Rev 6:7-8 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Rev 6:7-8: 6:7-8 With the fourth seal comes a ghastly looking horse. In the ancient world, pale green was the color for depicting a corpse. • the Grave: Greek Hades. In Greek thought, Hades was the underworld abode of bodiless beings. The Hebrew idea of Sheol, the place of the dead (1 Sam 28:15 ), was similar. • The killing of one-fourth of those on earth indicates that the final judgment has not yet arrived (contrast Rev 6:16-17 ). • This fourfold set of woes ( sword and famine and disease and wild animals ; cp. Ezek 14:21 ) summarizes the tragedies of earthly existence. The world cannot offer hope to humanity.

b1 Sam 28:15►

cRev 6:16-17►

dEzek 14:21►

‏ Revelation of John 6:7-8

Summary for Rev 6:7-8: 6:7-8 ^a With the fourth seal comes a ghastly looking horse. In the ancient world, pale green was the color for depicting a corpse.

• the Grave: Greek Hades. In Greek thought, Hades was the underworld abode of bodiless beings. The Hebrew idea of Sheol, the place of the dead (1 Sam 28:15 ^b), was similar.

• The killing of one-fourth of those on earth indicates that the final judgment has not yet arrived (contrast Rev 6:16-17 ^c).

• This fourfold set of woes (sword and famine and disease and wild animals; cp. Ezek 14:21 ^d) summarizes the tragedies of earthly existence. The world cannot offer hope to humanity.