Covenant Reformed News – April 2022 • Volume XVIII, Issue 24
This article provides exegetical commentary on Revelation 6:1-8 (the four horsemen) and their relationship to Christ's signs of the second coming in Matthew 24, arguing that these biblical predictions indicate an amillennial rather than postmillennial eschatology. The author concludes that while the gospel will save all God's elect, the world will not become a Christian paradise before Christ's return, and offers assurance to believers from these prophetic texts.
Lessons From the Four Horsemen After considering the four horses of Revelation 6:1-8, both individually and collectively, in the last four issues of the News, we are in a position to make several observations. First, the four horses with their riders are similar to the signs of Christ’s return, as set forth, for example, in His Olivet discourse. Compare the white horse with Matthew 24:14: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and...