“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
I looked and there was a pale horse! Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed with him; and they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, famine, and plague, and by the wild animals of the earth — the pale/sickly yellow horse (chlōros) carries Death (Thanatos, personified) with Hades in pursuit, emphasizing the finality of mortality. Death's authority extends to a fourth of the earth, indicating apocalyptic judgment targeted at humanity; the four methods (sword, famine, plague, wild beasts) echo Ezekiel 14:21's enumeration of God's judgments.
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