===Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse===
Revelation first describes the arrival of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]: Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death. However, the Bible itself only directly names one horseman, "death".
There is wide agreement concerning the identity of the first horseman, which many interpret to represent the Antichrist. Some equate it to worldwide gospel preaching, as many postmillennialists believe.
The four horsemen are synonymous to the first four seals, and there is a direct correlation between the events of the seals and the list of events found in the Olivet Discourse, as found in Matthew 24. According to this view, the first four seals are usually perceived as being the ''beginning of birth pangs'' (Matthew 24:4-8).
===Mark of the Beast===
===Plagues===
Twenty-one judgements are pronounced on the earth: the seven Seal Judgements, the seven Trumpet Judgements, and the seven Bowl Judgements. The sequence of the order of these plagues are disputed among prophecy teachers. The concurrent or overlapping interpretation postulates that the judgements overlap each other while the 7 Seals are the longest in duration, while the Trumpet plagues are shorter, and while the Bowl plagues are the shortest. The consecutive or crescendo interpretation teaches that the next set of plagues occur after the previous set of plagues. Therefore the 7 Seals occur first, the 7 Trumpets next, and the 7 Bowls afterwards.
==Interpretations==
== See also ==
* [[Whore of Babylon]]
* [[Christianity in Conservapedia]]
* [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]
* [[Revelations to John (Translated)]]
* [[Post Apocalyptic World]]
* [[Homosexuality and Revelation controversy]]
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==References==
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