4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
“Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I
heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder,
"Come and see." And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat
on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and
to conquer.”
Revelation 6:1-2
There are
many interpretations of the meaning of these 4 horsemen and I will try to bring
it all together for you. In verse 2 of
Revelation, we see a white horse comes on the scene. A man is riding this horse and he is carrying
a bow and has a crown on his head. Of
course we always refer to Jesus as riding a white horse (Rev. 19:15), so many
come to a quick conclusion that it must be Jesus on this white horse. However,
this rider is ready for war; ‘conquering and to conquer’.
As we read
through the Bible we see that Satan tries to duplicate everything that God has
done or is doing. Obviously, Jesus is
not riding out to destroy nations or peoples by conquering them. Then we must come to the conclusion that it
is Satan riding out to conquer as many as he can because he knows his days as
prince of this world are coming to an end.
In Ephesians 2:2 , Satan is
called “The Prince of the power of the air”; in John 12:31 he is called “the
ruler of the world” and in 2 Corinthians 4:4
he is called “the god of this age (or god of this world)”.
When Jesus comes
back with his saints to conquer Satan at the Battle of Armageddon, he will then
be riding a white horse and on his thigh is written “King of Kings and Lord of
Lords”. He comes back bolding announcing
who he is; he will end Satan’s rule on this earth.
“Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was
granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people
should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.” Revelation
6:4
This horse represents a time of great wars; a time when
there will be no peace on this earth.
Murder and slaughter will be common in those days (it almost seems that
way today). Wars will be fought on a
greater scale than we have ever seen before including many civil wars. People will long for a place of peace and
will not find it.
As I look at the happenings around the world at this
time, it is unbelievable. According to
one source there are over 40 wars around the world at this time and many of
these wars record over a 1,000 deaths a year.
The U.S. US
“When He opened the third seal, I heard
the third living creature say, "Come and see." So I looked, and
behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I
heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart
of wheat for a denarius (a days wages), and three quarts of barley for a
denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine."
This third
horseman riding in on a black horse is generally understood bringing famine to the
world. The horseman carries a pair of scales, showing that bread would have
been weighed during a famine. The price of grain will be about ten times normal
and a day’s wages will only buy enough wheat for one person, or enough barley
for three, so workers would struggle to feed their families.
The oil and wine will apparently be in good supply. European and Asian countries rely on wine for
their drinking supply. That does not
mean it is all fermented, but water supplies are a constant shortage. The oil could mean we will still have fuel
for heat and other things, or it could be referring to the Olive oil which is
still used for a lot of purposes.
This rider brings famine to many areas, but does not
appear to cover the world. There are
one-billion hungry people are in the world today and that seems huge according
to those of us who live in America
“So I looked, and behold,
a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed
with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with
sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.”
The Pale Horse: This
is plainly stated that the rider was ‘Death” and “Hell: followed him. It means there will be all kinds of disease,
hunger and death. When people die their fate is sealed. The sooner death can claim people, the less
chance they have of being saved and entering the kingdom
of God
In Zachariah 6:1-8:
We see a prophecy of 4 chariots and 4 horses that are similar to the 4
horses in Revelation 6:8 . The horses shown here are black, white, red
and dappled (patches, spots or shades, different from ordinary). In Verse God
shows us the exact explanation of who these horses are in verse 5, “And
the angel answered and said to me, "These are four spirits of heaven, who
go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth.” These horses show how they spread across the
world and God deals with all people.
Whether they actually have anything to do with the four horses in
Zachariah is questionable.
Going back to
White
is a symbol of purity and peace which is against Satan’s values and therefore
he rides fourth to remove the peace from this earth and this can be done
through him conquering people around the world.
Red
is a symbol of Communism. Wherever Communism reigns there is revolution and
war. We have often heard of the ‘Red
Power’ and it is still alive today even though we don’t hear as much about it. The
real horror, however, is when you begin to understand that communism has been
enacted in America
Black
is a symbol of Capitalism and Democracy. All capitalistic countries are in the
daily news for the stock market which rules the world. It also speaks of the ‘oil and wine’. Also
notice on your Dollar Bill a pair of balances.
It is there to represent World Trade.
Imagine, God knew Capitalism was coming to the world over 2000 years
ago.
Pale Horse: Last week I mentioned about why the Bible calls this the pale horse when it was written as he ‘Green horse’. The New Testament was originally written in Greek and was written as ‘Chloros’ which is translated as ‘Green’. Green is the royal, symbolic color for Muslims. If you watch a Muslim parade, you will be amazed at the ‘green’ displayed in all of their flags and decorations. We know of the Muslim use of swords, terrorism, hunger, death by beheading.
Look at these statistics: Growth Rate of religion - Islam 1.84%
Christianity – 1.338%
God help us if America England London
Next week we will continue #3 of the ‘End Times’ series with “The Coming Rapture”.
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