The Old Testament
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| Psalm 45:3-4, 6 |
Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O mighty One,
With Your glory and Your majesty.
And in Your honor mount,
And ride upon the Word of truth
And the meekness of righteousness....
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the Scepter of Your kingdom.
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| Psalm 68:4, 32-33 |
Sing to God, sing psalms to His name;
Extol Him who rides on the clouds....
Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
Oh sing praises to the Lord, Selah.
To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens,
Which were of old!
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| Daniel 4:3 |
How great are His signs,
And how mighty His wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And His dominion is from generation to generation.
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The New Testament
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| Matthew 24:3 |
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
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| Revelation 4:1 |
I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this."
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| Revelation 19:6-7,11-16 |
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of might thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him the glory." Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword.... And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: King of kings and Lord of lords.
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The Heavenly Doctrines
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| Apocalypse Explained 355:1,14 |
A "white horse" means the understanding of the Word.... The Lord is called the Word, because the Word means Divine truth proceeding from Him.
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| Apocalypse Revealed 820 |
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse" means the spiritual sense of the Word revealed by the Lord....
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| True Christian Religion 196:2 |
[The Lord riding on a white horse as described in Revelation 19:11-18] is a description of the Lord as the Word. His eyes like a flame of fire mean the Divine wisdom of His Divine love. The diadems on His head and the name which no one but He knows mean the Divine truths in the Word which come from Him, and that no one sees what the Word is like in its spiritual sense except the Lord and those to whom He reveals it.
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| see Coronis (preface) |
The New Christian Church is not being established through miracles such as the Lord's birth on earth, but through revelation of the spiritual sense of the Word and teachings about life after death, and these surpass all miracles.
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| see Apocalypse Explained 388 |
The church consists of those who from the heart acknowledge the Divine of the Lord, and who learn truths from the Lord by the Word and do them.
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