The Four Horsemen in Revelation
Writer Author Sylvia Huffnagle
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This article is not going to help a reader with their biblical doctrines or with their lifestyle. This article is for those who want to understand the Bible prophesies for the last days, especially Revelation.
Rev:6:1-2: And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2: 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.
(I know that most Bible scalars, maybe all of them, believe that these horses all appear during the end-time events, but I do not believe that. I am not a Bible scalar, but I have been a “born again” Christian for 48 years. I have intensely studied the Bible for 30 yrs., and I was a serious seeker before that.
I believe the white horse, rider, and bow represents Christianity going forth throughout the earth. I believe that the four horses represent a sequence of overlapping events that lead up to the end-times revealed in Revelation.
The scalars say that the white horse with the bow is Satan going forth to conquer. In my mind, this cannot be because Jesus is portrayed in Rev:19:11 as riding on a white horse and the Bible, especially Revelation portrays white, as in white linen, as standing for the righteous acts of the saints or for purity as the white wedding gown used to convey. I do not find any grounds to think that the Bible would portray Satan on a white horse unless it was worded so one knew it was a trick.
For example, 2Cor:11:13-14: For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14: And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. [The words transforming and transform let us know that it is a deceit.]
In 1Pet:5:8: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: [This text says he goes about as one, that let’s us know he is not a lion, such as Jesus is the lion of the tribe of Judah--that means He is the righteous ruler who is noble, fearless, and majestic--but the passage means that Satan sneaks up on, attacks, and tears his prey as a lion does.]
My point is that the Bible wording always lets you know whether the portrayal is true or false and here in Revelation there is no indication that this horse and rider are from the dark world, nor that it is a deceitful appearance.
I believe the white horse, rider and bow talk about the last two thousand years of spreading the gospel--the truth going forth to conquer.)
3-4: And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4: 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.
(This horse represents war and it comes after the white horse because it is the result of the conflict between good and evil, true and false, and right and wrong. The enemy uses a great sword called deceit or lies to incite men to rebellion, hatred, fear, and distrust, the end result being war.)
5-6: And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6: And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
(This horse represents poverty and starvation the result of war, sin, selfishness, and religion. Satan finds opportunity to bring this about through man’s desire to believe the lie rather than the truth so they can live unrighteously.) See 2Thess:2:9-12: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
7-8: And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
(This horse represents the inevitable result of the earth’s rebellion against God and their rejection of His Son, the Savior that He has provided to save mankind--the wrath.)
Rev:14:6-10: And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7: Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8: And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Sylvia Huffnagle
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