Apocalypse Explained (Whitehead) n. 692

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692. Verse 18. And the nations were angered; and Thy anger is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy* servants, the prophets and the saints, and to them that fear Thy name, the small and the great, and to destroy them that destroy the earth. 18. "And the nations were angered," signifies the contempt, enmity, and hatred of the evil against the Lord, and against the Divine things that are from Him, which are the holy things of heaven and the church (n. 693); "and Thy anger is come, and the time of the dead to be judged," signifies the Last Judgment upon those who inwardly possess with themselves nothing of good and truth (n. 694); "and to give reward to His servants, the prophets and the saints," signifies heaven to those who are in the truths of doctrine and in a life according to them (n. 695); "and to them that fear Thy name, the small and the great," signifies and to all of whatever religion who worship the Lord (n. 696); "and to destroy them that destroy the earth," signifies hell to those who destroy the church (n. 697). * Swedenborg in his heading corrected "His" into "Thy," but left it uncorrected immediately below and in AE 695.


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