The Four Horsemen

In the 6th chapter of the Book of Revelation we read about seals and scrolls being opened and about four horsemen riding horses of various colors.

Verse 2 - "a white horse"

Verse 4 - "a red horse"

Verse 5 - "a black horse"

Verse 8 - "a pale horse"

The color of this last horse actually varies with the Bible translation. If we look at other translations for verse eight we see another color mentioned. The New Living Translation, for example, says "a pale green horse."

Of the 32 translations I checked, 11 of them say this fourth horseman was riding on a green horse.

The picture above is of the Palestinian flag. Note its colors. White, Red, Black, Green. The same as the Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse. Coincidence?

If you are bored today you could check out the colors on the flags of THESE neighboring countries in the Middle East - Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Libya, Afghanistan, and Syria. Yep. White, Red, Black, Green flags.

In case you were wondering, as I was, Iran's flag is White, Red, and Green. No black. Their mistake. However . . .

If we search for 'Persian flag' (for Iran was formerly called Persia) what colors do we find? White, Red, Green, Yellow, and . . . Black.

Ha!

Yemen (Houthi) flag colors are White, Red, and Black. No Green. Get with the program, people!

And Hezbollah up in Lebanon? Their flag is Green and Yellow. And what are the colors of the Lebanese flag? White, Red, and Green. No black. Perhaps we should look at the color of their hearts to find the black. Just a theory.

So what do these four horsemen do in Revelation? What do they do at the end of the world?

The rider on the White horse was "a conqueror bent on conquest." The Red horse's rider "was given power to take peace from the earth." He was given "a large sword." The rider on the Black horse was given "a pair of scales" and was in charge of setting prices for bread, barley, oil' and wine - the world's economy.

And the rider on the Green horse. What was he given? Power over one fourth of the earth . . . to kill.

Keep these flag colors in mind as we watch these countries, and their flags, gather against Israel in these last days of prophetic fulfillment.