432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed.

5. "Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven n. 433; "of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven and come into heaven n. 434; "of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed," signifies the consequent good of life (n. 435, 436).

In Isaiah 11:6-7, the phrase 'the lion shall eat straw like an ox', signifies that hellish falsity shall not hurt the affection of good pertaining to the natural man. Straw signifies the Word in the letter, which is perverted by hellish falsity but cannot be perverted by people who are in truths from good. (Apocalypse Explained 781)