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THE FOUR HORSEMEN
OF THE APOCALYPSE
Almost 1,
900
years
ago, a man
called John experienced
a
remarkable series of visions. The controversia/ book con–
taining these visions is variously called Revelation
or
the
Apocalypse. Do these visions have meaning for today?
Can
they be understood? This article takes you step-by-step through
the experience of the visions as John saw them and then gives
the true understanding of the Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse.
by
Paul W illiam Kroll
T
HE MAN
was John, a disciple of
Chrisc. The place was Pacmos,
an island wesc of che land we
coday call Turkey. The rime was
somewhere around che year
90
of our
era. John was as yec unaware of bis
hour of destiny. He would shortly ex–
perience sorne of che mosr remarkable
visions ever recorded.
Four Horsemen in Vision
As J ohn scrolled along one of che
sandy beaches on che isle of Patmos,
he heard a booming, human-like
voice behind him. Ir was a voice full
FALSE TEACHERS, WAR, PESTILENCE
ANO DEATH
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Artist's impre)sion of
what the Apostl e John saw, in se–
quence, in his vision of the four horse-
men .
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of authority and power. As he rurned
around, he carne face co face wi.ch an
incredible sighr. Ir was a roral-experi–
ence vision of che Day of che Lord.
(This anide uses sorne poecic Ji–
cense, buc ir leaves unchanged every
facc and circumstance of rhe visions.
They are in che book of Revelarion
for all ro read.)
Evenr after evenr began ro flash
pase his eyes. Ir was as though
he
were
in
anocher world, in anorher
age. Then carne whac seemed a mosr
preposcerous series of images:
the Four
Honemm of the ApocalypJe.
The horse–
men flashed by, one ar a time, in scac–
caco succession.
Thundering across che landscape
carne che firsr of rhese beasrs, a pow–
erful whire horse. Astride che horse
was an apparicion in whice. As che
horse loomed
ever
closer, che appari–
rion appeared ro be a ghos tl y rider. Ir
looked like a conquering crusader.
Yer the image of whireness gave che
sraruesque horse and rider a saintly,
religious aura.
Then suddenly, in an insranc of
rime,
che
whire horse and irs rider
melced away. As chis image vaporized,
John could hear che pounding hoofs
of anocher galloping beasc on che far
horizon. The phanrom seemed co
blend in with che heat waves; che ani–
mal ouc chere was only a reddish
blob. But its chundering hoofs were
bearing louder and louder. Closer and
closer it carne. John shaded bis eyes
with his hand and squinred ro see che
specrer more clearly. As ir neared, che
animal rook che form of a second
horse. lt was blood-red in color.
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