307. 'So that they should slay one another' signifies intestine hatreds, infestations from the hells, and internal unrests. These things are signified when by 'to take away peace' is signified to take away charity, spiritual security, and internal rest, and when by a 'red horse' is signified the understanding of the Word utterly lost as to good; for those [states] exist when there is no longer any good, and there is no longer any good when it is not known what good is. That intestine hatreds exist when there is no charity, also infestations from the hells when there is no spiritual security, and that internal unrests exist when there is no rest from evils and their lusts, is plain; at least, this is the case after death, if not in the world. That 'to slay' signifies those things is established from the signification of the 'sword' concerning which [something] follows.