Summary of Future Events   289 

World War III begins in 2010. When the Arab nations are united under the 

leadership of Iran and Iraq,  the Arab forces will threaten and attack the 

United States. A nuclear bomb will be used against New York City early in 

the war. Next, they will threaten, attack, invade, and conquer Europe. They 

will also threaten, attack, invade, and conquer large parts of Africa.  They 

will be stopped before reaching the equator in Africa. 

The Arabs will invade Italy. The Pope will flee the Vatican, but be captured 

by the Arab forces and taken to Syria. He will watch as they kill a number of 

the clergy, then they will put out his eyes, bind him in chains, and take him 

to a prison in Iraq. He will die, blind and imprisoned, with no one to rescue 

him. 

After the Arabs capture Rome and Vatican City, they will burn the churches 

and  desecrate the holy places. The allied forces (the U.S. and others)  will 

retake Rome and drive the Arab forces out of the city. What a bitter and 

foolish victory this will be. The Arab forces, because they were not able to 

hold the city of Rome, they will destroy Rome with a nuclear weapon. 

World War III will be long and bloody; millions will be killed. The war 

continues  through most of the 2010's. The result of the war is that Europe 

and parts of Africa  will be conquered and occupied by the Arab forces for 

many year. 

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 

The book of Revelation describes Seven Seals on a scroll opened by the 

Lamb of God. Each Seal represents a set of events. This is a symbolic way to 

organize and order events.  The first Seal is opened and the first horseman 

arrives. Each subsequent Seal of the first four Seals is equivalent to each of 

the four so called horsemen of the Apocalypse. 

The word  Apocalypse  is merely the Greek word for Revelation. The book 

is named after the first word in the Greek version. But Apocalypse has come 

to mean a time of great suffering and supernatural events. However, it is not 

the end of the world. 

The first Seal and first horseman is the war, World War III, wherein the 

Arab nations conquer Europe and parts of Africa. This war and the victory 

by the Arabs is represented by a white horse because it is God's will that the 

Arab nations win the war and oppress the peoples of the occupied lands (as 

a punishment for sin and to prepare for future world events).