![]() ![]() ![]() This is evident from the signification of "him that sat upon the red horse," as being the Word not understood in respect to good for "he that sat upon the horse," signifies the Word, as was shown above (n. And to him that sat upon him, to him it was given to take peace from the earth, signifies the Word consequently not understood, whence there are dissensions in the church. Revelation is given that corrupted good, or merely representative worship, or external worship separated from internal, must be rejected, since it can form no part of the heavenly life.ģ65. Concerning the tendency with the man of the church, in temptation, to suppose that natural good which is selfish good, provided there be truths, is a genuine means of leading to the heavenly life. But Divine Good declares that such intelligence and affection cannot lead man to the heavenly state which is entirely from the Lord and that even the truths of the Word in such circumstances appear to intensify the temptation. There is revelation, that man, as of himself, must exercise the power of interior truth in controlling the natural man, and searching the Word, that the natural man may be refreshed and, in this case, even the internal man does this from a state of indignation and yet there is an abundant supply of truths. The opposition of the external to the internal man in a state of temptation, involving deficiency as to truths, and a state of discontent, contention and strife. A change in the state of the church is described.
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