Apocalypse Revealed # 587
587. And it was given authority over every tribe, tongue, and nation. This symbolizes their consequent dominion over everything connected with the church, over everything pertaining to its doctrine and over everything pertaining to its life.
Authority symbolizes dominion, as in no. 575 above. A tribe symbolizes the church in respect to its truths and goods, and in an opposite sense, its falsities and evils (nos. 27, 349). A tongue symbolizes its doctrine (nos. 282, 483). And a nation symbolizes a life in accordance with that doctrine (no. 483).
Isaiah 2:3-5
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Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
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He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against Nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
