8184. 'Divide it' means dispersing falsity from there. This is clear from the meaning of 'dividing that sea' as dispersing the falsities arising from evil that are present in that hell; for the falsities there are seen as waters, in keeping with what has been shown above in 8099, 8137, 8148. When the pillar of angels in which the Lord is present passes through that hell the falsities depart, and as a consequence the waters there, which are the falsities, are parted asunder. From this it is evident that 'dividing the sea' means dispersing the falsities belonging to the hell that is represented by 'the Sea Suph'.

Title: What Is So Bad about Babylon

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Babylon is singled out in the Bible for particularly strong condemnation, even hundreds of years after the literal Babylon was defunct. Why? What does it mean? (For the missing last ten minutes, see part 2.)

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 11:1-end
Isaiah 13; 14
Jeremiah 50
Isaiah 13:1-19; 14:4, 12-13; 21:9
Jeremiah 50:1-6, 26-27, 29, 31, 36-37, 40, 44; 51:7, 25, 39, 45
Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:3-4, 14-18; 18:2, 7, 15
Daniel 3:1, 5
Matthew 4:8-10