ISB ~ Revelation 6 v1 - 8

The vision of the four horsemen. Each one symbolizes the divine judgment he is authorized to execute, whether it be conquest (white horse), bloodshed (red horse), famine (black horse), or death (pale horse).

• The vision draws from Zech 1:8-17 and 6:1-8, where four chariots with colored horses patrol the earth after the Babylonian conquest of Israel in 586 B.C. Here the events that ensue are strangely reversed:Zechariah announced an end to the punishment of Israel, but Revelation envisions a new beginning of divine chastisement.