The Text …
“5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
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The noun “bests” in verse 8 is completely different from the noun “beasts” in Revelation 4!
In the expression “beasts of the earth” … in Greek spelled their’on … we sense the meaning of truly wild beasts!
The word’s 1st use in Scripture … Mark 1:13 … And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Acts 10:12 … Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts (not “theiron”) of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Acts 28:4 … And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man (Paul) is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Titus 1:12 … One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Hebrews 12:20 … For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart …
James 3:7-8 … For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue!
Then 37x more in Revelation of Antichrist, etc. (Here most often used of wicked men!)
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Then the noun “hades,” meaning the abode of the dead, can be traced in the New Testament like this …
Its 1st occurence … Matthew 11:23 … And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Luke 16:23 … And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Acts 2:27 … Jesus, from Psalm 16 … Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:31 … He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
1 Corinthians 15:55 … O death, where is thy sting? O grave (hades), where is thy victory?
Revelation 1:18 … I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Then it appears yet again here in our Text, Revelation 6:8.
Plus Revelation 20:13 … And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Revelation 20:14 … And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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— Dr. Mike Bagwell
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