Red Horse Cast Bar

The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War, he is often pictured holding a sword upwards as though ready for battle or mass slaughter. His horse’s colour is red, and in some translations, the colour is specifically a “fiery” red. The colour red, as well as the rider’s possession of a great sword, suggests blood that is to be spilled. As seen in heraldry, the sword held upward by the second Horseman may represent war or a declaration of war. In military symbolism, swords held upward, especially crossed swords held upward, signify war and entering into battle.
The second Horseman represents civil war as opposed to the war of conquest that the first Horseman is said to bring. Other commentators have suggested that it might also represent the persecution of Christians.