FirstHourse = the rise of the end times Beast system via european colonialism (remember these colonial nations were former roman colonies) and it is obviously fitting that they are xtian. Afterall Rome (the beast) adopted xtianity. This is a false version of xtianity that's basically pagan, worshipping the hellenistic white mangod who is passive in nature, as a consequence the catholic church controlled the masses through the tithes system. In fact the colonial era came out after the protestant movement. The consequence of the sectarian divide led to a political divide, war between the spanish and english. The ensuing
naval wars turned into trade wars, turned into colonialism, hence it's called the BEAST OF
THE SEA.
my view has a solid context to it, the prophecies are heavily centered around the rise of the end times Beast system and it all begins with the seals via the 4 horseman prophecies.
Nowhere in the context does it hint at anything about 'false religions' but i also know that this was a veiled dig at islam.
Second Horse = the consequence of colonialism, when the colonial nations went to war and dragged the rest of the world into their wars. Along with that you had the holocoast and the Bolshevik revolution. We even had the partition of India. By far the biggest bloodbath in history.
Third Horse= the post ww2 era of capitalism, of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. It goes even deeper, it says 'and do not harm the oil and wine'.
the oil and wine are symbolic of the jewish nation. Chanukah is oil, Purim is wine.
Wine has no secrets: when a thing is what it is, it's the same from the inside looking out and from the outside looking in
www.chabad.org
what has happened post ww2? the creation of israel and the colonial nations protecting it.
This has been fulfilled and is reaching it's end.
We're transitioning into the Fourth horse prophecy.