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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation 6:10
The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose, Curtis Childs
Transparency is needed to sort things out. Before big change happens, God first reveals what’s really going on.
In the Book of Revelation - the last book of the Word - the apostle John describes a series of apocalyptic visions that he experienced during his exile on the Isle of Patmos, in the Aegean Sea.
In one of these visions, he saw four horsemen, the first riding a white horse, the second a red horse, the third a black, and the fourth - named Death - riding a pale horse. These "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" - oft-pictured - are described in Revelation 6:1-8.
What do these horses, and their riders, represent? What do they have to do with us, today? Watch as Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose explore the hidden Bible meaning of the Four Horsemen in the Book of Revelation, in this video from the Swedenborg and Life Series, from the Swedenborg Foundation.
Plus, to go straight to the source, follow the links below to the places in "Apocalypse Revealed" where Swedenborg explained the inner meaning of this famous Bible story. A good place to start would be Apocalypse Revealed 298.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
This video is a product of the Swedenborg Foundation. Follow these links for further information and other videos: www.youtube.com/user/offTheLeftEye and www.swedenborg.com
Apocalypse Explained # 398
398. Verses 12-14. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig-tree shaken of a mighty wind casteth her unripe figs. And the heaven departed as a scroll rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal," signifies prediction still further [concerning the state] of the church:
"and lo, there was a great earthquake," signifies the state of the church entirely changed; "and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood," signifies that all the good of love was separated, and thence all the truth of faith falsified.
"And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth," signifies that the knowledges of good and truth perished; "as a fig-tree shaken of a mighty wind casteth her unripe figs," signifies, which the natural man has laid waste by reasonings.
"And the heaven departed as a scroll rolled together," signifies that the spiritual man became closed; "and every mountain and island were moved out of their places," signifies that all the good of love and all the truth of faith would perish.
