Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Death, Famine, War, and Conquest, an 1. Viktor Vasnetsov. The Lamb is visible at the top. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described in the last book of the New Testament of the Bible, called the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ to John of Patmos, at 6 1 8. The chapter tells of a book or scroll in Gods right hand that is sealed with seven seals. The Lamb of God opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses. Though theologians and popular culture differ on the first Horseman, the four riders are often seen as symbolizing Conquest1 or Pestilence and less frequently, the Christ or the Antichrist, War,2Famine,3 and Death. The Christianapocalyptic vision is that the Four Horsemen are to set a divineapocalypse upon the world as harbingers of the Last Judgment. Fn 1905 Serial Numbers here. One reading ties the Four Horsemen to the history of the Roman Empire subsequent to the era in which the Book of Revelation was written. That is, they are a symbolic prophecy of the subsequent history of the Empire. White HorseeditFor other uses of the term White Rider, see White rider. The first Horseman, Conquest on the White Horse as depicted in the Bamberg Apocalypse 1. The first living creature with halo is seen in the upper right. Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. Based on the above passage, a common translation into English, the rider of the White Horse sometimes referred to as the White Rider is generally referred to as Conquest. The name could also be construed as Victory, as in the translation found in the Jerusalem Bible the Greek words are derived from the verb, to conquer or vanquish. He carries a bow, and wears a victors crown. The White Rider has also been called Pestilence, particularly in popular culture see below. As righteouseditIrenaeus, an influential Christian theologian of the 2nd century, was among the first to interpret this Horseman as Christ himself, his white horse representing the successful spread of the gospel. Various scholars have since supported this notion,7 citing the later appearance, in Revelation 1. Christ mounted on a white horse, appearing as The Word of God. Furthermore, earlier in the New Testament, the Book of Mark indicates that the advance of the gospel may indeed precede and foretell the apocalypse. The color white also tends to represent righteousness in the Bible, and Christ is in other instances portrayed as a conqueror. However, opposing interpretations argue that the first of the Four Horsemen is probably not the horseman of Revelation 1. They are described in significantly different ways, and Christs role as the Lamb who opens the seven seals makes it unlikely that he would also be one of the forces released by the seals. Besides Christ, the Horseman could represent the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was understood to have come upon the Apostles at Pentecost after Jesus departure from Earth. The appearance of the Lion in Revelation 5 shows the triumphant arrival of Jesus in Heaven, and the first Horseman could represent the sending of the Holy Spirit by Jesus and the advance of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Other interpretations relying on comparative religious research ascribe the first Horseman as guiding for the right path Mahabharata. Lord Krishna was a charioteer to Arjuna by riding on white horses, while Arjuna himself was an archer. As infectious diseaseeditUnder another interpretation, the first Horseman is called Pestilence, and is associated with infectious disease and plague. It appears at least as early as 1. Jewish Encyclopedia. The interpretation is common in popular culture references to the Four Horsemen. The origin of this interpretation is unclear. Some translations of the Bible mention plague e. NIV or pestilence e. RSV in connection with the riders in the passage following the introduction of the fourth rider cf. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. Revelation 6 7 8 NASB. However, it is a matter of debate as to whether this passage refers to the fourth rider, or to the four riders as a whole. Vicente Blasco Ibez, in his 1. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse filmed in 1. The horseman on the white horse was clad in a showy and barbarous attire. While his horse continued galloping, he was bending his bow in order to spread pestilence abroad. At his back swung the brass quiver filled with poisoned arrows, containing the germs of all diseases. As evileditOne interpretation held by evangelist Billy Graham, casts the rider of the white horse as the Antichrist,1. Revelation chapter 6 and Jesus on the white Horse in Revelation chapter 1. In Revelation 1. 9,1. Jesus has many crowns. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described in the last book of the New Testament of the Bible, called the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ to John of Patmos. The Revelation commentary can be downloaded in PDF format 1 MB The Revelation commentary book cover and table of contents index page are not included in the. Introduction. R evelation is a confusing book to most people despite the many commentaries written. The reason most commentaries fail to enlighten the books. Europa, the Beast, and Revelation. By COGwriter While nearly everybody has heard of Europe, many do not know much about it and most do not know what is prophesied to. The Book of Revelation, often called the Revelation to John, the Apocalypse of John, The Revelation, or simply Revelation or Apocalypse, is a book of the New. Bible study into the bible book of Revelation. Are you willing to learn about the mysterious Book of Revelation Do you want to know what its purpose and what Christ. Dr. Constables Notes on Revelation 2017 Edition 25 Mark 13 Luke 21. The Book of Revelation clearly builds on that foundation and expounds it. The apocalyptic. In Revelation 6, the rider has just one a crown given, not taken. This indicates a third person giving authority to the rider to accomplish his work. As empire prosperityeditAccording to Edward Bishop Elliotts interpretation, that the Four Horsemen represent a prophecy of the subsequent history of the Roman Empire, the white color of this horse signifies triumph, prosperity and health in the political Roman body. For the next 8. 0 or 9. John to Patmos covering the successive reigns of the emperors Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian and the two Antonines Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, a golden age of prosperity, union, civil liberty and good government unstained with civil blood unfolded. The agents of this prosperity personified by the rider of the white horse are these five emperors wearing crowns that reigned with absolute authority and power under the guidance of virtue and wisdom, the armies being restrained by their firm and gentle hands. This interpretation points out that the bow was preeminently a weapon of the inhabitants of the island of Crete and not of the Roman Empire in general. The Cretans were renowned for their archery skills. The significance of the rider of the white horse holding a bow indicates the place of origin of the line of emperors ruling during this time. This group of emperors can be classed together under one and the same head and family whose origins were from Crete. According to this interpretation, this period in Greek history, remarkable, both at its commencement and at its close, illustrated the glory of the empire where its limits were extended, though not without occasional wars, which were always uniformly triumphant and successful on the frontiers. The triumphs of the Emperor Trajan, a Roman Alexander, added to the empire Dacia, Armenia, Mesopotamia and other provinces during the course of the first 2. Roman Empire. Roman war progressed triumphantly into the invaders own territory, and the Parthian war was successfully ended by the total overthrow of those people. Roman conquest is demonstrated even in the most mighty of these wars, the Marcomannic succession of victories under the second Antonine unleashed on the German barbarians, driven into their forests and reduced to Roman submission.