Zechariah's Explanation
Jesus Christ is the Son of the Father, Son of the Word, and Son of the Holy Spirit

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In vision of prophet Zechariah, four horses revealed the Son Jesus Christ and the Heavenly Father (Father, Word, and the Holy Spirit), the same explained as four rivers in the book of Genesis  - A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers - Genesis 2:10

Here the first river Pishon referring to the Son Jesus Christ, and the three quality of the first river(Gold and bdellium and onyx) explaining the Trinity of Son Jesus Christ(Father, Word, and the Holy Spirit) - 11.The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12.And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there - Genesis 2:11-12

And the Rivers Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates are referring to our God of Trinity (Father, Word, and the Holy Spirit) - 13.The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14.And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates - Genesis 2:13-14

And its all from one water source, from the water that flows out of Eden, which teach us we have One God, and His name is Jesus Christ .


Zechariah's Explanation

before going over Zechariah's explanation about the Trinity God, we need to understand about the usage of word horse in the Bible, Horse is the one of the fastest animal in the world, but in the Bible, its used for referring to the Spirit that we can see in this passage - the Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit - Isaiah 31:3 

When horses are referring to the Spirit of the Man, the rider of the horse is referring to his physical body - On that day, declares the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness -  Zechariah 12:4

But in Zechariah's vision Horses are pointing to Spirit of God, and his vision starts like this - 8.I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. 9.Then I said, What are these, my lord? The angel who talked with me said to me, I will show you what they are - Zechariah 1:8-9

• Here the red horse which standing among the myrtle trees in the glen alone had the rider on it, and is referring our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, and the Myrtle trees in the glen is referring to the people of this world

• That was the reason, prophet Zechariah called the rider of the red horse as Lord(Jesus Christ), and the rider of the red horse also referred as Angel that we can see across the Old Testament.

• And behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses, which are referring to our God of Trinity (Father, Word, and the Holy Spirit), and these three horses does not have any riders, that means they do not have any physical appearance, and its a character of our unseen God.

• And prophet Zechariah could only talk to our Mediator Jesus Christ, and not directly to the God of Trinity (Father, Word, and the Holy Spirit).

We can see that the Angel of the Lord(Jesus Christ) calling the three horses as O Lord of Hosts, which confirms that the three horses are referring to our God of Trinity (Father, Word, and the Holy Spirit) - 10.So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth. 11.And they answered the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest. 12.Then the angel of the Lord said, O Lord of hosts, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these seventy years? - Zechariah 1:10-12

The conversation between the person who is standing among the myrtle trees and the three Horses confirms what the horses are representing - 13.And the Lord answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me. 14.So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. 15.And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little, they furthered the disaster. 16.Therefore, thus says the Lord, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. 17.Cry out again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem - Zechariah 1:10-17

How God revealed Jesus Christ and the Trinity of our Heavenly Father as 4 horses, the same way he also showed Satan's plan(4 horns) to prophet Zechariah - 18.And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns! 19.And I said to the angel who talked with me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 

But the Son of God, and the Trinity God working together as four craftsmen for our Salvation, and victory belongs to our Lord Jesus Christ - 20.Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21.And I said, What are these coming to do? He said, These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it

Prophet Zechariah have received this wonderful vision so that we can understand the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but not to make any curved images - God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth - John 4:24 & You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth - Exodus 20:4

Elisha's Explanation

When Elisha spoke about Lord Jesus Christ(Word of the Lord), The Bible says that our Lord reveled his Trinity in the battle field, so the Syrians heard three types of noises (noise of chariots, noise of horses, noise of a great host), and just by hearing the noise the whole Syrians army ran away for the life - 1.But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.” 2.Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” 3.Now there were four men who were lepers[c] at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? 4.If we say, ‘Let us enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die.” 5.So they arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians. But when they came to the edge of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no one there. 6.For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us 7.So they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives. 8.And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and went and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent and carried off things from it and went and hid them. 9.Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household - 2 Kings 7:1-9

When the Lord made the whole Syrian's army to hear the great noise which could terrify everyone of them and made them to run for the lift, the four lepers have not heard any sound and they were calmly walking towards the Syrian's army, that is the power of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Joel's Explanation

Prophet Joel also used horses to refer the Spirit of God, and explained the Trinity of Jesus Christ using three different types of noise that horses would make in the war zone - 4.The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5.With a noise like chariots Over mountaintops they leap, Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble, Like a strong people set in battle array - Joel 2:4-5

Habakkuk's Explanation 

When Prophet Habakkuk spoke about Christ's crucifixions, He prophesied as horses getting into the great water, but he used plural term(horses) to revel the Trinity of our Lord Jesus Christ - 8.O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers, Was Your anger against the rivers, Was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation? 9.Your bow was made quite ready; Oaths were sworn over Your arrows. Selah 10.You divided the earth with rivers. The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high. 11.The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear. 12.You marched through the land in indignation; You trampled the nations in anger. 13.You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For salvation with Your Anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah. 14.You thrust through with his own arrows The head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret. 15.You walked through the sea with Your horses, Through the heap of great waters  - Habakkuk 3:8-15


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