ok, the fourth horseman has been around since the fall of man but the three who are unnamed definitely don't show up until the tribulation?
Hello Jackson,
The seals, trumpets and bowl judgments is how God is going to carry out the long prophesied "day of the Lord." It is the time of God's wrath which will begin once the church has been removed from the earth according to the Lord's promise found in John 14:1-3, I Thes.4:13-18 and I Cor.15:51-53.
These plagues of wrath are to take place in conjunction with that last seven years which was decreed upon Israel and Jerusalem (Dan.9:24), with the last seven initiated by the 1st seal rider on the white horse which is symbolically representing the antichrist (Dan.9:27). The 1st seal rider on the white horse is a counterfeit of the rider on the white horse revealed in Rev.19:11-21, which is the Lord and a detailed account of His return to the earth to end the age and establish His millennial kingdom.
The Lord said that it would be the last generation in which all of these signs will take place, with the 7th bowl completing God's wrath.
Anti-Christ or Pseudo Christ, is defined as "in place of or against, as can be seen below:
Strong's Concordance
antichristos: antichrist, (one who opposes Christ)
Original Word: ἀντίχριστος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: antichristos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee'-khris-tos)
Short Definition: antichrist
Definition: antichrist, either one who puts himself in the place of, or the enemy (opponent) of the Messiah.
HELPS Word-studies
500 antíxristos (from
473 /antí, "opposite to, in place of" and
5547 /Xristós, "Christ") – properly, opposite to Christ; someone acting
in place of (
against) Christ; "
Antichrist."
Below is a comparison of the two riders on the white horses:
First Seal Rider on the White Horse of Rev.6:1-2:
· Holds a bow
· Was given a crown
· Rides out as a conqueror bent on conquest
The Lord as Rider on the White Horse of Rev.19:11-21:
· Rider is called Faithful and True
· With justice He judges and makes war
· His eyes are like blazing fire
· On his head are many crowns
· Has a name written on him that no one knows but He himself
· Is dressed in a robe dipped in blood
· His name is the Word of God
· Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations
· He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty
· On his robe and on his thigh the name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS