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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)

287. Verses 9-11. And when the animals gave glory and honour and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth unto the ages of the ages, the four-and-twenty elders fell down before him that sat upon the throne, and worshipped him that liveth unto the ages of the ages, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power, for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they are and were created. "And when the animals gave glory and honour and thanks," signifies, Divine truth and Divine good, also glorification: "to him that sitteth upon the throne, and who liveth unto the ages of the ages," signifies, from whom are all things of heaven and the church, and life eternal.

"The four and twenty elders fell down before him that sitteth upon the throne," signifies humiliation, and acknowledgment at the time by those who are in truth from good that all things of heaven and of the church are from the Lord: "and worshipped him that liveth unto the ages of the ages," signifies humiliation, and acknowledgment at the time, that life eternal is from the Lord: "and cast their crowns before the throne," signifies humiliation, and acknowledgment at the time, in heart, that there is nothing of good from themselves but that all is from the Lord.

"Saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power," signifies merit and justice, which pertain to the Lord's Divine Human, that from it is all Divine truth and Divine good, also salvation: "for thou hast created all things," signifies, that from Him are all existence and life, and heaven also to those who receive: "and by thy will they are, and were created," signifies, that by Divine Good they are, and by Divine truth they exist.