Not only will nations take up arms against each other, but also individuals will attack each other. Even so, the wars yet to be fought and their accompanying suffering will exceed anything in history. Conservative estimates calculate that armed conflicts have claimed the lives of at least fifty million people during the past 65 years. Of course, war is nothing new to humanity.
This blood-red beast personifies war, and his rider carries an assassin’s sword. 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). John says, “Another horse, fiery red, went out. The Rider on a Red Horse: War and Bloodshedįollowing on the heels of the white horse, a second horse and rider gallop onto the scene. And during the Tribulation, Satan’s deceptions will intensify.
Even now, lesser antichrists-operating under Satan’s control-seize power through hollow assurances of peace and prosperity. Satan has always counterfeited the work of Christ. It makes more logical sense for Christ to appear at the Second Coming than at the beginning of the Tribulation.Īlthough there are similarities between the two riders, they are distinctly different. The rider in Revelation 6 signals the beginning of God’s judgment, while the Revelation 19 rider marks the end.Anyone could wear the victor’s crown only the Son of God could wear the kingly diadem. Christ wears a royal crown in Revelation 19, but the rider in Revelation 6 wears a victor’s crown.In Revelation 19, Christ’s weapon is a sword, but in Revelation 6, the rider’s weapon is a bow with no arrows.However, several differences make that conclusion implausible. The Antichrist will be the worst tyrant the world has ever known.īecause Revelation 19:11 refers to Christ riding on a white horse, some believe the rider in Revelation 6:2 also must be Christ. Instead of bringing peace, he will bring destruction and violate every treaty he ratifies. But make no mistake-this man will not be a hero. In old westerns, viewers could count on the hero to ride in on a white horse. Signs of escalating violence, famine, and disease in our world suggest the horsemen are already preparing to gallop onto the pages of history. The horsemen of the Apocalypse represent four aspects of God’s judgment that will pour out on the earth at the beginning of the Tribulation. Although these events are mere shadows of the horrors to come, we can draw a straight line from the prophecies of Matthew 24 to the four horsemen of Revelation 6 that mark the beginning of the Tribulation. The COVID-19 pandemic, food shortages, massive inflation, and the Ukraine invasion are just a few examples. A cursory look around our globe suggests these signs have already begun to materialize. In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus explained that a surge of false prophets, wars, famines, and diseases would indicate the end of the world is drawing near.
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