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[Alexandr Korol]

So, “Savior in Power” is in fact the Pantocrator — that is, God along with these four forces, meaning the four worlds, as if He is the God of the Sun, and here are the four elements. The fourth element, as it turns out, is ether. Then I look further into Wikipedia — though again, this may contain errors — and it says, “these four Gospels: eagle is spring, ox is summer, lion is autumn, man is winter.” But again, we shouldn’t just accept that — we have to really think, search for confirmation, whether it’s true or not, and how it really is. Another thing that caught my attention — Wikipedia says: “I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left,” and there’s an illustration of John the Theologian’s vision. And in it, the One seated is shown, the four creatures, and also people who have been chosen, all in white garments — maybe that’s what Big Alexander meant about the white clothing. And I began to suppose that white clothing is the Spirit that has descended upon people. So if we speak about a certain sequence, it turns out that the Son of God comes to know the sky, the earth, the underworld, then death. Then, what must He do? He must become the God of the Sun. And to become that, the Spirit must descend upon Him and upon people, upon a certain number of people, as the New Church. The New Church is a gathering of believing people, meaning the Spirit must descend upon them and upon Him — this must be some kind of luminous host. And I believe that this white garment is not something physical that must be worn, but rather it is sacred language indicating that the Spirit has descended upon people. I also saw something interesting — Wikipedia talks about the four Gospels and the four creatures. And one person interpreted it this way — Wikipedia says: “Gregory the Great (7th century) believed that the creatures symbolized Jesus Christ in different phases of His earthly life: He was born as a man, accepted death as a sacrificial ox, rose again as a lion (resurrectio), and ascended as an eagle (ascensio).” “He was born as a man” — that’s the man among the evangelists. Then “accepted death as a sacrificial ox” — you see, that means the world of death corresponds to the ox. “Rose again as a lion” — you see, resurrection is linked to the lion. “And ascended as an eagle.” Also, “the tetramorph was interpreted as a symbol of the unified Gospel, the Word of God written by the four evangelists.” It’s amusing that the four Gospels wrote Scripture — and do you understand what that means?