Could the White Horse of Revelation be the Ongoing Great Commision?

For context………..

The Great Commission

28:16 So ²² the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated. 28:17 When ²³ they saw him, they worshiped him, ²⁴ but some doubted. ²⁵ 28:18 Then Jesus came up and said to them, ²⁶ “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 28:19 Therefore go ²⁷ and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, ²⁸ 28:20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, ²⁹ I am with you ³⁰ always, to the end of the age.” ^{31  Matthew 28}

I have been studying very closely lately, and trying to put aside prior teaching, and just read the word for what it says. That’s not easy. Today, I wanted to spend some time studying Rev 6: 1-2.

Rev 6:1-2

6:1 I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, “Come!” 6:2 So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.

I spent time looking at the original Greek (see link at top) for each word, especially within verse two. While holding prior teaching at bay in my mind, It seemed that this first horse rider could be the going forth of the gospel/fulfilling of great commission.

I have been VERY reluctant to sway from traditional teaching, but I’ve been praying a lot that God will teach me through his word and that I will not rabbit-trail myself into self-delusion. Know that I present this without thinking of it as being “for sure”, but intriguing and I want my fellow brothers and sisters take on it as well. Traditional teaching says that the White Horse rider is most likely the Antichrist, but the other 3 riders are figurative and do not represent literal men. I’m wondering if maybe the white horse rider is also not a literal man in being consistent with the whole passage.

We know that a white horse is the type of horse Jesus comes back on at the second coming. The word for “white” describing the Horse, is “leukov” (3022), which means “light, bright, brilliant”. The other verse where it is used are as follows:

Luk 9:29
As 1 he was praying, 2 the appearance of his face was transformed, 3 and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white. 4

Rev 6:2
So 1 I looked, 2 and here came 3 a white horse! The 4 one who rode it 5 had a bow, and he was given a crown, 6 and as a conqueror 7 he rode out to conquer.

Rev 19:11
Then 1 I saw heaven opened and here came 2 a white horse! The 3 one riding it was called “Faithful” and “True,” and with justice 4 he judges and goes to war.

In the Greek, the word for bow is “toxon” (5115). It is the only time it is used in the new testament. It literally means “a bow” and it is derived from the base word of the word “tikto” (5088).

Tikto – 1) to bring forth, bear, produce (fruit from the seed)
1a) of a woman giving birth
1b) of the earth bringing forth its fruits
1c) metaph. to bear, bring forth

Tikto’s base is as follows…a strengthened form of a primary teko tek’-o (which is used only as
alternate in certain tenses); to produce (from seed, as a mother, a
plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively:-bear, be born,
bring forth, be delivered, be in travail.

Based on the above I think it would be fair to say that the white horse rider has a bow that represents production and growth, and being in travail. Could this represent the spread of the gospel growth of Christianity, and being in travail the promise that jesus made that we would have trials?

While the rider already had the bow, he was given a crown “stephanov” Definition:

http://net.bible.org/strong.php?id=4735

; Other passages with the same word:

http://net.bible.org/search.php?search= … x:stefanov

“Stephanov” is a “reward crown”.

“..and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.” (both 3528)

http://net.bible.org/strong.php?id=3528

Conqueror in greek is “nikwn“:

Same word used here:
Rev 21:7
The one who conquers 1 will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
1Jo 5:5
Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that 1 Jesus is the Son of God?

Rev 2:11
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers 1 will in no way be harmed by the second death.’

Rev 2:26
And to the one who conquers 1 and who continues in 2 my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations 3 –

Rev 3:5
The one who conquers 1 will be dressed like them 2 in white clothing, 3 and I will never 4 erase 5 his name from the book of life, but 6 will declare 7 his name before my Father and before his angels.

Rev 3:21
I will grant the one 1 who conquers 2 permission 3 to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered 4 and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Rev 6:2
So 1 I looked, 2 and here came 3 a white horse! The 4 one who rode it 5 had a bow, and he was given a crown, 6 and as a conqueror 7 he rode out to conquer.

Rev 3:12
The one who conquers 1 I will make 2 a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I 3 will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), 4 and my new name as well.

Conquer in greek is “nikhsh”

Same word used here:

Luk 11:22
But 1 when a stronger man 2 attacks 3 and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s 4 armor on which the man relied 5 and divides up 6 his plunder. 7

Rev 6:2
So 1 I looked, 2 and here came 3 a white horse! The 4 one who rode it 5 had a bow, and he was given a crown, 6 and as a conqueror 7 he rode out to conquer.

Now read the Luke 11 passage in full context:

Jesus and Beelzebul
11:14 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed. 11:15 But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons.” 11:16 Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven. 11:17 But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls. 11:18 So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 11:19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 11:20 But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you. 11:21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe. 11:22 But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder. 11:23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

I am slowly coming to a conclusion there there is something to a “6th seal barley rapture” and that the book that is sealed contains the trumpets and bowls of wrath to be unleashed during the final 3.5 years. I won’t get into all that now as it’s been discussed all over this forum, and I only say it as background info from where I am coming from. That would make seals 1-5 prior to the rapture, seal 6 perhaps at the same time as postualted by David Lowe in his books Earthquake Ressurection and The His Voice Shook the Earth.

http://www.earthquakeresurrection.com/

Could it actually be that the White horse rider is the work of the church in fulfilling the great commision?

Go easy on me, I am sincere in my research and study, do not wish to confuse anyone else, and am praying for discernment. I’m having a lot of problems accepting the white horse rider as the A/C or representative of “strife” based on the Greek, so please point out anything I am missing.

Thanks for reading, I know it was long.