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Apocalypse Explained #407

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407. Verses 15 Revelation 6:15-17. And the kings of the earth, and the great ones, and the rich, and the commanders of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in caves, and in the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb. For the great day of His anger is come, and who is able to stand? 15. "And the kings of the earth, and the great ones, and the rich, and the commanders of thousands, and the mighty," signifies all internal goods and truths, and all external goods and truths, by means of which there are wisdom and intelligence n. 408; "and every servant and every freeman" signifies the natural man and the spiritual man n. 409; "hid themselves in caves, and in the rocks of the mountains," signifies truths and goods destroyed by evils of life, and by falsities therefrom n. 410.

16. "And they said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us," signifies to be covered over by evils and by falsities therefrom n. 411; "and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb," signifies lest they should suffer direful things from the influx of Divine good united to Divine truth proceeding from the Lord. n. 412).

17. "For the great day of His anger is come," signifies the Last Judgment upon the evil n. 413; "and who is able to stand?" signifies who shall live and bear it? (n. 414).

  
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Genesis 49:1

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1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

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Luke 19:37

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37 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,