Revelation 6
1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer
Greek-bow-toxon=cheep imitation
Not the true Messiah but a fake a fraud. That is the 6th chapter. Got it?
6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Know what a measure of wheat for penny and a measure of barley for a penny is?
Why, it's a rip off! Your being sold a bag of goods. This is NOT the same white horse rider of Reve.19
He's a fake and a fraud. That's it!!!
I don't know that I'm convinced that the rider is
the anti-christ and here's why...
1. When Jesus described the events of the end times in Matt 24/Mark/Luke 21, he included the events that are described in the seals of Rev 6.
I agree that the description is similar to the description of Christ but the guy in the 1st seal has a bow but no arrows and no sword. That's got to mean something. He's bent on conquering but you cannot conquer with only a bow in hand and a crown on your head.
Rev 6:2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
If you compare it to Jesus' words in Matt 24:
Mat 24:5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,
[fn1]’ and will deceive many. (POSSIBLE WHITE HORSE)
Mat 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars (RED HORSE), but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
Mat 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines (BLACK HORSE) and earthquakes in various places.
Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
Mat 24:9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. (ALL signs with death -PALE HORSE)
Mat 24:10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,
Mat 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
Mat 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
Mat 24:13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (POSSIBLE WHITE HORSE)
In reading this and comparing Rev 6 to Matt 24 and Zech 6, the white horse is either representative of false christs or the gospel being preached to all the world.
I'm leaning toward the gospel being preached....the church is the one representative of Christ on the white horse wearing the crown bent on conquering but does not have the power to destroy or judge that Christ does. I believe Zech 6 confirms this because the rider of the white horse gives the Spirit of God rest. take it or leave it....
Mar 16:15 He said to them, “
Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
Act 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth."
Act 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: " 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
Rom 10:18But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: "
Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."
Based on these scriptures, it's very possible that the rider of the white horse, the 1st seal rider, is the church, commissioned by Christ to "conquer" the world with the gospel of salvation....hence no sword or arrows which symbolize wrath, judgment.
The 5th seal (giving of white robes), the 6th seal (earthquake,sun,moon,stars signalling the beginning of the day of wrath), and the 7th seal (silence, 6 trumpets, 7 bowls, 7th trumpet) have not been opened yet. The first four have been opened since Christ ascended and opened them not quite 2000 years ago. (imho)
2. Another possible scenario is that NONE of the seals have been opened yet. I find that VERY hard to believe but if the 1st seal rider is the anti-christ, then none have been opened yet because he's not on scene yet and the seals are opened consecutively. It would mean that the wars, famines, plagues, persecution, martyrdom have not yet happened. It also means that the birth pains have not yet begun which in light of history and current events would be hard to believe.
3. Zechariah 6:
Zec 6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of brass.
Zec 6:2 In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Zec 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
Zec 6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What [are] these, my lord?
Zec 6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These [are] the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
Zec 6:6 The black horses which [are] therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
Zec 6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
Zec 6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying,
Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.