The Second Horseman May Have Just Been Given His Sword

By Mark Davidson on February 28, 2026 • ( 0 )

(28 February 2026) Revelation:6:3-4 (NIV 1984) says,

“When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.”

It looks like the second horseman has just received his sword.

The First Horseman, the First Cycle

The First Horseman was released and rode out at the beginning of the Jewish seven-year cycle (the first of the end times) that began in 1980. In that hour, Saddam lobbed the first artillery shells into Iran in order to appease his desire for conquest, as he rode out conquering.

The Current Seventh Cycle

September 2022 saw the beginning of the current cycle, the seventh cycle. It was on that day that Russia was holding the vote in east Ukraine, showing a clue that the seven-year cycles still stuck to the Signposts, since the Russia-Ukraine War might be a trigger or catalyst for the Second Signpost, and it still might be.

Here we are in the middle of the cycle now. The Second, Third and Fourth Signposts could all be complete by September 2029, the end of that cycle, allowing the Tribulation to begin.

The Second Horseman

Just as the First Horseman rode out with the first artillery shells bombarding Iran, so the Second Horseman may be riding out right now with his sword, being given authority to allow men to butcher one another in the Muslim Realm.

We have seen Iran now launch missile strikes on several Muslim countries killing perhaps 100 people, and they announcing their intention to strike back. This is a way wars escalate.

Flag of Sword of Zulfiqar on Iranian Zulfiqar Tank.

Interestingly, I had found in research a curious thing about the IRGC and its sword—it is Zulfiqar, the sword with two points, just like the Ram represented by the IRGC.