horse·men of the a·poc·a·lypse -- n. 

It is said that the four horsemen of the apocalypse will come to do justice to the wicked of the earth, human and otherwise. At the highest height of drama, a tradition comes to power that believes a single living body put to death, sacrificed to its creator satisfies the end-time demands of every body's being-towards-death. This same tradition claims in the end that eternal life will not be the reward, at least not for everyone.

Pain and torture comprise the erotic enticement. White horse, red horse, black horse, gray horse. They appear from the sky to bring disasters and hardships. Mass murder. Mass starvation. War. Disease. Revolutions. False beliefs and revenge against emerging truths and new enlightenments. Everything is upside down. The defining ones call their harmful, devestating ways good.