Over the past few weeks, we have all seen the atrocities committed by an army run amok, who call themselves
"
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" - ISIS for short.
Their logo is more and more often portrayed on news channels as the one seen in the picture below :
Now, never mind what we all think of these people...
This morning, a new logo appeared, so new in fact that it is not yet on Google...
It is the same logo as above, but with three horseheads in the top portion of the circle, one red, one black, one green...
My stomach twisted into a knot...
Why ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse#Pale_HorseOf the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,
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White (the only color not portrayed) "The first horseman is called Pestilence"
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Red "The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War[2] (he is often pictured holding a sword upwards as like ready for battle [15]) or mass slaughter"
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Black "The third horseman rides a
black horse and is popularly understood as Famine"
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Pale (or Green) "The fourth and final horseman is named
Death. Known as "the pale rider", of all the riders, he is the only one to whom the text itself explicitly gives a name. Unlike the other three, he is not described carrying a weapon or other object, instead he is followed by Hades (the resting place of the dead). However, illustrations commonly depict him carrying a scythe (like the Grim Reaper), sword,[21] or other implement."
Now, those who know me well, fully well know I am a "skeptic", in that I do not go for "rapture" things nor do I believe in "
miracles, dime a dozen!"
I like to read the Bible to see exactly what it says, in what copntext and in what times.
I try to understand the difference between a metaphore, a parable and an idiomatic expression, and have gained quite a few enemies and lost a few friends by defending my views and my quest to understand.
However, when I saw that logo on Italian news this morning, I almost dropped my coffee in my lap.
Is it just a coincidence ? Or is it far too precise to be a coincidence ?
Of all possible symbols, they chose not a sword (as in the Saudi Flag) not a Crescent (as in many other flags) not the Sun (as in the modern Iraqi flag) not a 5 - 7 pointed star... but a horse !
Of all possible color combinations... red, black and green... in that very order ?
Of all possible numbers, they chose exactly three ? Not one, not all four (because pestilence can be defeated, but not famine nor war, nor much less Death...
Gentlemen, you have the floor (I'd like to see or Pastor from N.Carolina have his say).
I'm all ears...