Revelation 6 expanded
Revelation 6
1 And I sawe when the Lambe opened one of the seales, and I heard as it were the noise of thunder, one of the foure beastes, saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and hee that sate on him had a bowe, and a crowne was giuen vnto him, and hee went foorth conquering, and to conquere.
3 And when hee had opened the second seale, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was giuen to him that sate thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was giuen vnto him a great sword.
5 And when hee had opened the third seale, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and loe, a blacke horse: and hee that sate on him had a paire of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the foure beastes say, A measure of wheate for a penie, and three measures of barley for a penie, and see thou hurt not the oyle and the wine.
7 And when hee had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed with him: and power was giuen vnto them, ouer the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, & with hunger, and with death, and with the beastes of the earth.
The four hoursemen are probably a metaphore for the troubles that come on the world during the period of the book of Revelation, including the bowls. For example the famine talked about in Rev 6:5 is also talked about in Rev 18:8.
That the famine strikes in a city, the city of mystery babylon can be indicative of that it will be easier to survive for those who are self sufficient in rural areas. Get out from her my people could also mean get out of the cities. Just like during the Irish potatoes famine people were starving even though Ireland is surrounded by water containing fish.
9 And when hee had opened the fift seale, I saw vnder the altar, the soules of them that were slaine for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.
10 And they cried with a lowd voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, doest thou not iudge and auenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were giuen vnto euery one of them, and it was sayd vnto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, vntill their fellow seruants also, and their brethren that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Rev 6:9 is probably the martyrs that were killed for not taking the mark of the beast in Rev 13:15.
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixt seale, and loe, there was a great earthquake, and the Sunne became blacke as sackecloth of haire, and the Moone became as blood.
Earthquake is also in Rev 8:5, Rev 11:13, Rev 11:19, Rev 16:18 indicating that these verse could be talking about the same event.
13 And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth, euen as a figge tree casteth her vntimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty winde.
14 And the heauen departed as a scrowle when it is rolled together, and euery mountaine and Island were moued out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chiefe captaines, and the mighty men, and euery bondman, and euery free man, hid themselues in the dennes, and in the rockes of the mountaines,
16 And said to the mountaines and rockes, Fall on vs, and hide vs from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lambe:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?
Revelation 6:14 is the white throne judgement (Rev 20:11). This shows that the prophecies or vision that John sees in the book of Revelation are not time consecutive. This shows that Revelation 6 is a chapter spanning up to Revelation 20:11.
Also since Revelation 6 starts with a white horse which I believe are the rich on the earth deciding to make war on the public, which could be agenda 21, it could have started with the earth summit in 1992. So basically Revelation 6 can be a chapter that spans from Revelation 1 to Revelation 21.