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For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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)
This video is a product of the Swedenborg Foundation. Follow these links for further information and other videos: www.youtube.com/user/offTheLeftEye and www.swedenborg.com
Psalms 38
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Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
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For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
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My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
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I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
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For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
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I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
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Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
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My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
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They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
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But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
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Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
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For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
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For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
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For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
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But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
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Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.
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Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.
