[OBW]

A few questions that I have come across. (I may or may not be back soon to review further, but still worthy of consideration.)

1. Is Revelation clearly provided as some kind of roadmap to a dispensational end-of-times?

2. Are we supposed to figure it out so that we know the actual end is upon us? Is it more important to figure out what the horses, bowls, beasts, faces, etc., are, or to see that the imagery is valid today, whenever "today" is.

3. Is the purpose of the letter to provide keys to surviving the end time?

4. Is the letter alternately to keep us vigilant in our faith no matter how good or bad the times seem and no matter how near or far the end times may be from where we currently are (in time). (Don't forget that each of us has a shelf-life of much less than the time that has transpired between the writing of the letter and the return of Christ (i.e., most will face the end times as the result of a "normal" death).)

Looking back at the first post of the thread, and going where my questions hint at going, no matter who says it, I tend toward the understanding that the four horses are always ongoing. Just as there have been earthquakes, famines, pestilence, war, etc., from the beginning of recorded time, and nothing has stopped any of these no matter how much some like to think that we have "improved."