Joseph, in a sermon, interprets the symbolic language in Revelation differently than found in the White Horse Prophecy.

Date: Apr 8, 1843
Type: Speech / Court Transcript
Source: Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay: Scribed Verbatim
Reference: Joseph Smith, Discourse, April 8, 1843: [96-97], as Reported by Willard Richards, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021
Scribe/Publisher: Willard Richards
People: Joseph Smith, Jr., Willard Richards, Pelatiah Brown
Audience: Latter-day Saints
Transcription: Rev— 5 chap. 8 verse.—
Father Brown had been to work & confounded all christendom, that these were figure John saw in heavn to represent the different kingdoms of God on earth he put down sectarianism, & so far so good.—— but I could not help laughing that God should take a figure of a beast to repr[e]sent his kingdom consisting of <Men>. . . . To take a lesser figure to represnt a gr[e]ater, old white head you missed it that time. By figure of Beasts God represented the kingdoms of the world.— Bear. Lion &c represe[n]ted the kingdoms. of the world, Says Daniel. <for> I refer to the prophets, to qualify my observations. to keep out of the wasp nests or young elders,
Source Link: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-8-april-1843-as-reported-by-willard-richards/2
BHR Staff Commentary: Here, Joseph Smith is countering an explanation of Revelation 5:8 offered by Elder Pelatiah Brown who erroneously interpreted the four beasts as representing different phases of the kingdom of God on earth. Joseph, contra Brown (and the WHP) taught that the Lord would not use the figure of a creature to represent something more noble (i.e., the glories and majesty of the Kingdom of God) (i.e., John, the author of the book of Revelation, would not take a lesser figure [a beast/animal] to represent something greater [the Kingdom]).
Citations in Mormonr Qnas: White Horse Prophecy