four horsemen
Elite ruling tetrad
The Four Horsemen are apocalyptic figures from the biblical Book of Revelation, riding horses of different colors and representing conquest (or pestilence), war, famine, and death.
The phrase extends to any group of four people or forces bringing destruction or fundamental change: The four horsemen of the financial crisis.
In rhetoric, it names devastating combinations: the four horsemen of the infocalypse (terrorists, pedophiles, drug dealers, money launderers—used to justify surveillance).
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- RevelationProphetic biblical finale
- deathCessation of life
- pale horseDeath's biblical mount
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
famine · Armageddon · end of the world · plague · war · prophecy · eschatology · harbinger · Notre Dame · destruction · allegory · end times · doomsday · tribulation · dystopia · judgment · chaos · end of days
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- foursquadruplets, tetrad, foursome, quadruple, cardinal directions
- apocalypseapocalypse, Armageddon, end times, rapture, tribulation
- Bible visionswheels within wheels, valley of dry bones, valley of bones, dry bones, burning bush
- End Timesapocalypse, Armageddon, rapture, end times, tribulation
four horsemenguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
archangels · heavenly host · seraphim · cherubim · patron saints
four horsemenangels of mercy
Selfless medical caretakers
dove of peace · olive branch · rainbow · lamb of God · good shepherd
four horsemenGarden of Eden
Biblical first home
Genesis · creation narrative · promised land · tree of life · first light