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)

9929. Verses 36-38 And you shall make a plate of [pure] gold, and engrave on it, [like] the engraving of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah. And you shall place it on a cord of violet, and it shall be on the turban; before the face of the turban ¹ it shall be. And it shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel shall sanctify, even in all their gifts of holy things; and it shall be on his forehead continually, so that they may be pleasing ² before Jehovah.

'And you shall make a plate of pure gold' means enlightenment received from the Lord's Divine Good. 'And engrave on it, [like] the engraving of a signet' means what is everlasting and has been imprinted on their hearts in accord with a heavenly sphere. 'Holiness to Jehovah' means the Lord's Divine Human, and all celestial and spiritual good from there. 'And you shall place it on a cord of violet' means an influx into the truth of celestial love. 'And it shall be on the turban' means from infinite wisdom. 'Before the face of the turban it shall be' means to eternity. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. 'And Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things' means a consequent removal or shifting away of falsities and evils with those who are governed by good derived from the Lord. 'Which the children of Israel shall sanctify, even in all their gifts of holy things' means acts of worship representative of removal from sins. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead continually' means a representative sign of the Lord's love to eternity. 'So that they may be pleasing before Jehovah' means what is Divine and the Lord's in them.

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