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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)

10334. 'And in the carving of wood to work in all [manner of] work' means in order to represent every type of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the carving of wood' as that which is representative of good, for good is meant by 'wood', see 643, 2784, 2812, 3720, 8354, 9472; and from the meaning of 'all [manner of] work' as every type. The expression 'every type of good' is used because there are very many genera and species of good. There is celestial good and there is spiritual good. There is interior good and exterior; exterior good exists on the natural level and the level of the senses. There is the good of innocence, the good of love, and the good of faith. Good must be present within all truth, if it is to be truth. But also the good present in a person is given form by truths, which causes good to be various and take a multitude of different forms, to such an extent that no angel, spirit, or man is governed by the same good as that governing another. Heaven as a whole consists in various types of good. This variation makes one angel different from another; for if the same good existed with more there would be no difference between them. But those various types of good are arranged into order by the Lord, in such a way that all together form one overall body of good. It should be remembered that Divine Good, being infinite, is a single whole, 10261; but the character and amount of it as it exists with angels, spirits, and men is made various by its reception within truths. For the truths qualify the good, that is, they give it its specific quality; and truths are many and numerous.