[The Urban Sombrero]

So you've returned to the position in which you stated all of the foment is at the Lord's hand and He is leveling the playing field for the sake of the poor again? The horsemen all appear during The Great Tribulation, which is the "time of Jacob's trouble," not the time when rich folks get their comeuppance. And BTW, those who do get wealth honorably, do so as the result of God's blessing.

As I have mentioned to you with some complexity in the past. Man, as was determined by God Himself, had only so much time to use up here on this earth and that time frame is outlined with certainty in Scripture. We refer to that time frame in historical and prophetic terms. The reason for that is because contrary to the contentions of Barack and the liberal crowd, man is not evolving towards loftier planes of existence. Rather as is clear both in Scripture and current events, man is deteriorating into various abuses decay.

Conservatives argue with liberal/progressives at the secular level and that is understandable. And because as liberals love to point out government is not Church, we Christians should strive to keep moral principles a deciding factor in our national law and policy debate. But the real fight is between the forces of evil, (which are the enemies of God and are at the root of man's fall as revealed in Genesis) and the forces of God, the Creator and Giver of all Truth, but Who will ultimately prevail (as is revealed in the books of Daniel, Timothy and Revelation to name a few).

The passages you cite depict a day in which the present world system will have but months to exist. And though I agree they will certainly happen and in relative short order, God says that were it not for the fact that He will step in to end the conflict by His own hand, man would at that time totally erase himself from off the face of the earth. In other words an ELE, extinction level event. All men and I mean all, will be terrified for their own lives in that time and rightfully so. Hardly a leveling of the playing field for the poor, it is the prelude to "The great and the terrible day of the Lord." Judgment Day.

What I am suggesting is that a great deal of wealth, not all, and I am talking about power elite wealth, not "did great in a small town" wealth, is arrived at, at least to a degree, through "dishonest scales." I am here not speaking about using government as some sort of legislative Robin Hood. The economic injustice decried by the rider of the black horse is foreshadowed prophetically many, many times.