What does the red horse symbolize? (Revelation 6:2)


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And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

Revelation 6:4 - King James

 

 

⚪ Represents a creed different from the Scriptures

And I beheld and lo there went out another horse.— A creed-horse, quite different from the Scriptures which it misrepresented. That was red-—The color of sin — imperfection. "Though your sins be as scarlet"—Isa. 1:18.

Source : 🇺🇸 1917 - Studies in the Scriptures, Vol 7, The finished mystery, page 106 + Cover

 

⚫ Represents warfare between nations

Next, we see a fiery-red horse, which represents warfare between nations.

Source : 🇺🇸 The Watchtower, October 1 2013, page 15 + Cover - (or online)