Offenbarung 20
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Und ich sah einen Engel aus dem Himmel herniederkommen, welcher den Schlüssel des Abgrundes und eine große Kette in seiner Hand hatte.
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Und er griff den Drachen, die alte Schlange, welche der Teufel und der Satan ist; und er band ihn tausend Jahre,
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und warf ihn in den Abgrund und schloß zu und versiegelte über ihm, auf daß er nicht mehr die Nationen verführe, bis die tausend Jahre vollendet wären. Nach diesem muß er eine kleine Zeit gelöst werden.
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Und ich sah Throne, und sie saßen darauf, und es wurde ihnen gegeben, Gericht zu halten; und die Seelen derer, welche um des Zeugnisses Jesu und um des Wortes Gottes willen enthauptet waren, und die, welche das Tier nicht angebetet hatten, noch sein Bild, und das Malzeichen nicht angenommen hatten an ihre Stirn und an ihre Hand, und sie lebten und herrschten mit dem Christus tausend Jahre.
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Die übrigen der Toten wurden nicht lebendig, bis die tausend Jahre vollendet waren. Dies ist die erste Auferstehung.
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Glückselig und heilig, wer teilhat an der ersten Auferstehung! Über diese hat der zweite Tod keine Gewalt, sondern sie werden Priester Gottes und des Christus sein und mit ihm herrschen tausend Jahre.
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Und wenn die tausend Jahre vollendet sind, wird der Satan aus seinem Gefängnis losgelassen werden,
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und wird ausgehen, die Nationen zu verführen, die an den vier Ecken der Erde sind, den Gog und den Magog, sie zum Kriege zu versammeln, deren Zahl wie der Sand des Meeres ist.
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Und sie zogen herauf auf die Breite der Erde und umzingelten das Heerlager der Heiligen und die geliebte Stadt; und Feuer kam von Gott hernieder aus dem Himmel und verschlang sie.
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Und der Teufel, der sie verführte, wurde in den Feuer-und Schwefelsee geworfen, wo sowohl das Tier ist als auch der falsche Prophet; und sie werden Tag und Nacht gepeinigt werden von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit.
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Und ich sah einen großen weißen Thron und den, der darauf saß, vor dessen Angesicht die Erde entfloh und der Himmel, und keine Stätte wurde für sie gefunden.
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Und ich sah die Toten, die Großen und die Kleinen, vor dem Throne stehen, und Bücher wurden aufgetan; und ein anderes Buch ward aufgetan, welches das des Lebens ist. Und die Toten wurden gerichtet nach dem, was in den Büchern geschrieben war, nach ihren Werken.
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Und das Meer gab die Toten, die in ihm waren, und der Tod und der Hades gaben die Toten, die in ihnen waren, und sie wurden gerichtet, ein jeder nach seinen Werken.
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Und der Tod und der Hades wurden in den Feuersee geworfen. Dies ist der zweite Tod, der Feuersee.
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Und wenn jemand nicht geschrieben gefunden wurde in dem Buche des Lebens, so wurde er in den Feuersee geworfen.
Arcana Coelestia # 9936
9936. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. This is clear from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, which is the Good of His Divine Love, dealt with in 9806; and from the meaning of 'forehead', when the Lord is the subject, as His Divine Love. 'The Lord's face', which is the same as 'Jehovah's face', means all attributes of Divine Love, such as mercy, peace, goodness, or wisdom, 222, 223, 5585, 6848, 6849, 9306, 9545, 9546. These are meant by 'Jehovah's face' or 'the Lord's face' because in general 'the face' means a person's interiors, that is, a person's affections and consequent thoughts, thus the things which constitute his love and faith, see the places referred to in 9546. These are meant by 'the face' because they shine from the face, as if seen in their imprint or image, which also is why the face is called the image of the mind. So it is that when 'face' is mentioned in connection with Jehovah or the Lord the attributes of His Divine Love are meant. 'Forehead' in particular means Divine Love itself, because interiors have been allotted their own provinces in the face. The interiors that belong to love reside in the province of the forehead, those belonging to wisdom and intelligence in the province of the eyes, those belonging to perception in the province of the nose, and those belonging to utterance in the province of the mouth.
[2] From all this it is evident why 'forehead' - when the Lord, represented by Aaron, is the subject - means Divine Love. Since someone's forehead corresponds to his love those governed by celestial love, that is, by love to the Lord derived from the Lord, are said 'to have a sign on their foreheads', meaning that they are under the Lord's protection because they abide in His Love, as in Ezekiel,
Jehovah said, Go through the middle of Jerusalem and make a sign on the foreheads of the men (vir) who groan and sigh over all the abominations done in the midst of it, and strike; do not let your eye spare. But against any man (vir) on whom there is a sign do not go near. Ezekiel 9:4-6.
In John, in the Book of Revelation,
Behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. Revelation 14:1.
In the same book,
They will see the face of God and of the Lamb, and His name will be on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4.
In the same book,
It was declared that they should not harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only the people who did not have God's sign on their foreheads. Revelation 9:4.
[3] 'Having God's sign on their foreheads' and 'having God and the Lamb's name on them' stand for their being kept safe from molestation by evils from hell, because they abide in the Lord through love. 'The grass' and 'any green thing', which were not to be harmed, stand for true factual knowledge by means of which the truth of faith develops, 7571, 7691; and 'any tree', which too was not to be harmed, stands for the perception of truth springing from good, 103, 2163, 2722, 2972, 4552, 7692.
[4] In Moses,
You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. You shall bind these words as a sign onto your hand, and let them be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 6:4-5, 8.
'As frontlets' stands for as a sign of love to Jehovah God. The words 'between your eyes' are used because intelligence and wisdom which are born from that love are meant by 'eyes'; and wisdom born from that love consists in having God constantly before one's eyes. This is self-evidently so because the subject is love to Jehovah God. The declaration that they should love Him with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their strength, means that they should do so with all their human powers. 'With the heart' means with the will where the good of love resides, 7542, 9050, 9300, 9495; and 'with the soul' means with the understanding where the truth of faith resides, and so with faith, 9050. These two powers belong to the internal man. 'With all their strength' means with those powers of will and understanding as they exist in the external man. The strength and power of the love of both, of the external man and of the internal, are meant by 'hands', 4931-4937, 7518; and this is why it says that those words were to be bound 'as a sign on the hand'.
[5] Since 'the forehead' by virtue of its correspondence means celestial or heavenly love with those who are good, with those who are bad it accordingly means hellish love, which is the opposite of heavenly. The forehead of the latter is called a bronze forehead in Isaiah 48:4, and an obstinate forehead in Ezekiel 3:7-8. And in reference to those ruled by hellish love it is said that they had the mark of the beast on their foreheads, Revelation 13:16; 14:9; 20:4, and also the name of Babylon on their foreheads, Revelation 17:5.
