The Meaning of the Book of Revelation: the Four Horsemen
Nga 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.
(Referencat: Apocalypse Explained 315; Apocalypse Revealed 262-263, 301, 306, 314, 316, 320, 322-323)
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Apocalypse Explained #312
312. Verses 6, 7. And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four animals, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
"And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four animals, and in the midst of the elders," signifies, in the whole heaven, and specifically in the inmost heavens; "a Lamb standing," signifies, the Lord as to the Divine Human; "as it were slain," signifies, as yet acknowledged by few; "having seven horns," signifies, who has omnipotence; "and seven eyes," signifies, and who has omniscience; "which are the seven spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth," signifies, that thence are all wisdom and intelligence in heaven and in the church.
"And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne," signifies, that those things are from His Divine Human.
