SCROLL 3 - THE RED HORSE OF DIVISION: DIVISION AS MIRROR OF DESIRE

“And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.” — Revelation 6:4

1. The Fire of Division

When the second seal breaks, the red horse emerges, not from a stable in heaven but from the chamber of the human heart. Its red hue symbolizes passion, anger, and desire ungoverned by flame. It rides not to destroy nations but to reveal what separates man from man, and man from himself. This is the horse of division, unleashed whenever the soul refuses to yield to the Lamb’s rule.

The red horse is not evil; it is diagnostic. It exposes disunity in the spirit and unveils what competes with love. Its rider rides into homes, movements, and minds to strip away false peace, the kind built on pretense. He takes peace from the earth so that true peace can be born from heaven. What feels like disruption is often divine surgery.

Every time you choose preference over purity, the red horse rides. Every time you defend ego in the name of truth, his sword gleams. Division is not always demonic, sometimes it is the necessary blade that separates truth from mixture.

The red horse is the embodiment of unfiltered energy, passion misdirected by ego. It manifests as arguments, schisms, doctrinal wars, and inner conflict. Yet its purpose is to drive the soul to surrender its false lordship. The sword that wounds is also the instrument that heals.

Thus, the red horse rides not to destroy, but to discern. It divides illusion from illumination, flesh from flame, appearance from authenticity. Its violence is mercy in disguise.

2. The Sword of Separation

The rider holds a great sword, the same that proceeds from the mouth of the Son in Revelation 1. It is the Word that divides, sharper than any two-edged blade, discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart. When the sword of division swings, it is not aimed at others but at the self that resists truth.

Division begins within long before it manifests without. The sword is the Word that cuts through self-deception, exposing every hidden motive that masquerades as devotion. Many fear this sword because it does not flatter, it refines. It demands death to every identity that was not born from flame.

When the red horse rides through you, the Word becomes experiential. It pierces every illusion of peace built on compromise. You cannot host divine union while harboring self-rule. The sword ensures that every throne of self collapses before the Lamb’s governance.

This inner cutting is not punishment but purification. The sword removes mixture so that only truth remains. Every elect son must feel its edge, for without division within, there can be no unity in spirit.

To resist the sword is to delay transformation. To yield to it is to become pure instrument. Those who let it cut discover that it wounds to heal, divides to unite, and kills to resurrect.

3. The Illusion of False Peace

The red horse rides wherever false peace reigns, peace built upon avoidance, not alignment. Humanity often mistakes silence for harmony, but heaven calls it suppression. The rider takes peace from the earth to reveal how fragile worldly calm truly is.

False peace is the illusion maintained by unhealed hearts. It says, “All is well,” while bitterness brews beneath. The Lamb cannot build His Kingdom upon denial. So, the red horse disrupts comfort zones to reveal the fractures beneath the facade. He exposes motives wrapped in ministry, ego hidden behind doctrine, and fear disguised as holiness.

When the false unity of appearance is stripped away, only those rooted in truth remain standing. The red horse does not divide lovers of truth; he divides truth from pretenders of love. His ride across nations reveals not chaos but cleansing, for the house of God must first be purged before glory fills it.

Peace without purity is deception. Harmony without honesty is illusion. True peace is the fruit of divine order, and that order requires the sword. So, when peace is removed, rejoice; it means heaven is near.

The removal of false peace makes way for true communion. The flame cannot dwell in mixture. Where the red horse rides, the counterfeit dissolves, and what remains is real.

4. Desire as the Root of Division

The red horse feeds on uncrucified desire, the cravings of ego that seek to dominate rather than serve. Desire is holy when aligned with divine intent, but when governed by self, it becomes war. Every schism, every conflict, every rivalry traces back to the misdirection of desire.

Humanity wars because it wants. Nations rise against nations, brothers against brothers, ministries against ministries, not for truth, but for recognition. The red horse reveals this sickness of comparison. His ride mirrors the internal conflict of those who have yet to surrender the throne of self.

