818. Verse 12. And all the authority of the first beast he exerciseth before him; and he maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose stroke of death was healed.

12. "And all the authority of the first beast he exerciseth before him," signifies the connection of the reasonings from the natural man with the sense of the letter of the Word, by which the religion of faith separate is strengthened n. 819; "and he maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast," signifies in consequence of which those in the church who are in falsities and in evils therefrom in heart acknowledge the agreement n. 821; "whose stroke of death was healed," signifies and thus the discordance was removed by devised conjunctions of works with faith n. 822.

In Mark 10:21, in the spiritual sense selling can be understood as rejecting the falsities which were the doctrine of the Jewish nation, and receiving the doctrine of truth from the Lord.

'To sell,' as in Revelation 8:17, signifies teaching doctrine.

'To sell,' as in Genesis 41:56, means transferring to another as their own, because what is sold becomes the property of the one who buys it.

(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 5371, Genesis 41; Mark 10)