The Book of Revelation and the Four Horsemen Riders

In the book of Revelation four horsemen riders have been identified. These riders are horrific. They ride to the destruction of mankind. They bring havoc on the world for a short period of time. Seven years is a comparatively short period of time.

These riders, the four horsemen, in the book of Revelation, chapter 6, represent many things. The first rider rides a white horse and represents the anti-christ. The white horse rider takes control of the whole world.

The white horse rider will conquer in an unconventional way. He will take over many countries through economics. Many of the global communities today are in serious financial trouble. The white horse rider will exploit the countries by his superiority in economics.

Then the second rider rides a red horse, and he takes peace from the world. At the middle of the tribulation, the anti-christ breaks a peace treaty with Israel, and he removes peace from them.

Although only two verses separate the first two riders of Revelation, there is time differentiation of three and one-half years.  

The third rider of the Book of Revelation rides a black horse, and he is bad, bad, bad. He represents inflation and famine, two things that follow the war brought about by the second rider. This rider has in his hands a pair of scales to weigh out grain. Comparatively, a loaf of bread will cost the equivalent of a day’s wages for someone on minimum wages, i.e. around $54.00.

Finally, the fourth horseman of Revelation rides out on a pale horse. Actually, the word translated “pale” in Greek is chloros, a green color. Except in children’s books, we usually don’t have green horses, so this rider rides a pale horse. He kills one-third of the population of the world. Probably using chlorine gases which is an English word that comes from the above Greek word.

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