Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | Revelation 6:2 I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 6:2 I looked, and behold, a white horse [of victory] whose rider carried a bow; and a crown [of victory] was given to him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer. [Ps 45:4, 5; Zech 1:8; 6:1-8] |
Subject: Rider -Jesus or Anti-Christ |
Bible Note: The usual interpretation of the White Horseman is that he represents the Beast. A friend and I have believed since Dec.23 of 1988 that this Horseman stands for the "defense and spread of Democracy." My friend heard Pres.Reagan and David Brinkley discuss the "victory" of Democracy over Comunism during the prior years. I read an article in the Wall Street Journal on "An Ideology for all Seasons." Independently of each other, on the same day, we believed we had the answer to the identity of the Rider on the White Horse of Rev.6:1,2. The word "bow" means to conquer by "struggling" against the opposition as of a seed to grow or a child to be born. Forces that oppose Democracy must be overcome. Daniel 2:40-44 predicts the endtime "mixture of iron and clay" in which Democratic forces seek to join with all forms of government among the "seed of men." I believe Revelation paints the same picture in Rev.17 of Mystery Babylon bringing all the elements of "iron and clay" governments together. The victor's crown given to the White Horseman, in my view, symbolizes the Nuclear Bomb which not only won the war but served as a deterrent during the "cold war" with Communism until the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. If the "bow" represents the struggle to uphold Democracy, then the Rider is not a single person but whoever has led in "going forth conquering in order to overcome evil forces that seek to destroy us." Right now President Bush is doing a superb job in not only containing Terrorism, but in defeating those who would use this evil method to dominate other nations. I believe the coming attempt by religious leaders to unite all rulers and realms and regimes to maintain world peace will fulfill the role of Mystery Babylon the Great before we even begin to know who the Beast might be. Mel www.lastday.net and lastday1@cox.net |