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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Psalms 55
1
Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication.
2
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
4
My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
5
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
6
I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
7
Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.
8
"I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm."
9
Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10
Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
11
Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.
12
For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
13
But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.
14
We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with company.
15
Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
16
As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.
17
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
18
He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.
19
God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God.
20
He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.
21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
22
Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
23
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
