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Who are "The Four Horsemen", mentioned in the Bible in Revelation?
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- 3+ months ago by barb1
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- bible, four horsemen
Answers (2)
It is not reliable to let people tell you what the bible says. Many people will make up stuff because they don't know what it says, and many will make up stuff because they wish it would not say what it says. You just have to read it for yourself. Read a chapter of Proverbs every day. Proverbs has 31 chapters so you can keep your place by just looking at a calendar. There is no religion or nothing in Proverbs and you don't have to believe anything. Just read to find wisdom. When you are comfortable with that, then read the bible from Romans to 2 Thessalonians over and over until you start to remember what it says. That is the part that applies to Christians.
The part you want is Revelation 6 and there is not complete agreement on what to call the horsemen. The names you hear most often are "pestilence, war, famine, and death." The entire book is poorly understood because it is written for Jews, and most people don't realize that. It does not apply to Christians because we will all be in heaven attending the wedding supper of the lamb while those events are going on.
Here is a book to help you to understand the bible. It's a free download and you can get a hard copy at any bible book store.
www.philologos.org/__eb-htetb/ "How To Enjoy The Bible"
Revelation 6:1-8 shows the riders and their meaning. Let's break it down :
1) The first horse is white. It's rider a glorious, newly crowned king (Jesus Christ)
2) The second horse is the color of fire, bearing a rider who takes peace away from
all the earth.
3) The third horse, black as midnight, carrying a rider who proclaimed a message
about a lack of basic food stuffs.
4) The fourth horse is a sickly pale color, a foreshadow of diseases and other lethal
threats, ridden by Death itself.
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