Title: The Sword

Topic: Salvation

Summary: We look at a number of interesting passages about "the sword," and ponder nonliteral imagery that is used of swords in Scripture.

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

References:
Genesis 3:24
Joshua 11
Judges 1:8, 25; 20:37; 4:15
Jeremiah 50:37
Ezekiel 6:1-3; 14:17; 21:9-15, 28; 28:7; 21:18-21
Deuteronomy 32:42
2 Samuel 18:8
Psalms 55:20-21; 57:4; 59:6-7; 64:3
Proverbs 12:18; 30:14
Isaiah 1:19-20; 49:1-2; 31:8
Jeremiah 46:10; 49:37
Ezekiel 33:27
Hosea 11:6
Nahum 3:15
Matthew 10:34
Luke 2:34-35
Hebrews 9:12
Revelation 1:16; 19:15, 21

In Genesis 3:16, this signifies conflict with resulting anxiety. (Arcana Coelestia 261)

In Genesis 42:38, this signifies with no hope of restoration of the church. (Arcana Coelestia 5551) Sorrow signifies the anxieties and combats attending the bringing forth of truths. (Arcana Coelestia 263)

In Exodus 3:7, this signifies immersion in falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 6853)

In Revelation 18:7, this signifies here the fear of evils from hell. (Apocalypse Revealed 884)

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 5887, 5888)