I’ve been studying bible prophecy a lot lately and have been further pondering the famous Four Horses in Revelation Chapter 6. I have stated before that I believe these are Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet, all fallen angels that are kicked out of Heaven after being defeated in war by the Archangel Michael. This would be the next event on God’s prophetic timeline. Late September or October, 2021 is the key time that I am looking at for the beginning of Daniel’s 70th Week.
AN OVERVIEW OF REVELATION
The Book of Revelation only makes sense when you divide it into two chronological halves. Chapters 1 – 11 are in chronological order and chapters 12 – 22 start over and are in chronological order. The second half chapters 12 through 16 repeat what is in the first half chapters 6 through 11, just from a different viewpoint with differing details. In fact I’ll narrow that down further by saying this: The 7 seals (Tribulation), The Rapture, and the 7 Judgements of God (God’s wrath) are told in each half of the book of Revelation. The first half shows the actual 7 seals unfolding. The 7 seals unfold in the second half of the book, it is just not mentioned, it is inferred.
The 7 trumpets of God’s wrath in Revelation is mentioned in the first half of Revelation and the 7 vials are mentioned in the second half. In essence, they are the same Judgements if you think of it like this: 1st Trumpet blows (God’s war announcement) and then 1st vial of wrath is poured out. 2nd Trumpet, 2nd vial and so on. The trumpets and vials very nearly match up in descriptions in each half of the book.
Just like we have four Gospels each from a different viewpoint, we have two viewpoints in Revelation. God did not make it easy or else bible prophecy wouldn’t be any fun. Revelation is full of symbolism but if we look at other parts of the bible and match scriptures we can figure things out well enough. The second most important end times prophecy book is the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. Incidentally, the Book of Daniel is also divided in half just like Revelation and it is easier to see in Daniel because each chapter he is telling us what year and what ruler it is. So Daniel is divided 1 – 6 in chronological order and 7 – 12. These two, also overlap in some things. It is God’s clue that he made Daniel in 2 halves so we would see that in Revelation also!
So the overlap goes something like this:
Incidentally this is from Pastor Anderson’s 22 part Revelation sermon series which I highly recommend! You can also find these on You Tube.
The Four Horses of the Apocalypse
So Chapter 6 is where the seals are unfolded and as stated, the seals are not God’s wrath. Instead it is the time of tribulation for the saved (and all the world). Only after the Rapture does God pour out his wrath on those left on earth, the unsaved with his Trumpet and Vial judgments.
Again, since the seals (tribulation period where the Antichrist takes over the world and goes after Christians) are “repeated” in chapters 12 – 13 of Revelation, we should expect the same order of events in each half of Revelation. You won’t actually find any description of the unsealing of the seals in the second half but it is inferred because the same events happen. The seals are described in the first half of Revelation and inferred in the second half.
Therefore understanding Chapters 12 and 13 is the key to the identity of the four Horses of the Apocalypse of Chapter 6. My point being that the order of events of chapters 12 and 13 should match Chapter 6. Chapters 12 and 13 introduces the three main evil characters in the following order:
- Satan (chapter 12)
- Antichrist (Chapter 13) followed by the
- False Prophet (Chapter 13)
Since these three are in specific order and kickoff the second half of Revelation, we should expect to see the same order in the first half of Revelation. Understand? Therefore, my theory is this: The order of the horses should match.
One final important point: Chapter 12 also describes that Satan and the 1/3 of the fallen angels were defeated in Heaven by the archangel Michael and were kicked down to earth. This is what kicks off the Tribulation/wrath of God 7 year period. I therefore propose that the horses in Chapter 6 is just that: Satan and his demons coming to earth from Heaven on horses. And they were just in a battle with Michael so they would have been on battle horses running away to earth yes? So chapter 6 is actually the defeated armies of Satan riding down to earth after being kicked out of Heaven which is described in the matching chapter 12.
The “beasts” in Revelation 6 are God’s creatures, Seraphims (a form of higher angel) introduced in Chapters 4 and 5 just so you are not confused. The first seal “kicks off” the 7 year Tribulation/wrath of God period. The first half (about 3 1/2 years) is the Tribulation where mankind kills mankind led by the Satan.
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
The white horse is therefore Satan to keep the same order as in Chapter 12. Most people (including me) had this horse as the Antichrist because Jesus comes to the Battle of Armageddon on a white horse and the Antichrist is an imitation. But Lucifer is often referred to his followers as (falsely) the “Lord of Light”. or “Light bringer” and Satan is the great deceiver. He is in the first position of evil power. Satan is the driving force of it all. He is the one who wishes to wipeout mankind and conquer the earth. It is he who gives power to the Antichrist. So it is Satan conquering the world placing and giving power to his puppet, the Antichrist, to do his bidding.
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
The red horse is the Antichrist, being a fallen angel, he is therefore a demon who can possess a willing human. Here is the clue: “power was given to him”. All throughout scripture when talking about the Antichrist it is written he was given his power by Satan. You can read this in Chapter 13. It also is mentioned in other places in the bible such as 2 Thessalonians 2 (a great description of the Antichrist)
One other point: The Antichrist is probably a real human, a man and is evil. He likely gets possessed by the red horse rider (in a secret blood ritual) and is able to speak great things and fool many. At some point, after 3+ years of world consolidation of power, he dies and goes to hell and is “resurrected” from the pit of hell. Except we know that Satan does not have the power to resurrect a human soul therefore the “resurrected” Antichrist is the demonic red rider being. A fake, not human but an “undead”.
