Many Bible students believe that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will be released in the future. But a careful review of what is found in the Olivet Discourse shows that they were released in the first century, or shortly after Revelation was completed.
There are not too many who have actually connected these horsemen with the events in the earlier part of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:4-13). But a close comparison shows a correspondence to the events listed by the Lord Jesus Christ from the time of the destruction of the Temple (70 AD) until the time of the third Temple and the Abomination of Desolation (in the future).
As we can see below, those horsemen have already been released and are already bringing judgments upon the earth.
Revelation
1. White Horse (Rev 6:1,2)
Horseman with bow and crown
“conquering and to conquer"
Olivet
False Christs (including popes) (Mt 24:5)
False Prophets (Mt 24:11)
bow = attacks on Bible truth
crown = usurped authority of Christ
Revelation
2. Red Horse (Rev 6:3,4) Sword = warfare
Horseman with great sword
“take peace from the earth,
kill one another”
Olivet
Wars,
rumours of wars,
nation against nation,
kingdom against kingdom (Mt 24:6,7)
Revelation
3. Black Horse (Rev 6:5,6) = Famine
Horseman with pair of balances
“a measure of wheat for a penny,
Three measure of barley for a penny”
Olivet
...And there shall be famines (Mt 24:7)
Revelation
4. Pale Horse (Rev 6:7,8) = Death
Horsemen; Death and Hades
“Kill with the sword, with hunger, with death, with beasts of the earth”
Olivet
...pestilences, earthquakes, martyrdom, executions, betrayals
(Mt 24:7-12)
Let's take the example of false Messiahs (Christs). "A century later [after Christ] a man named Bar Kochba achieved much better traction in convincing the Jews of his anointed status....
In the mid 5th century, a man named Moses of Crete decided he was the one the Talmud had predicted. Swearing he would, like his biblical forbear, lead his followers through the water and back to the Promised Land, Moses convinced his fellow Jews to leave behind all their belongings and march directly into the sea...
The Karaites are a sectarian movement that rejects rabbinic Judaism, holding sacred only the Hebrew Bible and not the Talmud or other rabbinic writings. Many of the early influencers of this movement led messianic charges, promising to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem so they could return to offering sacrifices (rabbinic Judaism had replaced sacrifice with Torah study and prayer). Needless to say, none of these false messiahs succeeded and many of their followers were slaughtered in battle, deserted by their leaders.
False Messiahs in Judaism | My Jewish Learning
We could go into all the other things listed in the Olivet discourse and see that they have been present since the 1st century, but some have greatly increased in intensity recently. Which means that the revelation of the Anrichrist is getting very close.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have become legendary. Many Christians believe that the first four seals will be opened at the time when the Antichrist appears on the scene, with the first horseman representing the Antichrist. There are not too many who have actually connected these horsemen with the events in the earlier part of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:4-13). But a close comparison shows a correspondence to the events listed by the Lord Jesus Christ from the time of the destruction of the Temple (70 AD) until the time of the third Temple and the Abomination of Desolation (in the future).
As we can see below, those horsemen have already been released and are already bringing judgments upon the earth.
Revelation
1. White Horse (Rev 6:1,2)
Horseman with bow and crown
“conquering and to conquer"
Olivet
False Christs (including popes) (Mt 24:5)
False Prophets (Mt 24:11)
bow = attacks on Bible truth
crown = usurped authority of Christ
Revelation
2. Red Horse (Rev 6:3,4) Sword = warfare
Horseman with great sword
“take peace from the earth,
kill one another”
Olivet
Wars,
rumours of wars,
nation against nation,
kingdom against kingdom (Mt 24:6,7)
Revelation
3. Black Horse (Rev 6:5,6) = Famine
Horseman with pair of balances
“a measure of wheat for a penny,
Three measure of barley for a penny”
Olivet
...And there shall be famines (Mt 24:7)
Revelation
4. Pale Horse (Rev 6:7,8) = Death
Horsemen; Death and Hades
“Kill with the sword, with hunger, with death, with beasts of the earth”
Olivet
...pestilences, earthquakes, martyrdom, executions, betrayals
(Mt 24:7-12)
Let's take the example of false Messiahs (Christs). "A century later [after Christ] a man named Bar Kochba achieved much better traction in convincing the Jews of his anointed status....
In the mid 5th century, a man named Moses of Crete decided he was the one the Talmud had predicted. Swearing he would, like his biblical forbear, lead his followers through the water and back to the Promised Land, Moses convinced his fellow Jews to leave behind all their belongings and march directly into the sea...
The Karaites are a sectarian movement that rejects rabbinic Judaism, holding sacred only the Hebrew Bible and not the Talmud or other rabbinic writings. Many of the early influencers of this movement led messianic charges, promising to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem so they could return to offering sacrifices (rabbinic Judaism had replaced sacrifice with Torah study and prayer). Needless to say, none of these false messiahs succeeded and many of their followers were slaughtered in battle, deserted by their leaders.
False Messiahs in Judaism | My Jewish Learning
We could go into all the other things listed in the Olivet discourse and see that they have been present since the 1st century, but some have greatly increased in intensity recently. Which means that the revelation of the Anrichrist is getting very close.
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