The Four Horsemen: Revelation 6:1-17

I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, Come!

The Lamb began to open. The first seal broke. The living creature thundered: Come! The command summoned what was sealed.

I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

White horse. The rider with a bow—the weapon of distant warfare. Given a crown—stephanos, the victor's wreath. Conquering and to conquer. The first horseman: conquest, perhaps false peace, perhaps the antichrist mimicking Christ who will later ride a white horse.