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There is a good chance that George W. Bush is the rider on the white horse.
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reply to post by TheRedneck
I found your interpretation quite enlightening.
The pale horse being tied to Chloro is interesting indeed.
My epiphany when I read this was Chemtrails.
Hmm.
[edit on 4-1-2009 by doctordoom]
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Who is the rider of the white horse?
The Muslims think they know. This is from the book "Antichrist: Islam's Awaited Messiah"
answering-islam.org...
Al-Mahdi, The Rider On A White Horse
The Mahdi is believed to ride on a white horse. Whether or not this is symbolic or literal is hard to say. Quite interestingly, this tradition is
based on the Muslim interpretation of Christian Scriptures.
Despite the fact that Muslims view the Bible as having been changed and corrupted by Jews and Christians, they still claim to believe that some
portions of the “original” inspired books are still to be found within the “corrupted” Bible. As such there exists a tradition within Islamic
scholarship that seeks to extract those portions of the Bible that Muslims feel may be untainted by the corrupting influence of Jews and Christians.
These Judeo-Christian traditions are called by Muslims, isra’iliyyat. One such transmitter of biblical traditions is Muslim scholar Ka’b
al-Ahbar. He is viewed among Muslims as a trustworthy transmitter of Hadith as well as isra’iliyyat. 31
Ka’b al-Ahbar is supported in his view that this description of the rider on the white horse as found in the Book of Revelation is indeed the Mahdi
by two well known Egyptian authors, Muhammad Ibn ‘Izzat and Muhammad ‘Arif in their book Al Mahdi and the End of Time. ‘Izzat and Arif quote
Ka’b al Ahbar as saying:
I find the Mahdi recorded in the books of the Prophets… For instance, the Book of Revelation says: “And I saw and behold a white horse. He that
sat on him…went forth conquering and to conquer.” 32
‘Izzat and ‘Arif then go on to say:
It is clear that this man is the Mahdi who will ride the white horse and judge by the Qur’an (with justice) and with whom will be men with marks of
prostration on their foreheads [Marks on their foreheads from bowing in prayer with their head to the ground five times daily]. 33
It is said by some that it was for this reason that Saddam Hussein had numerous murals painted all over Baghdad portraying himself as a Muslim Knight
on a white horse with sword drawn doing valiant battle against the infidels
31 -M S M Saifullah, Muhammad Ghoniem, Abu Hudhayfah & Khalid al-Khazraji, On The Transmitters Of Isra'iliyyat (Judeo-Christian Material)
www.islamic-awareness.org...
32 - Izzat and Arif, p. 15
33 - ibid. p. 15
34 -Time magazine, Michael Elliot, Dec. 29, 2003, The Semiotics of Saddam
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reply to post by TheRedneck
I found this an interesting read. Ponder this thought.
White Horse - White leader (EU)
Black Horse - Black leader (USA)
Red Horse - "Red" leader (Middle East or South America)
"Yellow" Horse - "Yellow" leader (Asia)
Just a thought. Myself, I could picture specific world leaders filling each spot. Once again, just a thought.
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ver very good red. just a few things to say:
firstly, i dont know why you linked the second horse to bush. what makes you think that this horse will be one of our presidents? it sounds like a
theory but no evidence was presented.
secondly, the first beast may represent the oppsite of righteousness- the anti christ. this is because satan can come as an angel of light, and also
because this horse sounsds like an imitation of the white horse that Yeshua sits on with a SWORD (not a bow) and goes out conquering righteously, not
to conqeur.
other than that... ii dont think there is anything else to say. very good. and thank you so much for the greek words that you have given.
shalom- john
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Written to the Christians of the day, they were given prophecy to enable them to determine what was to come.
The four horses represent the Roman Empire, as does many of trumpets that are blown. It's done in generalities, then further in Revelation, we get
more detail.
This is just a broad sweep of the Roman Empire.
The White horse, the rider, the symbols are of great victory. Rome had not reached its peak and glory yet. Look at the symbols. They are different
from a Christ. They are symbols of warfare and victory.
Then we have the Red Horse, signifying coming war and defeat. Look at the symbols that go with this horse and compare to the Roman Empire.
The Black Horse. Black is the color of mourning. The balances used for weighing food are a symbol of scarcity, shortages, and famine. Bread by
weight always implies scarcity. (Leviticus 26:26, Ezekial 4: 16, 17. The prices also signify the same.
The first and second horses mark distinct epochs, but the third and fourth are not as easily determined timewise. The occurrences symbolized by each
seal follow each other in the same order as the seals, but events overlap, and are related to each other as cause and effect. During the terrible
period of civil war commotion, indicated by the red horse, the era of blood and anarchy produces the events symbolized by the black horse, and as the
combined result of the two preceding seals there follow the events indicated by the pale horse.
There is a period of extreme taxation, enormous prices, great scarcity, want and famine, due to the destruction of armies and the untilled fields
during a period of civil war of ninety-two years. There is FIRST the civil war as a cause, and SECOND the scarcity and famine as the effect.
The next horse? Read the tenth chapter of the first volume of Gibbon's Rome.
Famine is almost always followed by epidemical diseases, the effect of scanty and unwholesome food.
If we're going to turn to Bible prophecy, it is always good to make sure that all symbols fit with other symbols.
To assume that A) Revelation prophecy is an all-time application and will NEVER come true is a mistake, and B) that one can cherry-pick visions and
symbols and apply them alone, ignoring the others IN SEQUENCE.
Oh, it makes for great fun trying to fit a symbol or vision to current events, but if so, all other symbols must maintain their chronological order,
and must FIT in context with secular history.
Boring I know, but wild speculation does no one any good.
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