Genesis 21:20 tells us that Ishmael was an archer. As
you know, an archer carries a bow; and the rider on the white horse in Rev. 6:2
also carries a bow.
Genesis 16:12 tells us that Ishmael "will be a wild man: his
hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in
the presence of his brethren." Doesn't it also sound like a future
description of a fanatical Muslim with a weapon in his hand who gives a person a
choice of converting to Islam or dying which is no choice at all since
converting to Islam would bring eternal death?
Ishmael is considered the father of the Arabs, and the Muslims
trace their lineage back to Abraham through Ishmael, his son. The Islamic
religion is antichrist because they acknowledge the Father, but deny that Jesus
Christ is the son of God. ( See I John 2:22-23) It is also interesting to note
that all of the letters for the word ISLAM can be found inside of the word
ISHMAEL. By leaving out the letters HE in ISHMAEL, the remaining letters
of ISMAL can then be arranged to make the word ISLAM.
"in the year 621, at the age of 51 years old, He flew on the
magical Winged-Horse of Fire which he called Burak, which literally means White
Horse but seen as "Thunder-Lightning." It had wings, glittering wings of an
immense eagle. Gabriel presented the Horse to Mohammed, saying that it was
"Burak" the Horse of Abraham." (Of course, I don't believe that Gabriel
gave Mohammed a white horse, but it's interesting that he is depicted ascending
to heaven on a white horse whose name Burak literally means "white
horse." )
According to this article at http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/JR/Future/ch04_the_mahdi.htm "a Muslim scholar claims that the Muslim's messiah, the Mahdi, is
the one who sits on the white horse in the book of Revelation. Also
according to this article, the Mahdi is supposed to produce undiscovered
Bible scrolls from the Jewish Torah and the New Testament of the Bible in
Antioch or from a mountain in Syria; and the Mahdi will bring forth the Ark
of the Covenant from Lake Tiberias and place it in Jerusalem. With the Mahdi
will be men with marks of prostration on their
foreheads [Marks on their foreheads from bowing in prayer with their head to the
ground five times daily]. Apparently, the purpose of
finding these “lost” portions of the Old and New Testaments as well as the Ark
of the Covenant is to help the Mahdi win converts from both Christianity and
Judaism prior to “eradicating” the remainder who do not convert to Islam."
Please read the paragraphs entitled Al-Mahdi, The Rider On A White
Horse and Al-Mahdi the Miraculous Archaeologist in the
above link which contains all this information which I just disclosed to
you.
(Now the question still remains does the rider on the white
horse with the bow in Rev. 6:2 represent a descendant of Ishmael, or the
religious spirit of Islam reigning over the world and conquering it one
day? Since no one knows the future except God, time eventually will
disclose the answers to these questions.)