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Matteo 24:29-31

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29 Or subito dopo l’afflizione di que’ giorni, il sole si oscurerà, e la luna non darà il suo splendore, e le stelle cadranno dal cielo, e le potenze de’ cieli saranno scrollate.

30 E allora apparirà nel cielo il segno del Figliuol dell’uomo; ed allora tutte le tribù della terra faranno cordoglio, e vedranno il Figliuol dell’uomo venir sulle nuvole del cielo con gran potenza e gloria.

31 E manderà i suoi angeli con gran suono di tromba a radunare i suoi eletti dai quattro venti, dall’un capo all’altro de’ cieli.

      

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Arcana Coelestia #1532

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1532. From the Lord's light in heaven wonderful things appear, too numerous ever to be listed. There is a constant stream of representatives of the Lord and of His kingdom like those mentioned in the Prophets and in the Revelation to John, besides other things that carry a spiritual meaning. Man never can behold those things with the eyes of the body, but the moment anyone's interior sight, which is the sight of his spirit, is opened by the Lord, such things can be rendered visible. The visions of the prophets were nothing else than occasions when the interior sight was opened, as when John saw the golden lampstands, Revelation 1:12-13, and the holy city as pure gold, and its light like a very precious stone, Revelation 21:2, 10-11, and more besides in the Prophets, from which one may know not only that angels live in supreme light but also that more things exist there than anyone can possibly believe.

  
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