The Apocalypse Explained According to the Spiritual Sense: In which the Arcana Therein Predicted But Heretofore Concealed are Revealed, Volume 2This is the second part of Swedish philosopher and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg's spiritual commentary on the book of Revelation. |
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affections for truth altar angels anointed Apocalypse Behold blessing blood Book of Samuel called celestial kingdom chariots charity conjunction contrary sense David destroyed Divine Human Divine love Divine truth going dwell earth Edom Egypt evident evils and falsities external Ezekiel faces falsities and evils falsities of evil falsities therefrom famine fig tree former heaven frankincense glory hath Heaven and Hell holy horns horse incense intelligence internal sense Isaiah Jehovah Jerusalem Judah kings knowledges of truth knowledges scientifica Lamb land last judgment light Lord in respect Lord's meant Moab moon Moses mountains namely nations natural nifies outmost peace predicated Psalm psaltery redeem respect to Divine rock seen servant signifies Divine truth signifies falsity signifies the church signify truths sing slain spiritual sense spiritual world sword Tarshish thee thereof Thou hast thou shalt treated truth of faith unto vastation vine wild beast wine wisdom Zion
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Page 927 - For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Page 941 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 730 - And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Page 620 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Page 523 - Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Page 738 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 871 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 733 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 712 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Page 538 - And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.