Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

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Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? We're going to answer that question. You can also discover more on GotQuestions .org.

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, or simply the Four Horsemen, are described in Revelation 6, verses 1 -8.

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They're symbolic depictions of different events that will take place in the end times. As an example of the

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Bible's influence on culture at large, the Four Horsemen of the movies and other media, often as portents of an imminent cataclysm or the means by which a disaster comes to pass.

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The Four Horsemen correspond with the first four seals opened by the Lamb as He opens the scroll of judgment in heaven.

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Each time when the Lamb opens a seal, one of the living creatures before the heavenly throne says to John, Come.

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The first one beckons, and John then records what he sees. I looked, and there before me was a white horse.

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Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror, bent on conquest.

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The First Horseman likely refers to the Antichrist. He is the false imitator of the true Christ, who is also associated with a white horse.

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At the beginning of the tribulation, the Antichrist will be given authority, a crown, and he will wage war, a bow, conquering all who oppose him.

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This description agrees with Daniel's vision of the little horn in Daniel 7 .21.

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When the Lamb opens the second seal, John looks and dutifully records what he sees.

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Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other.

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To him was given a large sword. The Second Horseman refers to terrible warfare that will break out in the end times.

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Those wars will include the Antichrist's rise to power, which requires the downfall of three other kings, and the battle of Gog and Magog.

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The Lamb opens the third seal. John hears the word, Come, and the Third Horseman then appears.

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There before me was a black horse. Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.

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Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine.

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The Third Horseman of the Apocalypse portrays a great famine that will take place. Food is scarce, and prices are inflated beyond reason.

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The command to spare the oil and the wine seems to signify that the luxuries will still be available during the famine, but the staples will not.

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The fourth seal is broken, and the call to come is heard. John says, I looked, and there before me was a pale horse.

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Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse is symbolic of death and devastation. The horse's pale green color denotes sickliness, and the

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Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse will bring further warfare and famines along with awful plagues, diseases, and attacks by wild animals.

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A fourth of the world's population will die. What is most amazing, or perhaps terrifying, is that the

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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are just precursors of even worse judgments that come later in the

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Tribulation. For all the horror brought by the Four Horsemen, there is much more to come. That answers the question, who are the

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