4And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
All the attributes connected to this second horse and its rider indicate that, with the opening of the second seal, the Lamb permitted plagues of lawlessness, anarchy, and civil war on earth.
4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.