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.

(Ссылки: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)

10. 8. He is called Father and Son (1 John 1:3; 2:1; 2 John 1:3; 1 John 2:22-23; Jude 1:4).

The Lord is life revealed and made manifest, and God is light (1 John 1:2, 5).

He is a propitiation for our sins (1 John 2:2; 4:10). For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8; 4:10).

That we shall abide in Christ (1 John 2:5, 6, 24; 3:6). He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son: whosoever denieth the Son hath not the Father (1 John 2:22-23).

He that keepeth His commands dwelleth in Him, and He in him. Hereby we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him; and he in God (1 John 3:24; 4:13, 15, 16).

He who confesseth Jesus Christ, who lived in the flesh, is of God; he who confesseth not is not of God (1 John 4:2-3). Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ (Messiah) is born of God (1 John 5:1).

Who hath overcome the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 5:5).

This is the testimony, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life. He who believeth in the name of the Son of God hath eternal life (1 John 5:10-13).

We know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding that we may know [Him that is] true, and we are in [Him that is] true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life (1 John 5:20-21).

To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and power (Jude 1:25).