2 Thessalonians 2 clues us in on this with the cryptic passage:
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Verse 7 is the cryptic verse. “Letteth” means to hinder in this case. “until he be taken out of the way” seems to be saying that once the human person that is the Antichrist possessed dies and goes to hell, the demonic red rider Antichrist will be “resurrected” back into the flesh body and will be “revealed” in verse 8. In other words, the human dies and is in hell and he ain’t coming back because Satan does not have that power. But Satan can apparently insert his demonic top dog sidekick into the former human’s body and all the world will wonder and worship.
Incidentally I think this is why the false prophet has to set up a graven image of the beast that can move and talk. The resurrected flesh of the human Antichrist will probably be a bit rotten….so they need a stageshow of lies to pull it all off. Remember, the human that dies was possessed by the Antichrist demon the whole time anyway. After the human dies, the body is taken over solely by the demonic red rider Antichrist. I hope you can follow that line of thinking, its just a side theory of mine.
So this is when the Antichrist is “revealed” as he sits in the rebuilt Temple and demands he be worshipped as a God. This is the beginning of a terrible time for Christians, particularly those in the near middle east as Christ himself warned of in Matthew 24. This is the mark of the beast implementation for buying and selling. This period of time lasts about 75 days. Jesus comes back with Power and Glory, raptures us, and then the wrath of God starts the very same day.
Just like when Noah went in the ark and closed the door, it started to rain that day. Just like when Lot was dragged out of Sodom by an angel, God destroyed the city the same day as Lot and his family were running away. So will it be as the Second Coming of Christ in the clouds at our Rapture! It will be a great day for the saved but a terrible day for the unsaved. In fact, it’ll last more than 1 day of wrath more like 3 1/3 years of wrath including 5 months of stinging scorpions!
Back to Revelation and the horses:
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Following our pattern of order, the third horse is the False Prophet. The False prophet will no doubt be running the show behind the scenes. Setting prices, creating famines, and making sure the Temple is rebuilt. It is the False Prophet who sets up the graven image of the Antichrist (abominations of desolations) in the Temple and demands all worship it. He can produce great wonders also. You can think of the False Prophet as the Antichrist’s Chief of Staff. Is the False Prophet human? I am not sure, maybe he was at some point. After the Battle of Armageddon, both he and the Antichrist are tossed directly into the Lake of Fire skipping judgement in God’s throne room which clues us in that they do not have a human soul to judge at this stage.
Incidentally, another clue that the 3rd horse is the False Prophet we can get from the specific items in verse 6: wheat, barley, oil and wine. We only find one other bible verse that has these exact items. It is in 2 2 Chronicles 2:10 and that is where King Solomon decides to build the first Temple!
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
So as you can see, it is no coincidence that the only other passage of these exact items are concerning the building of the First Temple. The False Prophet will be very involved with the building of the Third Temple. And he won’t be generous like king Solomon was, the False Prophet will be cheap and will engineer famines. He is likely Jewish. After all, Judaism is the #1 Antichrist religion in the world paving the way for the end times. Once the wholesale slaughter of Christians begins, those anywhere in modern Israel or the surrounding lands will need to run and run fast as Jesus foretold. These Christians will be in the most danger. Of course, we’ll be rounded up into FEMA camps and demands made to take the “vaccine”…oops…I meant the mark of the beast! (see where this is all headed folks?)
And before you say I am anti-Jewish, I am anti-Judaism. We need to love Jews and save them and turn them to Christ! I don’t go around hating Jews, I have Jewish acquaintances, but to be honest the religion is a false Antichrist religion.
Back to Revelation:
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
The fourth horse is Death and Hell (think of Hell riding on the back behind Death), two riders on one horse. At the end of Revelation after God’s white throne judgment of all, Death and Hell are tossed into the Lake of Fire. There will be no more use for them.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
I like to think of “Death” as the Grim Reaper. You know, think sickle and black hooded robe. Like the Ringwraiths in Lord of the Rings. Of course “Hell” is the Grim Reaper’s companion because the Grim Reaper only reaps those of the unsaved, the unbelievers. The Grim Reaper has no power over the saved even when the saved die. But Death does have power to reap the unsaved when they die and there will be a lot of death in the last 7 years of Tribulation and God’s wrath period. So as the unsaved die, the Grim Reaper is there to lead their soul straight to Hell.
I think the fourth horse is more metaphorical of the fact that all the millions of unsaved that die go straight to hell. Or maybe there really is a Grim Reaper. And of course you’ll note that Death and Hell have been given power to reap a fourth part of mankind. These are the unsaved dying during the Tribulation. That is a lot of unsaved going to Hell!
CONCLUSION
Since the Tribulation (7 seals), the rapture, and God’s wrath (7 trumpets and vials) are both covered and described (with differing details) in each half of Revelation, I theorize the introduction of the 3 main evil characters of Chapters 12 and 13 (Satan, Antichrist, False Prophet) point us to the identity of the Four Horses of the Apocalypses in Chapter 6. God does not make it easy, or we wouldn’t be studying and praying for wisdom by reading his wonderful words.
God bless!
