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Revelation 6 : The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

10 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?

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

12 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;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

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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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Arcana Coelestia #8258

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8258. Exodus 15

1. Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Jehovah, and said - they said, I will sing to Jehovah, for He has highly exalted [Himself]; the horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.

2. My strength and song is Jah, and He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will establish a dwelling-place for Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

3. Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah is His name.

4. Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea; and his choice tertiary commanders 1 have been drowned in the Sea Suph.

5. The depths have covered them; they went down into deep places like a stone.

6. Your right hand, O Jehovah, has been magnified in strength; with Your right hand, O Jehovah, You break the enemy in pieces.

7. And in the greatness of Your excellence You destroy those rising up against You; You send out Your wrath, it eats them up like stubble.

8. And with the wind of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up, the floods stood as a heap; the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

9. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul will be filled with them. I will unsheathe my sword, my hand will drive them out.

10. You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them over; they sought a deep place like lead in the mighty waters.

11. Who is like You among the gods, O Jehovah? Who is like You, magnificent in holiness, to be venerated with praises, doing wonders?

12. You stretched out Your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

13. In Your mercy You have led this people [whom] You have redeemed; in Your strength You have brought them to the dwelling-place of Your holiness.

14. The peoples heard, they trembled; distress took hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.

15. Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; the powerful ones of Moab, terror took hold of them; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

16. Alarm and dread fell on them; by the greatness of Your arm they are cut away 2 like a stone, till Your people pass over, O Jehovah, till this people pass over [whom] You have possessed.

17. You will bring them in, You will plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance, the place for You to dwell in [which] You have made, O Jehovah; the sanctuary, O Lord, [which] Your hands have prepared.

18. Jehovah will reign for ever and ever. 3

19. For Pharaoh's horse came with his chariot and his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought the waters of the sea back over them; and the children of Israel went on dry ground through the middle of the sea.

20. And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

21. And Miriam responded to them, Sing to Jehovah, for He has highly exalted [Himself]; the horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.

22. And Moses caused Israel to travel on from the Sea Suph, and they went out to the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and did not find water.

23. And they came to Marah, and they could not drink the waters for bitterness; for they were bitter. Therefore he called the name of it Marah.

24. And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

25. And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah showed him [some] wood, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He established for him a statute and a judgement, and there He tempted him.

26. And He said, If you obediently hear the voice of Jehovah your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and hearken to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will not put on you any sickness that I put on the Egyptians; for I, Jehovah, am your Healer.

27. And they came to Elim, and here there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there beside the waters.

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In the internal sense this chapter praises the Lord because, having glorified His Human, He cast into hell the evil who were molesting the good in the next life and raised to heaven the good who suffered molestation. These are the things that the internal sense contains in this prophetic song.

Notas a pie de página:

1. literally, the choice of tertiary commanders. A tertiary commander was possibly an officer ranking third after Pharaoh, or possibly one in charge of a chariot in which there was also a driver and a warrior.

2. The Hebrew means struck dumb or made silent. Another Hebrew word containing similar letters means to cut away.

3. literally, into the age and eternity

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.