Greenland



[Map from the Perry Castenada Library, Courtesy The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin]

Greenland is the world's largest island at 840,000 square miles. Its name is somewhat misleading because there is very little that is green about Greenland. It's almost entirely covered in snow, and is therefore white most of the year except along the coastlines in summer. This colour is very important in this study because Greenland's initial shape is that of an enormous, white wing. But what is it the wing of?

[Map from the Perry Castenada Library, Courtesy The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin]

Greenland is the head of a horse, and since it's also a wing, that makes it a flying horse or a Pegasus!

Recall from the study on North America, that the Canadian Arctic is also a wing, so this horse can use it as its second wing, and in return North America can use Greenland for its second wing as well.

Of course horses don't fly, but there are winged horses in the Bible that are used to represent other mechanical forms of transportation. The most obvious white horse is recorded in Revelation 19:

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He That sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself. 13 And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

How could they get from heaven to earth unless these horses could fly?

15 And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

White horses also occur in Zechariah 6:

1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

Note that the horses were inside the chariots, indicating that they were somewhat smaller.

4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, "These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.

From this chapter it's obvious that God sends horses and chariots to perform certain tasks. One of these tasks was to pick up Elijah in 2nd Kings 2:

1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. ...

11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof."

It isn't written what colour these horses were, but nonetheless these were horses that were called whirlwinds because they're round.

In closing let's go to 2nd Kings 6, and take a look at what else these horses can do when our Father's children need help. We pick it up as the enemy sends an army to capture Elisha the prophet:

14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, "Alas, my master! how shall we do?" 16 And he answered, "Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them."

There were more horses and chariots in the air than there were on the ground.

17 And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see." And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, "Smite this people, I pray Thee, with blindness." And He smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

These horses and chariots were there to protect Elisha, and at any moment our Father could have opened the eyes of the enemy, and scared the living daylights out of them. It's apparent He has done so at other times (Judges 4:15; 5:20; 2nd Kings 7:6). So the next time you think you might be in trouble, think again, for there might be some horses hovering just overhead. They're not UFO's.