The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
Door 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.
(Referenties: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Psalms 143
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Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
2
Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
3
For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
4
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
5
I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
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I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
7
Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
8
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
9
Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11
Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
12
In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant. By David.
