[ShadowAce]

OK. I think (on this point) that I’ll have to agree. I don’t think the 200 million are actual horsemen. Not sure what they are yet, but my thinking is that the term “200 million horsemen” is merely “one really huge army” that would normally be unbeatable.

[Quix]

I still disagree.

I’d love to know, though, what the variety of ways of stating large numbers were at that time in that culture and language.

It MIGHT possibly be that the way it’s stated in the text is an emphasis denoting God’s point about the specific number.

Regardless, I to NOT think God had a problem choosing between

A VERY LARGE ARMY vs 200 MILLION.

I have found HIS WORDING IN SCRIPTURE TO BE EXTREMELY PRECISE. When He wanted to be fuzzy, He was fuzzy. When He didn’t want to be fuzzy, He wasn’t.

[topcat54]

OK. I think (on this point) that I’ll have to agree. I don’t think the 200 million are actual horsemen. Not sure what they are yet, but my thinking is that the term “200 million horsemen” is merely “one really huge army” that would normally be unbeatable.

So, have you just opened the entire book of Revelation up to a subjectivist interpretation?