Eighth Vision: Four Chariots

¹Finally, I looked up and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains.

²The first chariot was pulled by red horses, and the second by black horses;[#Rev 6.4; Rev 6.5.]

³the third chariot was pulled by white horses, and the fourth by spotted gray horses.[#Rev 6.2.; #6.3 Or “strong.”]

⁴“Sir,” I asked the angel. “What do these stand for?”

⁵Then he explained, “These are the four winds of heaven, and now they are going out, after presenting themselves to the Lord of all the earth.[#Rev 7.1,2.; #6.5 Or “spirits.” The Hebrew word may mean either.]

⁶The chariot with black horses goes toward the north, the chariot with white horses goes toward the west, and the one with spotted horses goes toward the south.”[#6.6 Or “follows behind.”]

⁷The horses came out eager to patrol the earth, and the angel told them, “Start patrolling the earth.”

When they had gone on their way,

⁸he shouted to me, “Those that have gone to the country in the north will do what the Lord 's Spirit wants them to do there.”[#6.8 Or “.”; #6.8 One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.]

The Chosen Leader

⁹The Lord said to me:

¹⁵When people from distant lands come and help build the temple of the Lord All-Powerful, you will know that the Lord is the one who sent me. And this will happen, if you truly obey the Lord your God.