War famine pestilence death

Situated in the garden of the Arentshuis. Statues of Belgian artist Rik Poot, on the crossroads of the expressionist and the kubist movement. The artist is famous for his statues of horses, especially for the horse of Palm Breweries in Steenhuffel. Quite interesting statues if you are keen on that sort of thing.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described in the last book of the New Testament of the Bible , the Book of Revelation by John of Patmos , at —8 , according to the main exegetical stream since the Reformation. The chapter tells of a book or scroll in God 's right hand that is sealed with seven seals. The Lamb of God opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses. Before the Reformation it was generally thought that there was only one Horseman, riding successively these four horses.

Four horsemen of the Apocalypse , in Christianity , the four horsemen who, according to the book of Revelation —8 , appear with the opening of the seven seals that bring forth the cataclysm of the apocalypse. The first horseman rides a white horse, which scholars sometimes interpret to symbolize Christ; the second horseman rides a red horse and symbolizes war and bloodshed; the third rides a black horse and symbolizes famine; and the fourth horseman rides a pale horse and represents pestilence and death. Four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

The Lamb of God, or Lion of Judah, Jesus Christ opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons forth four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses. Although some interpretations differ, in most accounts, the four riders are seen as symbolizing Conquest, War, Famine, and Death, respectively. The Christian apocalyptic vision is that the four horsemen are to set a divine apocalypse upon the world as harbingers of the Last Judgment. I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.