4 Horsemen of Revelation

Q. Have the 4 horses in the Book of Revelation been released already?
A. No …they have not been “released” yet and won’t be released until the Tribulation period. Remember this book is written in symbolic language and Hebrew idioms and a good knowledge of the Biblical festivals, Hebrew, the Temple and eschatology is needed to give it meaning.

Revelation 6.1-8 begins with these 4 horses. Four in the Bible is the number of testing, and the inhabitants of the earth will be severely tested. A horse in symbolic language has to do with strength. The first horse is dealing with the authority and strength (horse) from God (the crown) to take peace from the earth. This will be accomplished by many kings and rulers in the Tribulation but the false messiah is a main player here, who pretends to be righteous and peaceful (white horse) but isn’t. Daniel 9 talks about a peace covenant he confirms with Israel but breaks at the mid-point of the Tribulation. He will be fighting battles all through the Tribulation period, losing ground to the Russians for the first few years. Russia, feeling Europe and the false messiah have been neutralized, will feel safe enough to invade Israel where she will be defeated by God Himself.

Taking credit for their defeat the false messiah will move into Israel and declare him-self to be the messiah. Israel will reject him and flee to the wilderness of Jordan/Edom/Moab where she will be protected from the false messiah for three and a half years. He in turn begins to “make war” on anyone who has the testimony of Yeshua and keeps the commandments (Rev 12.17). So, as a result, the sword of blood/ war (red horse) is unleashed and the ability to bring about great carnage. The kings of the east will be fighting the false messiah, the kings of the south will be involved, the United States will be destroyed by a Russian sneak attack at the beginning of the Tribulation and not even be a player. The Arabs will be fighting along-side the Russians for at least 3 years and the list goes on.

Because of the wars, famine is a result (black horse) and food will be hard to come by, and whatever is available in the war-torn areas will be of poor quality (symbolized by the barley) and very expensive (a days wage). Then the last horse appears and that is a pale, ashen horse which symbolizes death (of the physical body) and Hades (the soul). As a result several billion people will die (a fourth of mankind on the earth), and as you can see none of this has happened yet because we are not in the Tribulation period and the false messiah has not been revealed (2 Thes 2. 1-12). All of these things have happened before but not in this magnitude.