The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
Par 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.
(références: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Arcana Coelestia #9639
9639. 'Acting in combination with each other' means the consequent joining together of the Lord with those who are in that heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'acting in combination', when it refers to the power meant by 'the hands', as a joining together effected through truth from good, thus a joining involving those in that heaven. For all in heaven are called 'powers', indeed they are powers by virtue of being recipients of Divine Truth that comes from the Lord. This also explains why God's truths are meant in the Word by 'angels', 8192. Divine Good emanating from the Lord is what joins together all who are in heaven; for that which reigns universally in Divine Truths is Divine Good, and what reigns universally joins people together. This joining together is what the combined action of the hands of a board, of each with the other, means.
