Questions & Answers - Good News Staff - March 1974

Good News Staff

QUESTION: "What is the scriptural basis for your statements in the November 1973 Good News which classify the white horses of Revelation 19:11-14 as symbolic?" ANSWER: The book of Revelation is literally filled with symbolism. (This is also true of the book of Zechariah in the Old Testament.) God often uses symbols to create a certain timeless imagery in the prophetic sections of His Word. In Revelation 19 we find quite liberal use of such imagery or symbolism. For example, verse 2 uses the term "fornication" to represent an illicit political relationship between the great false church (symbolically called the "great whore") and the governments of this world. In verse 7 the "Lamb" represents Jesus Christ (John 1:29). Verse 15 contains the imagery of a sharp sword proceeding from Christ's mou.th. Rather than a literal sword, this sword represents the Word of God (Heb. 4:12). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library