four horsemen

Figures in the New Testament believed to start the apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are figures in Christian scriptures, appearing in the New Testament's final book, Revelation, an apocalypse written by John of Patmos, as well as in the Old Testament's prophetic Book of Zechariah, and in the Book of Ezekiel, where they are named as punishments from God.

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