Apocalypse Explained (Whitehead) n. 437

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437. Verse 6. Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand sealed. 6. "Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand sealed," signifies charity towards the neighbor, and that all who are in it are in heaven and come into heaven (n. 438), "of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand sealed," signifies regeneration and temptation (n. 439); "of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand sealed," signifies the goods of life therefrom (n. 440). And that all these are in the second heaven, and come into that heaven (n. 441).


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