The 4 Horsemen Sent by God to Destroy the World & Kill Humanity
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Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the four of them sent forth by God to unleash conquest, war, famine, and death upon the world.Alright, let's get into it.The Four Horsemen make their appearance in the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament, a book that gives an account of the cataclysmic events that will transpire during the Apocalypse, a word derived from the Greek word apokalypsis, meaning to 'reveal' or uncover'. Scholars generally agree that the Book of Revelation was written towards the end of the first century AD, a time fraught with persecution for Christians under the hegemony of the Roman Empire. At this time, John, a Christian and thus a victim of said persecution, was living in exile in the Aegean Sea on the island of Patmos, and here, on this island, is where God reached out and imparted to him the revelation of the events that were to come. To John, God revealed the future, all the death and destruction prophesied to afflict the world leading up to the final judgement, which will more or less be a divine sifting event in which the wheat will be winnowed from the chaff, basically an event where all the people of the world and all the spirits of the dead will be judged, the good forever living in God's light and the bad consigned to the lake of fire. John was commanded to write down what he's shown and then to send what he's written to seven churches located in Asia Minor, a land we know today as Turkey. Jesus imparted a bespoke message for each church, which, without going into specifics, can be summed up as messages that caution against falling into moral pitfalls and encourage the mustering of fortitude and resilience to endure the adverse circumstances pervading that time. Afterwards, John continues by recounting what he bears witness to in the vision revealed to him by God.