Shamley moved into politics, winning election in 2016 as an Apache County supervisor. He resigned the position in 2018 to make a run for Congress, but dropped out of the race before the August primary. Cooper also claimed that the antisemitic conspiracy theory forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was actually an Illuminati work, and instructed readers to substitute " Sion" for "Zion", "Illuminati" for "Jews", and "cattle" for " Goyim". [3] [20] [21] The publisher removed the chapter that was a reproduction of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion document from later printings of Behold a Pale Horse. [22] Kennedy assassination This meant one of two things, Cooper told the audience. Either “everyone in the intelligence community and all the intelligence agencies of the United States government are blithering idiots and incompetent fools, or they’re lying to us.” Glenn Jacobs, the former editor and publisher of The Round Valley Paper, at his property in Eagar on Aug. 19, 2020. Now look at the red horse Revelation and Jesus mentioning the presence of wars in Matthew 24. Revelation 6: 3-4 records, “ When the Lamb [Jesus] opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a huge sword.” Now read Matthew 24:6-7 which says “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom” (Rev 6:1-2). Red can certainly be associated with blood and the red horse seems to symbolize war so the parallel between the red horse in Revelation 6:3-4 and Matthew 24:6-7 seem to be about the very same thing and that is war and rumors of other potential wars to come.

Jacobs told him that wasn’t the case. “I don’t know if there was a federal agent in the county,” he said. Cooper and Lear's collaboration lasted for a few years, after which Cooper accused Lear of being a CIA plant. [12] Behold a Pale Horse Before the Reformation and the woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, the usual and more influential commentaries of the Book of Revelation thought there was only one horseman riding successively these four horses, who was the Christ himself. So did some medieval illuminations, and after that some modern commentators: Oecumenius, a Greek exegete writing in the sixth-century, Berengaudus a French Benedictine monk of Ferrières Abbey at the same period, Luis del Alcázar a Spanish Jesuit in 1612, Benito Arias Montano, a Spanish Orientalist, in 1622, Jacques de Bordes, a French capuchin in 1639, Emanuel Swedenborg a Swedish theologian in 1766. [72] Prophetic interpretation [ edit ] Niebuhr, Barthold Georg (1844), The History of Rome from the First Punic War to the Death of Constantine, vol.5, Rome: Taylor and Walton, p.346

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The X-Files incorporated numerous elements of Cooper's mythos of a secret government in collusion with alien beings. In one of the most famous episodes, " Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man", John F. Kennedy is assassinated to prevent him from revealing the existence of aliens. [10] The 1998 X-Files film uses phrasing from Cooper (e.g. "Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars") and features the name Cooper in apparent homage. [10] a b Watts, Stephan. - Best Pictures: "'A Man for All Seasons': Less Pomp, More Circumstance". - The New York Times. - July 24, 1966 Bible Gateway passage: Revelation 6 - Revised Standard Version". Bible Gateway . Retrieved 2023-05-17. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Here is what I was writing about earlier. There is a close resemblance between the first horse and Jesus mentioning the many false prophets and teachers. Revelation 6:2 says “ And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.” Now notice Matthew 24:4-5 where Jesus predicts that many false prophets will come and proclaim to be Christ or claim to come in His name but Jesus warns, “… Take heed that no man deceives you. For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and will deceive many.” Is this conquering done through false prophets, false teachers, and false ministers who will “deceive many?” There seem to be no shortage of apostate teachings and teachers today. White could easily represent the image of someone who appears righteous or is portrayed as being sent from God but even Satan has his own ministers who masquerade as angels or ministers of light (2nd Cor 11:4). The Red HorseCooper’s book sold slowly at first, Swanson said. But in the years since, it has sold steadily, despite her never putting marketing money behind it. Swanson said she prints a few thousand copies a year to meet demand. Among Cooper’s targets was Alex Jones, then on a Texas radio station and public access television show. In his gravelly voice, Jones traded in conspiracies, but Cooper saw him making up his theories out of whole cloth, unlike Cooper’s well-researched tirades. No one else was home. Cooper told Jacobs that he had moved his wife and children to a place where no one could harm them. Jacobs said something seemed off. Cooper said he hoped his audience would tell Jones what he said. “Though I suspect he’s listening, because he does,” Cooper said during the broadcast. “Alex Jones, you are a bold-faced, stinking, rotten, little coward liar.”