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ESUS talked about "the beginning of sorrows." Jeremiah was amazed by the coming "time of Jacob's trouble." Daniel wrote about "one week" of desolation that would come at the "end of sins." Both Daniel & Jesus prophesied about the last half of this brief time of pain, with Jesus calling it a time of "great tribulation." Paul also foresaw the coming time of the antichrist. Paul called him "the son of perdition" &"that Wicked." In each case, these prophets & preachers were pointing toward the same time period that we find foretold here Revelation 6. We are looking at the 7-year-long Tribulation Period (on earth) that follows the rapture of the church.
The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse might be familiar to you. At this point in John's vision, Jesus began breaking the seals on the scroll (which we read about in the previous chapter). With the opening of each of the first four sections of the scroll, four horses – each with a rider – arrive on the earth (see also Zechariah 6:1-3). These horsemen represent specific troubles that will commence at the beginning of the Tribulation. The first rider will be on a white horse (Revelation 6:2 & Daniel 8:25). He will bring a promise of forced & godless peace to the earth. This rider is surely the antichrist. Then there will be a red horse representing worldwide war, a black horse representing worldwide famine, & a pale horse representing diseases, plagues, & death. There is no reason to imagine that the world will actually see these riders on their horses, but the world will most assuredly feel the impact of what each one represents.
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