Revelation 6:1: And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

Jesus Christ is the Lamb that alone had power¹ to open the first outer seal on the book with seven seals.² Once that first seal was opened, John saw the works of God during the earth's first one thousand year period from approximately 4000 BC until approximately 3000 BC.³ Scholars interpret this first seal very differently primarily because they fail to understand that it represents the first thousand years of the earth's temporal history after the fall of Adam.⁴

When the first seal opened, John heard the noise of thunder⁵ and one of the four beasts from celestial paradise⁶ said to John: Come and see.⁷ The words summoned John to look upon the content of the first seal.⁸ Some scholars suggest, however, that this was a plea for Christ to come and commence his work of redemption associated with this seal.⁹ Others say the words summon the first horseman to action.¹⁰ These alternative interpretations are unlikely because the first seal is purely historical.¹¹ Scholars also differ in their interpretations of Come and see because the words and see are absent in some Greek manuscripts.¹²

The lion-faced beast from Revelation chapter 4 was probably the first to speak, primarily because Revelation 4:6-7 identifies the lion first among the four beasts in paradise.¹³ This first beast (and the other beasts after him)¹⁴ spoke with great power like the noise of thunder.¹⁵ This metaphor is used frequently to describe the power of Jehovah.¹⁶

When the first seal opened John probably saw a panoramic vision of events during the earth's first thousand-year history, but he only gives a very brief description of these events in Revelation 6:2.¹⁷

Revelation 6:2: And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

Once John saw the events the first seal, he described the prophet Enoch on a white horse as a symbol of victory.¹⁸ After the fall of Adam,¹⁹ Enoch's ministry was one of the most transcendent events in the first thousand year history of the earth.²⁰ During that period, Adam and Eve had many children, and many of them were wicked.²¹ Their wickedness began after the fall of Adam no later than the occasion of Cain's murder of his brother Abel.²² Thereafter, Cain and his posterity became nomads²³ and dwelt in a land called Nod.²⁴ Satan had great power and dominion over the hearts of Cain's wicked posterity.²⁵ They were called the sons of men,²⁶ and they fought wars against Adam's righteous posterity²⁷ called the sons of God.²⁸

According to the Bible Chronology of Bishop Ussher, the fall of Adam occurred in 4004 BC and Enoch was born about 3378 BC. He was a seventh generation son of Adam in the righteous line of Seth.²⁹ Enoch's successful ministry is the subject of the symbolic white horse that John saw in Revelation 6:2. This imagery typifies Christ's Second Coming and the earth's final seven thousand years called the millennium.³⁰ Enoch's name means dedicated to Jehovah.³¹ He was still a young lad when the Lord called him to preach repentance to all the wicked people of the earth,³² except for Cain's posterity.³³ At age 25, Enoch was ordained to the Melchizedek (patriarchal) Priesthood,³⁴ and the Lord raised him up to become a great seer.³⁵ Enoch was 65 when he was called to preach repentance, which he did for 365 years.³⁶ He had such great faith that he could cause the earth to tremble and mountains to flee at his command whenever the armies of the wicked came to battle against the sons of God.³⁷ The fear of God came upon the warring nations, and they were scattered³⁸ because their manmade weapons of war were no match for the power of Enoch's faith and priesthood.³⁹

Enoch's life coincides with the symbolic imagery of John's vision in every particular.⁴⁰ The white horse symbolizes the religious wars that Enoch fought.⁴¹ White symbolizes righteousness, purity, and the justice of his cause.⁴² The white horse also symbolizes Enoch's victory and triumph⁴³ in the first millennium of mankind.⁴⁴

Enoch's symbolic bow also depicts a godly battle,⁴⁵ but there is no mention of any arrows. Enoch's victory required no arrows because he defeated his enemies by the unseen power of his faith and priesthood power.⁴⁶ Some scholars incorrectly interpret these symbols to mean that an antichrist will establish his latter-day rule without warfare.⁴⁷ The timing of such interpretations is obviously misplaced.

Enoch was also given a crown,⁴⁸ which is emblematic of his victory and triumph.⁴⁹ The crown of victory also corresponds⁵⁰ with the image of Enoch going forth conquering, and to conquer.⁵¹ Enoch conquered death⁵² when he and the entire city of Enoch (Zion)⁵³ were taken to heaven (i.e., translated)⁵⁴ without tasting death.⁵⁵ All the sons of men, by contrast, were defeated and died in the flood,⁵⁶ which came in the days of Enoch's great-grandson, Noah.⁵⁷ The flood occurred after the city of Enoch and many of its inhabitants were already translated.⁵⁸

Enoch's crown also symbolizes his royalty and kingship in heaven.⁵⁹ He was resurrected and crowned a king at the time of Jesus Christ's resurrection.⁶⁰ Enoch and ten thousands of the people of Zion will return to the earth with crowns in resurrected glory at the Second Coming.⁶¹