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Four horsemen of the apocalypse In
Revelation 6:1-8, upon the Lamb's opening of the first seal, four horsemen
appear: the first rode a white horse, and "had a bow; a crown was given
to him, and he came out conquering and to conquer"; the second rode a red
horse, and was given power "to take peace from the earth, so that people
would slaughter one another; and he was given a great sword"; the third
rode a black horse, and "held a pair of scales in his hand,"
signifying a great famine; and the fourth rode a pale horse: "Its rider's
name was Death, and Hades followed with him." These four horsemen, we are
told, "were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with
sword, famine, and pestilence, and by the wild animals of the
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