The Horseman of the Apocolypse, part 1

God is a patient, tolerant and just God. He often forestalls deserving and justified judgment on nations as seen in the Old Testament. In this chapter we see the final judgment on the nations of the earth prophesied. Christ begins to break the seals. We ask 3 questions:

1. What or who does this rider symbolize?
2. What is implied about the nature and work of this rider?
3. Why does God allow this rider to come?