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I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the certainty of all this. And he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things:
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I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the certainty of all this. And he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things:
In Genesis 10:3, 'Riphath' was one of several nations which had an external form of worship, and signifies several doctrinal matters, which respected ritual observances derived from the external worship of Gomer. This is clear from the Prophets where the same nations are mentioned again. Those nations represent doctrinal teachings or forms of ritual.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1154)
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And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God; and those who had not done homage to the beast nor to his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and hand; and they lived and reigned with the Christ a thousand years: