One-fourth of all people will be quickly destroyed at the start . . .
"When He opened the fourth seal,

I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying,

‘Come and see.’

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse.

And the name of him who sat on it was Death,

and Hades followed with him.

And power was given to them over a fourth of the Earth,

to kill with sword, with hunger, with death,

and by the beasts of the Earth." (These "beasts" may be military, political, and religious rulers.)

(Revelation 6:7-8)