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.
(Referências: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Heaven and Hell # 188
188. The angels of whom the Lord's celestial kingdom consists dwell for the most part in elevated places that appear as mountains rising from the ground. The angels of whom the Lord's spiritual kingdom consists dwell in less elevated places that appear like hills, while the angels who are in the lowest parts of heaven dwell in places that appear like rocks of stone. All these things come into existence from correspondence, for interior things correspond to higher things and exterior things to lower things. 1 This is why, in the Word, "mountains" signify celestial love, "hills", spiritual love, and "rocks", faith. 2
Notas de rodapé:
1. [Swedenborg's footnote] In the Word interior things are expressed by higher things and higher things signify interior things (Arcana Coelestia 2148, 3084, 4599, 5146, 8325).
What is "high" signifies what is internal, and likewise heaven (Arcana Coelestia 1735, 2148, 4210, 4599, 8153).
2. [Swedenborg's footnote] In heaven, mountains, hills, rocks, valleys, and lands are seen exactly the same as in the world (Arcana Coelestia 10608).
On the mountains angels who are in the good of love dwell, on the hills those who are in the good of charity, on the rocks those who are in the good of faith (Arcana Coelestia 10438).
Therefore in the Word the good of love is signified by "mountains" (Arcana Coelestia 795, 4210, 6435, 8327, 8758, 10438, 10608).
The good of charity is signified by "hills" (Arcana Coelestia 6435, 10438).
The good and truth of faith is signified by "rocks" (Arcana Coelestia 8581, 10580).
"Stone", of which rock consists, in like manner signifies the truth of faith (Arcana Coelestia 114, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376).
This is why heaven is signified by "mountains" (Arcana Coelestia 8327, 8805, 9420).
And the highest part of heaven by "the summit of a mountain" (Arcana Coelestia 9422, 9434, 10608).
Also why the ancients had their holy worship on mountains (Arcana Coelestia 796, 2722).
