[the fourth seal]
Look with me now, says
the Lord, at the opening of the fourth seal.
John was again told to 'Come
and see' and another portion of the
earth was symbolically viewed. This time he
beheld 'a
pale horse: and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hell followed with him. And
power was given to
them over the fourth part of
the earth, to kill with sword, and
with hunger, and with death, and with
the beasts of the earth.' (Rev. 6:7-8). During the
same general time period which saw the going forth of
the forces described in the first three seals, there
arose another force which was to vitally affect another
portion of the world. The Imperialistic war lords of
Japan set out on an expansionist course which led
to the unprovoked conquest of China. This is
the meaning of the statement that 'power was given to them
over the fourth part of the
earth.' (Rev. 6:8). That 'fourth part' was
the people of China. The 'Death'
rider continued his advances until in his vaunted
success he struck at Pearl Harbor and engaged forces
which led to his downfall. But, notice, says the Lord, that the
'Death'
rider was followed by another called 'Hell' (or
the Unseen), and it is said that power was given
to
them over the fourth
part of the earth. In other words, after China
had been subjugated and weakened by
the Japanese, the powers of 'Hell’ took over
following the Japanese exit. This was none
other than the force
of Communism. And the pale horse continues as
China suffers under the scourge of the demonic
powers of the Unseen realm through Communist
tyranny.