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耶稣揭开第二印时，一匹火红色的马出来了！艺术家不会轻易使用红色，因为红色太引人注目了。而神这位技艺精湛的画家，却用了最鲜艳的红色来绘画第二位骑士的使命。这是个“危险讯号”，警告我们要小心防备。

这位骑士被赋予权柄，“可以从地上夺去太平，使人彼此相杀。”

故事中和平包括的含义，范围远远超过仅仅是没有战争。圣经中描绘的和平，是创世记一章三十一节所记载的神和谐创造的景象：“神看着一切所造的都甚好。”

耶稣的一生，正是这种和平的一个最明显的例证；祂为我们付上生命代价，祂被称为“和平之君”；（参赛 9:6）祂出生时，有一大队天使从天上归荣耀与神，宣告平安临到地上。（参路 2:13-14）

然而，这个骑着火红色马的骑士的异象，开启我们的灵眼，叫我们看见盘踞在我们身边的邪恶势力，从神所造的世界夺去了从神而来的平安。我们获得警告要特别小心防备，因为这骑士来的目的是制造暴力和使人彼此残杀。

当我们跟从耶稣达成把平安带到世上的使命时，我们需要小心留意这个危险讯号。

When Jesus opens the second seal, a fiery red horse comes out! Artists use red sparingly because it commands attention. And God, the master painter, used the brightest red possible to paint the mission of this second rider. This is a "red flag" warning us to be on guard.

This horseman receives power to "take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other."

Peace, in this story, includes much more than just the absence of war. The Bible’s picture of peace is about the harmony in creation revealed in Genesis 1:31: "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good."

The clearest example of this peace is found in the life of Jesus, given for our sake. He is described as the "Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). And when he was born, a multitude of angels from heaven gave glory to God and announced the coming of peace on earth. (Luke 2:14)

In the picture of the rider on a fiery red horse, however, this vision opens our eyes to the power of evil in our midst, robbing creation of God’s peace (shalom). We are especially warned to be on guard about this rider’s goal to create violence, making people kill each other.

We need to be wary of this red flag as we follow Jesus in his mission to bring peace on earth.