Jesus gives peace:
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:
not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The rider on the red horse takes peace:
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.
Is taking peace the opposite of giving
peace?
Would the effect of taking away peace be the
opposite of the affect of giving peace?
I ask, because, when I first was saved, people
told me that the red horse was the "red commie" Soviet
Union, the taking of peace is WWIII.
However, could the taking away of peace be
considered on an individual basis, similar to the giving of
peace affecting believers individually?
What if, when peace is taken from the earth,
people become utterly impatient and angry with one another?
What if the killing also involves fights and
murders, and not simply only world war?
What about as in the days of Noah?
Genesis 6:11 The earth also was
corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
13 And God said unto Noah,
The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is
filled with violence through them;
and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Violence is mentioned twice in Genesis 6, rather
than mentioning war.
Similarly, with the rider on the red horse
taking peace from the earth, will that result in the earth
again being filled with violence?