King
![{{en|Meeting of three kings in Potsdam and Charlottenburg, 1709. Frederick I. in Prussia -- August II. (the Strong), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony -- Frederick IV. of Denmark {{de|Treffen der drei Könige in Potsdam und Charlottenburg, 1709. Friedrich I. in Preußen -- August II. (der Starke), König von Polen und Kurfürst von Sachsen -- Friedrich IV. von Dänemark Meeting of three kings in Potsdam and Charlottenburg, 1709, by Samuel Theodor Gericke](/bundles/ncbsw/media/Konigstreffen_1709.webp)
In Genesis 14:1, kings signify apparent goods and truths having the upper hand. In the next verse, they stand for the dominant evils and falsities against which the Lord fought as he passed He grew up on Earth.
In Genesis 14:3, we see that these evils and falsities were unclean; and in Genesis 14:4, that they burst forth later. (Arcana Coelestia 1661-1664).
In Genesis 14:14-15, this signifies that the Lord gained victory over them the evils represented earlier in the chapter. (Arcana Coelestia 1711-1715)
In Isaiah 33:17, a king signifies seeing genuine truth. (Apocalypse Explained 304[31])
In Revelation 9:11, a king signifies one who is in truth from an affection for what is good, and abstractly that truth itself -- here, in the opposite sense. (Apocalypse Revealed 440)
Revelation 10:5-6
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The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,
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and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,