Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword" (Revelation 6:4)

“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom” (Matthew 24:6–7).


The rider of this red horse takes peace from the earth. War, by definition, is the absence of peace, and is the world’s greatest scourge. The history of this world is a history of conflict at an enormous cost of human life and suffering. Jesus Christ, the Revelator, stated emphatically that the world trend of “wars and rumors of wars” would continue to build toward the time of the end, exploding into the “great tribulation” (Matthew 24:21–22).

The Four Horsemen

The White Horse and False Christianity

The Black Horse of Famine

The Pale Horse of Pestilence