40. Even so, amen. That this signifies Divine confirmation that it will so come to pass is evident from the signification of even so, which denotes confirmation of what precedes, that it will so come to pass; and from the signification of amen, as denoting Divine confirmation (as shown above, n. 34).

4761. 'And Reuben returned to the pit' means the Church's faith in general. This is clear from the representation of 'Reuben' as the Church's confession of faith in general, dealt with in 4731, 4734, and from the meaning of 'the pit' as falsities, dealt with in 4728. Consequently the statement that 'Reuben returned to the pit' means that the Church's faith in general came to behold the falsities that belong to faith separated from charity.