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Revelation 6:15

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15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

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Apocalypse Explained #360

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360. Verses 3, 4. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second animal saying, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red; and it was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, that they should kill one another; and there was given unto him a great sword.

"And when he had opened the second seal," signifies the manifestation of the succeeding state of those who are of the church where the Word is; "I heard the second animal saying," signifies, out of the inmost heaven from the Lord; "Come and see," signifies attention and perception. "And there went out another horse that was red," signifies the understanding of the Word destroyed as to good; "and it was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth," signifies the Word thence not understood, whence arise dissensions in the church; "that they should kill one another," signifies the falsification and extinction of truths; "and there was given unto him a great sword," signifies, by falsities.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.