.
Revelation 6:3-4 shows the Lamb opening the second seal. John sees 'another horse that was red,' and the rider is given power 'to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another.' A great sword is given to him. The red horse is presented as the instrument of a great war. Ezekiel 38-39 describes a northern coalition gathered against Israel under Gog, 'the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal.' In Ezekiel 38:21 God says, 'I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains... every man's sword shall be against his brother.' In Ezekiel 38:22 God judges that army with pestilence, blood, overflowing rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Les Feldick teaches that the red horse of Revelation 6 is the great Russian invasion of Israel described in Ezekiel 38-39. He points out that Russia is the only military-political power known for the color red through its 'Red Army,' and he says he has taught for twenty years that the rider of the red horse is that invasion. He ties the red horse's description of taking peace from the earth and men killing one another to Ezekiel's language that every man's sword would be against his brother. Les places this event early in the seven-year tribulation, probably within the first month or so after the Antichrist signs the seven-year treaty with Israel. He is careful, however, to label this identification as his own personal speculation: he says he likes to feel and think the two passages are connected, and that it does not have to mean any more to the reader than anything else.
Les connects the red horse to Russia because he sees the Red Army as the only military-political power known by the color red. He says, 'I like to feel, I like to think, that I can tie the red horse of Revelation here to Ezekiel 38.' For twenty years he has taught that the rider of the red horse is the Russian invasion of Israel found in Ezekiel 38-39. He also matches the red horse's description of people killing one another with Ezekiel's statement that every man's sword would be against his brother.
Les places the red horse early in the seven-year tribulation. He says the next event after the seven years begin is another horse, and this one is red, 'probably within the first month or so after the seven years have begun.' He also says he has become comfortable putting the great invasion of Israel in the early stages of the tribulation, after the Antichrist signs the seven-year treaty and Israel drops her guard.
Les compares Ezekiel's language with the red horse statement. In Ezekiel 38:21, God calls for a sword against Gog throughout all His mountains, and every man's sword is against his brother. In Ezekiel 38:22, God pleads against him with pestilence and blood, raining overflowing rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Les concludes that the Russian or northern army will be defeated by its own confusion and by a tremendous power of God, and it will be utterly destroyed on the hills and mountains of Israel.
Les is explicit that the red horse-Russia connection is his own view. He says, 'some of the things I say today are strictly my own personal speculation,' and tells viewers it does not have to mean any more to them than anything else. He still says he is comfortable with the identification 'be right or wrong,' which makes it a teaching preference rather than a dogmatic claim.
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Red Horse and Russia
Les explains that he connects the red horse to the only military-political power known as 'red,' the Red Army of Russia, and ties it to Ezekiel 38 at the beginning of the seven-year tribulation.
Twenty-Year Identification
Les states that for twenty years he has taught that the rider of the red horse is the Russian invasion of Israel in Ezekiel 38-39.
Personal Speculation
Les reminds viewers that some of what he says about the red horse is his own personal speculation, not something the text literally proves.
War and Peace Removed
Les explains that the red horse appears when peace is removed, bringing a real war in which people kill one another, probably within the first month of the seven years.
Battleground Language
Les highlights the red horse's battleground as one where combatants kill each other, and he asks viewers to think of Russia as the power associated with the color red.
Early Tribulation Timing
Les says he now places this great invasion of Israel in the early stages of the tribulation, right after the Antichrist signs the seven-year treaty and Israel drops her guard.
God's Judgment on the Army
Les compares Ezekiel 38 with the red horse passage, showing that the invading army will be destroyed by its own swords and by God's pestilence, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Revelation 6:4: 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.
This is the direct biblical description of the red horse and its rider.
Ezekiel 38:2: Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
Les quotes this verse when he introduces the Ezekiel passage he ties to the red horse.
Ezekiel 38:21: And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
This verse matches the red horse's scene of people killing one another.
Ezekiel 38:22: And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
This verse shows God's direct judgment on the northern army.
In Les Feldick's teaching, the red horse is the Russian invasion of Israel from Ezekiel 38-39. He points to Russia's Red Army as the only military-political power known as red, and he says he has taught this for twenty years. He also calls it his personal interpretation, not a claim the text literally proves.
Les places the red horse early in the seven-year tribulation, probably within the first month or so after the Antichrist signs the seven-year treaty. He says Israel suddenly drops her guard after the treaty is signed, and then the invasion follows.
Revelation 6:4 says the rider takes peace from the earth and causes people to kill one another. Les connects this to Ezekiel 38, where every man's sword is against his brother during the invasion of Israel.
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