Zechariah 6:1

 Zechariah 6:1 says, And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.  This time when Zechariah looked up, he saw four chariots come out from between two mountains of brass.  This was the seventh vision that Zechariah had, and Matthew Henry says that there are various interpretations as to what it signifies.  Some see the four chariots as the four winds, some as four specific kingdoms, and some including Matthew Henry says he sees them as representing ages in the growth of the church.  Verse two states, In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;   The red horse is seen by many as representing the kingdom of Babylon,  and the black horse as representing the kingdom of Persia, which overthrew the Babylonians.  Matthew Henry views the red horse as representing the war of the early church against the world and the black horse as representing the dire results of that war on the earth.  Verse three adds, And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.  Some see the white horses as representing the kingdom of Greece and the grisled and bay horses representing the kingdom of Rome.  Matthew Henry says he sees the white horse as representing the return of peace and prosperity to the world, or at least the church, after all the wars and the bad results of those wars, the grisled and bay horses representing the representing the changing circumstances of the church in the world.  Verse four declares, Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?  Zechariah asked the angel what the vision meant, and even though I stated a least a couple of theories that people have had as to their meaning, we should go to the Source, God Himself, to determine the meaning and how it applies to us today as followers of Christ.   Verse five adds, And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.  The angel said that these were four spirits that went into the world from standing before God.  Matthew Henry again says some see these as the four winds, and I do not claim to understand exactly what the four spirits were, but I do understand that they were under God's control and doing His will.  God is always in control of those who represent Him and do His will in the world.   Verse six states, The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.  The angel said that the black and white horses went to the north country, and the grisled went to the south.  Verse seven continues, And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.  Then verse eight concludes, Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.  Whatever we see these horses and chariots as signifying, they represent God's work in the world as He spreads His gospel throughout the world.  We do know that as followers of Christ that we are to go throughout the world sharing the gospel of Christ today.