9345. They shall not dwell in thy land. That this signifies that evils shall not be together with the goods of the church, is evident from the signification of “the inhabitants,” of whom it is said “they shall not dwell in thy land,” as being evils (see above, n. 9342); from the signification of “dwelling,” as being to live (n. 1293, 3384, 3613); and of “dwelling with” anyone, as being to live or be together (n. 4451); and from the signification of “the land,” as being the church in respect to good, thus also the good of the church (n. 9325).

2118. By the Last Judgment is meant the last time of a church, and also the last state of each person’s life. As regards the last time of the church, it was the Last Judgment of the Most Ancient Church, which was before the flood, when their posterity perished; whose destruction is described by the flood. The Last Judgment of the Ancient Church, which was after the flood, was when almost all who were of that church became idolaters, and were dispersed. The Last Judgment of the Representative Church, which succeeded among the posterity of Jacob, was when the ten tribes were carried away into captivity, and were dispersed among the nations; and when later, after the Lord’s coming, the Jews were driven out of the land of Canaan, and were scattered throughout the world. The Last Judgment of the present church, which is called the Christian Church, is what is meant by John in Revelation by the “New Heaven and the New Earth.”