Hello guys.
Here is more on Zechariah:
Zec 6:1-8
(1) And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
(2) In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
(3) And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
(4) Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
(5) And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
(6) The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
(7) And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
(8) Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
Now certain things mean different things in certain parts of the bible depending on context and what it is talking about.
Colors are used in different ways in the bible, such as getting white garments which represents the righteousness of the saints, and some colors like red in certain cases point to the blood of the lamb, but concerning countries, these colors always tend to have a different meaning.
And in the 4 horses of Revelation, it gives good detail.
Now concerning these specific chariots (in Zechariah) with their horses, it gives different details, then does Revelation 6.
And these chariots and possibly with the horses, points to the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth, which seems to speak of some type of angelic beings, what kind God knowns, but it seems to pertain to ones pertaining to judgments, that go into countries, such as the north country, south country etc.
Now the word north in the bible, sometimes points to a specific country in most bible verses, but not always to the same one in every case, you must take things in context.
Now in Daniel chapter 11, within that context the king of the south points to Egypt, and the king of the north points to Syria, but it is not always so in every scripture in the bible, that is why read the context.
And these chariots and horses within the certain countries makes me think of the 4 beasts of Daniel, but specifically to these verses:
Dan 7:2-3
(2) Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
(3) And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Notice the similar wording:
Dan 7:2-3
(2) Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
(3) And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Zec 6:5
(5) And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
Very similar wording, such as the four winds of heaven, and the four spirits of the heavens.
Now here is a comment on Zechariah:
(John Gill)
(...and if of angels, they may be compared to "horses", because strong and swift to do the will of God; and to "red" ones, because they are the executioners of his wrath and vengeance on wicked men: but if by "the chariots" are meant the monarchies, then by these "red horses" must be designed the Babylonians and Chaldeans, so called because their soldiers were clothed in red, and their chariots were like flaming torches; and they were sanguinary, cruel, and bloody in their tempers, and in their actions to the Jews; and were signified by Nebuchadnezzar's head of gold in his image; see Nam_2:3,...
...Zechariah 6:6
The black horses which are therein,.... Which were in the second chariot: no further mention is made of the red horses in the first chariot, because the kingdom of the Chaldeans was now extinct: these design the Medes and Persians:
go forth into the north country: into the country of Babylon or Chaldea, which lay north of Judea; see Jer_1:13 and other places; these went to Babylon, took that, and seized on the empire, and delivered the Jews, who were captives there:
and the white go forth after them; the Grecians under Alexander, who went after the Medes and Persians into the same country, and fought Darius the Persian, and conquered him:
and the grisled go forth toward the south country; the Romans under Julius Caesar, Augustus, and others before them, who went into Egypt, which lay south of Judea, Dan_11:5 and conquered that, and other nations, and set up the fourth kingdom or monarchy.)
The only one not mentioned here in the comments are the bae horses, which in the 4th chariot, there were both grisled horses and bae horses, which of the bae horses, it says this:
"the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth".
No doubt there is an aspect of the Roman empire here which conquered mightily throughout the earth, but it may also include religious Rome, and the future 10 horns.
Concerning the grisled horses it seems to transition from part of the broken Grecian empire to the Roman empire, in this particular case in Zechariah.
So to me this seems to fit perfectly, which Zechariah speaks of angelic beings but also countries.
And it does not fit with Revelation chapter 6, which speaks nothing about the four winds of heaven, or the four spirits of the heavens, and the four horses of Revelations, are to happen in a future time, within the first half of the future tribulation period, under the 4 first seals.
