The pale horse represents death in Scripture, and Les Feldick teaches it symbolizes the famine, disease, and pestilence of the tribulation.
Revelation 6:8 names the rider on the pale horse as Death, with Hell following him. Les Feldick repeatedly associates the pale horse with famine, famine and disease, or famine and pestilence. He places these judgments in the early tribulation, after war, and calls them the beginning of sorrows.
Revelation 6:8 — This is the verse where the pale horse appears; the rider is named Death, directly answering the question.
Matthew 24:7 — Jesus mentions famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in diverse places, which Les connects to the horse judgments.
Revelation 6:7–8 gives the only biblical description of the pale horse. In the King James Version it reads: 'And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.' The verse does not say the horse itself is famine; it says the rider on the horse is named Death and that Hell followed with him. Jesus spoke of similar conditions in Matthew 24:7: 'For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.' In Matthew 24:8 He calls these 'the beginning of sorrows.'
In the provided clips, Les Feldick teaches that the pale horse depicts famine and pestilence (Clip 7), famine and disease (Clip 2), and famine and inflation (Clip 1). He places it in the sequence of seal judgments that follow world war and the great Russian invasion from the north, which he connects to the red horse (Clips 2, 3, 6). In Clip 0, he explains how the destruction of major food-producing regions such as the North American grain belt, California citrus and produce areas, and Russia and the Ukraine would almost annihilate the world's food supply, creating famine conditions. He also stresses that all of these events are just the beginning of the tribulation, the beginning of sorrows Jesus predicted in Matthew 24 (Clip 6).
Scripture names the rider of the pale horse Death (Revelation 6:8). Les Feldick, however, repeatedly describes the pale horse in terms of famine: the pale horse indicating famine and inflation (Clip 1), the pale horse as the symbolism for famine and disease (Clip 2), and the pale horse depicting famine and pestilence (Clip 7). In Les's teaching, famine and pestilence are the means by which death reaches much of the earth, so the two descriptions are not contradictory; the pale horse pictures death through famine and disease. Note that in some clips Les attaches the famine imagery to the black horse instead, while also associating pestilence with the pale horse (Clip 6).
Les teaches that the white horse is the coming of the Antichrist, the red horse is the great Russian invasion from the north, and the famine-related judgments (which he sometimes calls the pale horse and sometimes the black horse) follow in rapid succession (Clips 2, 3, 6). The destruction of food-producing areas produces famine, inflation, and food rationing (Clips 0, 1). Les then shows that Jesus called these events the beginning of sorrows, not the end, and that the tribulation becomes even more awful as the seals continue (Clip 6).
Famine from destroyed food sources
Les says the famine pictured by the horse judgments begins when major food-producing regions like the North American grain belt, California, Russia, and the Ukraine are knocked out, almost annihilating the world's food supply.
Pale horse means famine and inflation
Les explicitly says the pale horse indicates famine and inflation, causing food rationing after wars among nations.
Pale horse means famine and disease
Les identifies the pale horse as the symbolism for famine and disease, and says the black horse then indicates the great death and destruction resulting from the famine.
Russian invasion triggers famine
Les says the red horse, the Russian invasion, precipitates the war, famine, disease, and pestilence that the other three horsemen depict.
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Famine and pestilence as beginning of sorrows
Les says the north invasion triggers a demise in the food supply, leading to famine and pestilence, and calls these events the beginning of sorrows according to Jesus in Matthew 24.
Pale horse means famine and pestilence
Les directly says the pale horse depicts famine and pestilence, connecting the next horse in Revelation to the aftermath of mutual annihilation.
Revelation 6:8: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
This is the direct description of the pale horse and its rider, Death.
Revelation 6:5: And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
This is the black horse that Les sometimes describes as the famine horse, closely related to the pale horse discussion.
Matthew 24:7: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Jesus lists the famines, pestilences, and earthquakes that Les sees as the beginning of sorrows.
The pale horse is the horse of the fourth seal. The rider is named Death, and Hell follows with him; power is given over a fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, hunger, death, and wild beasts (Revelation 6:8).
Les repeatedly identifies the pale horse with famine and pestilence, or famine and disease, brought on by war, the destruction of food-producing areas, and subsequent food rationing and inflation (Clips 1, 2, 7).
In Scripture it is the fourth horseman. In the clips, Les sometimes refers to it as the third horseman and sometimes pairs the famine imagery with the black horse, showing a sequence of war, famine, and pestilence rather than a strict tally of the seal numbers (Clips 1, 2, 6).
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