En zo begint hun avontuur. Niet alleen moeten ze de tombe zien te vinden, ze moeten ook andere belangstellenden proberen van zich af te houden en voor te zijn. Een spannend maar ook gewelddadig avontuur. I also like the way that Smith teases himself as writing books full of "sex and violence" who takes liberties with history.

American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold released an album titled Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, a reference to the angels playing their trumpets following the removal of the seventh seal. The Pearl of Great Price, Moses chapter 7, verses 13–17". Church of Jesus Christ – scriptures. 1851 . Retrieved 23 June 2020.

Ernest Renan (19th century) interpreted the Second Horseman to be symbolic of The Great Jewish Revolt and the insurrection of Vindex. [14] During The Great Revolt, civil war broke out amongst the Jews. The civil war not only dissipated their stand against Rome, but also divided the Jewish people into factions that eventually dis-unified Jerusalem. [19] Hugo Grotius (17th century), interprets “the earth”, in verse 4, as the land of Judea. Johann Jakob Wettstein (18th century), identified the Red horse as representing the assassins and robbers of Judea in the days of Antonius Felix and Porcius Festus. [13] Volkmar, a modern rationalist preterist, broadened the scope of the Second Horseman to include major battles that occurred after the year 66: the Jewish–Roman wars, Roman–Parthian Wars, and Byzantine–Arab Wars. [14] Historicist view Then there was the Babylonian empire from 605 to 538 B. C.; the Medo-Persian empire from 538 to 333 B. C. (Alexander the Great conquered Persia in 332); and in 60 B. C., Julius Caesar formed the first Triumvirate, with Imperial Rome rising to dominate the kingdoms of the world. The complete falling away from true and perfect Christianity, which ushered in the long night of apostate darkness on all the face of the earth. Lots of man-root action, and way too Blavatsky-esque for comfortable reading. No wonder I couldn't recall the storyline here.

Like in River God, Smith creates a believable world of Egyptian archeology and, from what I remember of my ancient history lessons, seems to recreate the culture beautifully. This fourth rider symbolizes death that results from war and famine when men turn against men. [19] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints view

Newport, Kenneth G. C. (2000-08-28). Apocalypse and millennium: studies in biblical eisegesis. Cambridge University Press. p.86. ISBN 978-0-521-77334-8. I am sure it is nothing to be alarmed about.’ He went to the door, and for no good reason she suddenly called after him. What I liked: Taita was such an enthralling protagonist in River God and it was a pleasure to revisit him. It was cleverly designed for us to see the results of Taita's work instead of hearing him boast about his genius - and we get to delight and despair with Nicholas and Royan as they play his game and struggle to discover the location of Mamose's tomb. A violent surfacing of adolescence (which has little in common with Tarkington's earlier, broadly comic, Seventeen) has a compulsive impact.