The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
Napsal(a) 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.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Apocalypse Revealed # 852
852. 20:6 Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection. This symbolically means that through conjunction with the Lord those who enter heaven enjoy the felicity of eternal life and enlightenment.
That person is called blessed who has the felicity of eternal life (no. 639). And that person is called holy (or a saint) who has enlightenment in Divine truths through conjunction with the Lord. For the Lord alone is holy, and the Divinity emanating from Him which produces enlightenment is what is called the Holy Spirit (nos. 173, 586, 666). The first resurrection symbolizes the Lord's raising a person into heaven and thus salvation, as in no. 851 above.
It is apparent from this that "blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection" symbolically means that through conjunction with the Lord, those who enter heaven enjoy the felicity of eternal life and enlightenment.
