white horse/horseman: The rider of the white horse is very commonly and erroneously interpreted to be the antichrist figure. Wears a crown.
red horse/horseman: The rider of the second horse is generally held to represent War. The red color of his horse represents blood spilled on the battlefield
black horse/horseman:The third horseman, riding the black horse, is popularly called Famine. The black color of the third horse could be a symbol of famine.
pale horse/horseman:The fourth horseman is explicitly named Death, followed by Hades
seven headed beast:
1. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (Revelation 12:3)
2. And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. (Revelation 13:1, 2)
3. So he carried me away in the spirit unto the Wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)
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