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Revelation 6: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Chapter six details the opening of the six seals. The events that occur from the opening of the six seals are as follows:

Seal

Event

Meaning

Seal 1

White horse with a mounted archer.

Foreign invasion

Seal 2

Red horse with a rider who takes peace from the earth

Internal uprising

Seal 3

Blake horse with a rider holding scales announcing inflation

Famine

Seal 4

Pale green horse whose rider was named “death”

Death

Seal 5

Martyrs cry out from under the altar requesting vindication

Anticipation of judgment

Seal 6

Earthquake causing the luminaries to fall/darken

Complete catastrophe