The Fourth Seal: The Green Horse
Revelation's fourth horse is called pale in English, but the Greek chlōros is rendered green in its other KJV occurrences. Watchman 33 identifies the green horse with Islam, connecting its historic color, global reach near one-quarter of humanity, sword imagery, state beheadings, and the tactics of named Islamist extremist groups.
Revelation 6:7–8
7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8And 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.
The horse was green. Its reach became one quarter.
Saudi Arabia adopts the final form of its green flag and sword
Saudi government history records that King Abdulaziz endorsed the final flag design—green with a white sword beneath the shahada—on March 11, 1937.
Muslims comprise approximately one-quarter of humanity
Pew Research Center estimates that 2.02 billion Muslims accounted for 25.6% of the world's population in 2020.
Sources & further reading
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Strong's Greek Lexicon G5515 — chlōros
Blue Letter BibleDefines chlōros as greenish and shows the KJV translation count: green three times and pale once, in Revelation 6:8.
Islam was the world's fastest-growing religion from 2010 to 2020
Pew Research CenterReports that Muslims numbered about 2.02 billion and accounted for 25.6% of the global population in 2020.
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe museum catalogue discusses the importance of green in Islamic thought and its associations with life, tranquility, refuge, and the Prophet.
Basic Law of Governance — Article 3
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bureau of Experts at the Council of MinistersThe official law states that the Saudi flag is green and bears an unsheathed sword beneath the Islamic declaration of faith.
Saudi National Flag — Flying Banner for Three Centuries
Saudi Press AgencyOfficial history of the green Saudi flag, its sword imagery, and the adoption of its final form in 1937.
2009 Human Rights Report: Saudi Arabia
U.S. Department of StateDocuments that Saudi authorities announced 64 executions by beheading during 2009.
CTED Trends Report: The Challenge of Returning and Relocating Foreign Terrorist Fighters
United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive DirectorateDocuments exposure of ISIL-linked foreign terrorist fighters to extreme violence including beheadings and suicide bombings.
The sources establish the historical record and provide background on the biblical passage. The conclusion that these events fulfill prophecy is the stated interpretation of Watchman 33.