Revelation 6 Part 1 - The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse
Pastor Wes Denham
In this verse-by-verse teaching through Revelation 6:1–8, Pastor Wes Denham walks through the opening of the first four seals and the riders known as the four horsemen. With John now viewing events from heaven following his symbolic rapture in chapter 4, the Lamb alone is found worthy to break the seals of the scroll—the title deed to the earth that Jesus purchased back through His sacrifice. Pastor Wes frames this passage as the unfolding end of the kingdoms of man under satanic influence.
Pastor Wes expounds on the identity of the rider on the white horse, noting the bow without arrows signals delegated rather than absolute power—this is the Antichrist, not Christ. Drawing from Daniel 9:25–27, he traces the prophetic clue that the Antichrist will arise from “the people of the prince who is to come”—the Roman conscripts of A.D. 70 drawn from Syria, Turkey, and Egypt. Through 1 John 2:18–23, he defines the antichrist spirit as any teaching that denies Jesus as fully God and fully man.
The remaining horsemen bring war, famine, and death—judgments Pastor Wes connects to present-day realities including the war in Ukraine, the October 7 attacks in Israel, and the famines the church has actively responded to in Africa. He shares a personal account of a demonic encounter following a young drummer’s death, illustrating how the enemy delights in destruction and hates everything God has made. The takeaway is clear: believers live in a temporal world with eternal context and must stand firm in Christ’s name.
In Revelation 6:1–8, Pastor Wes Denham teaches on the first four seals and the four horsemen—conquest, war, famine, and death. He identifies the white horse rider as the Antichrist, traces his Middle Eastern origins through Daniel 9, and defines the antichrist spirit through 1 John 2 as any denial of Christ’s full deity. The church is called to stand firm in eternal perspective as these judgments unfold.