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Ačkoli hořkostí naplnili jej, a stříleli na něj, a v tajné nenávisti měli ho střelci:
Genesis 49:23
Apocalypse Revealed # 19
19. Who loves us and washes us from our sins in His blood. This symbolically means, who out of love and mercy reforms and regenerates people by His Divine truths drawn from the Word.
It is apparent that to wash us from our sins is to purify us from evils, thus to reform and regenerate, for regeneration is a spiritual washing. However, "His blood" does not mean the suffering of the cross, as many believe, but the Divine truth emanating from Him, as can be seen from many passages in the Word, which it would be too tedious to present in their entirety here. We will present them in nos. 379 and 684 below. In the meantime, see what we have said and shown regarding the symbolic meaning of the Lord's blood and flesh in the Holy Supper, in The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine, (London, 1758), nos. 210-222, and in the same place regarding spiritual washing, which is regeneration, nos. 202-209.
Revelation 17:9-14
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Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
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They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
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The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
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The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.
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These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
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These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful."
