What does the first horseman of Revelation 6 represent?
The first horseman of Revelation 6, pictured with a bow and no arrows, represents the wars and rumors of wars Jesus spoke of. He comes to take peace from the earth. This is followed by the red horse of war, the pale horse of famine and inflation, and earthquakes in diverse places.
Les teaches that the first horse in Revelation 6 appears with a bow and no arrows, and He comes to take peace from the earth. This represents the wars and rumors of wars Jesus is talking about. In the next horseman, the red horse, there is actual war, correlating with nation rising against nation and kingdom against kingdom. The third horseman, the pale horse, indicates famine and inflation. As a result of these wars among the nations, there will be a great dent in the food supply and distribution, leading to tremendous inflation, food rationing because of massive destruction, and earthquakes in diverse places. Les also notes the tremendous increase in earthquakes since about 1970, multiplying year by year, with many now unrecorded because they are so mundane, yet earthquakes happen somewhere on earth almost every day—this is what Jesus was talking about.