THE FIRST SEAL

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c00500dvldtc.png"> <div> <B>Revelation</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Revelation"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="seven_seals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE SEVEN SEALS"><U><B>THE SEVEN SEALS</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="conquering_and_to_conquer_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE FIRST SEAL"><U><B>THE FIRST SEAL</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="peace_taken_from_the_earth__.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE SECOND SEAL"><U><B>THE SECOND SEAL</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="runaway_inflation_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE THIRD SEAL"><U><B>THE THIRD SEAL</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="bloodshed__famine__pestilence_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE FOURTH SEAL"><U><B>THE FOURTH SEAL</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="martyrs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE FIFTH SEAL"><U><B>THE FIFTH SEAL</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="natural_disasters_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE SIXTH SEAL"><U><B>THE SIXTH SEAL</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="the_remnant.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="144,000 SEALED"><U><B>144,000 SEALED</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="the_first_group.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE RAPTURE:"><U><B>THE RAPTURE:</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="silence_in_heaven_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE SEVENTH SEAL"><U><B>THE SEVENTH SEAL</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="the_great_tribulation_begins_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ANGELS PREPARE TO SOUND"><U><B>ANGELS PREPARE TO SOUND</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03dd2c00dvldtc.png"> <div> <A HREF="seven_seals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE SEVEN SEALS"><U>Previous Page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="peace_taken_from_the_earth__.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE SECOND SEAL"><U>Next Page</U></A></div> <div>   <P><CENTER><A href="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/" target="_top"><IMG src="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/count.cgi?account=bryant_family_2&code=site&count=1" border=0 width=96 height=40 alt="The Christian Counter"></A><BR><font size=1><A href="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/" target="_top">The Christian Counter</font></A></CENTER><P>   </div> <bR> <div> <B>Revelation 6:1-2</B>, "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.  And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="1f7243c0.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B><U>THE FIRST SEAL</U></B></div> <div> The first seal is the white horse and rider went out conquering and to conquer. </div> <bR> <div> Has this happened yet? Just in the time since Christ we have had military campaigns in order to set up or expand national borders. The New World was discovered and nations raced to grab as much land as possible. Since the colonization of the Americas most of the American nations have fought for independence from their original colonizers. Since the time of Jesus there have been incessant wars in one place or another. </div> <bR> <div> The United States itself has had many conflicts. These include the American Revolution, the war of 1812, the Mexican war, the Civil war, the Spanish American war, World War I, World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, the Gulf war and the War against Terrorism just to name the major conflicts. This does not include the Indian wars with many different Indian nations, the cold war or our "Peace Keeping" activities.</div> <bR> <div> So, has this happened yet? We have had close to two thousand years of history testifying to the fact that, yes it has and it still is happening. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>