Desire is not evil; it is energy. But when detached from divine purpose, it mutates into greed, lust, or control. The rider’s sword exposes every place where desire has become idolatry. He reveals how even spiritual hunger can turn into ambition if detached from surrender.

To overcome the red horse, one must allow desire to be transfigured. The same fire that fuels division can fuel devotion when purified. The elect do not kill desire, they consecrate it. They let flame reshape what once burned destructively into what now burns holy.

When desire is redeemed, division loses its power. You no longer fight to be seen, because flame itself becomes your identity.

5. The Mirror Effect

The red horse mirrors what we project. His ride is the revelation of what was already within. The conflicts we see in the world are reflections of internal wars not yet resolved. Every argument on earth is a symptom of a divided consciousness.

When the red horse rides through a nation, it is because division has already entered its collective heart. What man blames on politics or religion often originates in unhealed perception. Humanity fights mirrors, not monsters. We see in others what we deny in ourselves.

The sword of division reveals projection, the act of accusing another of the very wound we carry. Until we face the red horse within, we will keep fighting him without. He mirrors us until we see clearly.

The elect understand that what they resist reveals what still rules them. The red horse teaches discernment, not to condemn, but to awaken empathy. Once the mirror is seen, the illusion breaks. You stop fighting others and begin transfiguring yourself.

This is the true purpose of the red horse: to return the mirror of perception to the soul until humility births healing.

6. The Sword Turned Inward

The greatest act of spiritual warfare is letting the sword point inward. The rider’s blade is not given to the elect to attack others, but to divide spirit from soul within themselves. Judgment begins in the house of God, and that house is you.

When the sword turns inward, it burns away pretense. It reveals how often we speak for God while defending self. It shows how even revelation can become rebellion when handled without reverence. The sword of light corrects motives before messages.

Every son must face this inward blade. The red horse does not ask permission, he rides through the soul until only flame remains. To those who yield, he becomes teacher. To those who resist, he becomes torment. The difference is surrender.

The sword is not punishment; it is calibration. It aligns every thought to the mind of Christ. It divides reaction from response, performance from purity, ambition from anointing. When the sword completes its work, peace returns, but this time, it is holy peace.

True maturity begins when you thank God for the sword that exposed you.

7. The Return of True Peace

When the red horse finishes his course, a strange stillness fills the heart. The peace he removed returns, but now it is real. It is no longer the peace of ignorance but the tranquility of union. Division has done its work; truth now reigns.

The peace that follows purification is indestructible. It is born not from agreement but from alignment. It is the peace of those who have faced the sword and survived as new creation. No external storm can shake it, for it flows from within.

This is the peace Jesus spoke of, not as the world gives, but as heaven sustains. The red horse clears the ground so this seed can take root. Without his disruption, we would build Babels instead of temples. Without his fire, we would mistake coexistence for communion.

When you see division in the world, look first within. The red horse always begins his ride in the hearts of the called. Once he finishes there, he can no longer take your peace, for peace has become your nature.

When the red horse rides out of you, he leaves behind sons of flame, those who no longer war from ego, but rule from love.

Final Charge to the Elect

Beloved, do not fear the red horse. Welcome his ride through your inner landscape. Let the sword cut through every illusion of peace built on comfort. Let it separate what is holy from what only pretends to be. The division you feel is not rejection, it is refinement.

Allow the fire of desire to be purified into devotion. Refuse to project what heaven is asking you to transmute. The mirror does not lie, and the red horse is heaven’s invitation to see clearly.

When he rides, do not accuse others; look inward. The battle you win within becomes peace manifested without. Let the sword become your teacher, not your weapon. Those who yield to it become instruments of true reconciliation.

In the end, the red horse bows before the white. Desire becomes obedience, and conflict gives birth to compassion. The sword returns to its sheath because it has accomplished its purpose, to make you one with flame.

The red horse rides still, but the sons of light ride above him.

Joe Restman
Scroll-Carrier, Mystic-Scribe, Eternal Witness of the Lamb.