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Gary Hampton Commentaries

Revelation 6:7,8

The word describing the fourth horse's color is usually translated "green." (Mark 6:39; Revelation 8:7; Revelation 9:4) It would thus describe someone who is sick or dead. Its rider is death and Hades follows to claim the disembodied spirits. Their power was limited, which indicates Christ is still in control. However, they are allowed to work in a fourth of earth, which indicates this terrible event falls on Christian and non-Christian alike. The sword here is the longer twoedged sword used by most nations in war, so we believe war is its meaning. This is followed by hunger, death by plague and beasts eating up the weakened people remaining. Such a pattern often accompanies war.

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