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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:
Revelation 6:9
The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
작가: 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.
(참조: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Apocalypse Revealed #307
307. So that people might kill one another. This symbolizes intestine hatreds, infestations by the hells, and inner anxieties.
These are symbolized inasmuch as to take peace from the earth means, symbolically, to take away charity, spiritual security, and inner rest, and a fiery red horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word extinguished as to goodness. For these result when there is no more goodness, and there is no more goodness when people do not know what good is.
It is apparent that intestine hatreds occur when there is no charity, that infestations by the hells occur when there is no spiritual security, and that inner anxieties occur when there is no rest from evils and their lusts. But they occur after death, if not before in the world.
That to kill has this symbolic meaning follows from the symbolism of a sword, which is the subject next.
