In this sermon, Keith Miller walks through Revelation 6:1–8 and the opening of the first four seals. The four horsemen reveal the realities that have marked human history since Christ’s ascension: conquest, war, famine, exploitation, suffering, and death. Yet Revelation does not show us these things so that we will despair. It shows us these things so that we will see the world through the lens of God’s Word—and see that the horsemen ride only because the Lamb opens the seals.

The white horse reveals the lust for conquest. The red horse reveals the vandalism of peace. The black horse reveals the exploitation of need. The pale horse reveals the dominion of death. But none of these riders is sovereign. Death rides, but the Lamb reigns.