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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Revelation 6:9
The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
By 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.
(References: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Apocalypse Explained #367
367. And there was given unto him a great sword. That this signifies by falsities, is manifest from the signification of a sword (machaera seu gladius), as denoting truth combating against falsity; and, in an opposite sense, falsity fighting against truth, and its destruction (see above, n. 131); in this case, falsity combating against truth, and destroying it; for "that they should kill one another" precedes, by which is signified the falsification and extinction of truths. In the Word mention is made of a sword, a dagger, and a two-edged sword; and by sword is signified that combat in general; by dagger, the combat of truth from good and of falsity from evil; and by a two-edged sword, the combat of truth from doctrine against falsity, and of what is false derived from doctrine against truth; for a sword is for the arm, and the two-edged sword is said to go forth out of the mouth (as in Rev. 1:16; 2:12, 16; 19:15, 21).
