The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
Por 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.
(Referencias: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Apocalypse Revealed #327
327. Saying, "How long, O Lord, who are holy and true, will You not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" This symbolically means, over the fact that the Last Judgment was so long delayed, and that those who did violence to the Word and to the Lord's Divinity were not being removed.
"How long, O Lord, will You not judge" means, symbolically, "Why is the Last Judgment delayed?" And "how long will You not avenge our blood" means symbolically, "Why in accordance with justice are those not condemned who have done violence to them because of their acknowledgment of the Lord's Divine humanity and their life according to the truths of His Word?" Blood symbolizes the violence done to them (no. 379).
"Those who dwell on the earth" mean evil people in the world of spirits, from whom they were being protected so as not to be harmed.
