On January 7, 2015, two gunmen raided the headquarters of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. Two days later, a gunman took hostages at a Jewish grocery store. These were two of five attacks in the Paris region of France. The radical Islamic terrorist group, al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula claimed responsibility. There were other events in Australia, Canada, United States and Islamic State along the Euphrates River, a prelude to Iraq War III.

The Arabic acronym for ISIS is Daesh and the plural daw'aish means bigots who impose their views on others. Daesh/ISIS/ISIL combined with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and events in the South China Sea are conflicts by major world powers to win control and rule the world. These attacks are against capitalism, the current ruling power. The horses have been on the run since Persia ruled Judea.

I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. These are they whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro through the earth (Zechariah 1:8, 10).

In Revelation 6, the Bible describes our end times world. Look and see white, red, black and green horses on the run. The red horse of war is the political system of communism. Russia was established in 862 and began expanding in 1547. The black horse of trade is the economic system of capitalism. Wheat cost a denarius or day's wage but olive oil and wine are available. The first English king ruled in 924 and in 1588, the United Kingdom defeated the Spanish Armada. The chloros or green horse of Death is the false religious system of Islam. In 610, Mohammed founded Islam that spread to Spain by 711. Today it controls a quarter  of the world, ~2 billion people. The white horse of apostasy is false religion within the Christian church. In 313 persecution stopped and by 380, church and Roman state merged.

He (angel) carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet (red) colored beast (Revelation 17:3).

From Babel to Europa, there has been a fifth system that has tried to unite the political, religious and economic systems. Revelation 13 tells us that during the Tribulation, Antichrist rules a political system (Beast), false prophet rules a religious system (Woman) and they control people through an economic system (Mark of the Beast). Antichrist succeeds in uniting the world for a short time but is defeated when Jesus Christ returns to rescue the Tribulation Saints, redeem the Jews and rule the world.

Have you ever wondered what the end of the world looks like? Look at a world map and see God at work among the peoples of the world.

References: 21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars Chapter 20: Players in the Game, Chapter 21: Four Horses on the Run, Chapter 25: Iraq War III, Green in Islam, Terrorist Incidents in France, Revelation Outline, Covenant, Tribulation, Revelation, 21st Century View, Daniel, America, Timeline of the Tribulation