He will take the lives of many in a physical and spiritual sense.Īlthough many wars have ravaged the Earth’s history, none will quite wreak as much destruction as those that occur in the End Times. Take, for instance, the abomination of desolation he will place in the temple, after the three and a half years of peace ( Daniel 9:27). The antichrist will seek to wage physical war as well as a spiritual war. This makes sense to follow after the conquest-driven horse and rider. He carries a large sword and blatantly represents war and violence. The next horse, a fiery red one, takes peace from the Earth ( Revelation 6:4). After three and a half years of peace ( Daniel 9:27), he will wage war upon the saints. The bow he carries can represent violence. This article aligns with the latter view. The antichrist does try to mimic works the Messiah can do such as miracles ( 2 Thessalonians 2:9), and he seems bent on conquering the world. However, others have said this is the antichrist. Some people have attributed the rider of this horse as the person of Jesus, as later in Revelation 19 Jesus rides a white horse. The first horse, a white one, seems bent on conquest ( Revelation 6:2). Much intrigue has been built around these four characters featured in the book of Revelation that iconic art, books, and even movies (such as X-Men Apocalypse) have capitalized on these four horsemen of the apocalypse. One of the more eerie parts of the book of Revelation includes four figures riding horses. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth." ~ Revelation 6:1-8 (Emphasis added)
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him.
And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!" When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword. When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" And out came another horse, bright red. "Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
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