(Revelation 6:1-2 RSV) There is much dispute as to what this rider on the white horse represents. With the fifth seal, we are told WHY God would bring such judgments. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! B. By the going forth of this white horse, a time of peace, or the early progress of the Christian religion, seems to be intended; its going forth in purity, at the time when its heavenly Founder sent his apostles to teach all nations, adding, Lo! As Jesus predicts the destruction of Jerusalem, notice the parallels between Matthew 24:6-11 and Revelation 6:1-8. 2 weeks ago. Ezek 5:17; 6:12; 14:21). The events of the great tribulation period, Revelation 6:1-18:24 1. Some identify him as Jesus, because in Chapter 19 Jesus appears on a white horse, wearing a crown (a different kind of crown, however) and bringing to an end all the terrible series of judgments that have come upon the earth. Revelation 6 New International Version (NIV) The Seals. B. The first four seals of the scroll bring four horsemen. Commentary on Revelation 6:1-8. 6:1-2 The Vision of the Seven Seals . The second seal: rider on a red horse, Revelation 6:3-4 c. The third seal: rider on a black horse, Revelation 6:5-6 d. After all, Revelation and Daniel are clearly prophesying about the same events at the end of the age. Wars are predicted (24:6), kingdoms and nations attacking and conquering (24:7), famines and earthquakes (24:7), and being put to death (24:9). Revelation 6:1 (1) Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of (2) the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, (3) "Come." Revelation 6:6. The opening of the seven seals, Revelation 6:1-8:5 a.
Then I saw = is a very important linking phrase used thirty-three times throughout the book of Revelation. Introduction. CHAPTER SIX - THE FIRST SIX SEALS. Verse 4 1.

Verse 2 Bible > Commentaries > Revelation 6:6 Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the middle of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for … John saw a horse, which was a war machine in his day (cf. We come now to the time of the study of God’s Word, and I want you to open your Bible to Revelation chapter 6. 6 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. A rider on a white horse. Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710. Revelation 6 Commentary Intro: The Book of Revelation is a Series of Six Independent Visions. The first four seals are widely known as the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.”In Revelation the horse is an animal associated with war. Revelation 6 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the Church of Christ, presents a verse level look at the Bible.