The phrase “it came to pass,” often also translated as “it happened,” generally indicates the end of one spiritual state and the beginning of a new one. To some degree, the phrase is used in the place of punctuation in the original language, marking the transition from one set of circumstances to another.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4979, 4987, 5031, 5220, 5578)

704. Lastly verses 19-24 deal with the character of the final descendants of the Most Ancient Church. They were so seized by the persuasions of falsity and by the desires of self-love that they perished.