27. And all the tribes of the earth will wail... This symbolically means that this will be when there are no longer any goods and truths in the church.

We will see that the tribes of the earth symbolize the goods and truths of the church, in the explanation of chapter seven where we deal with the twelve tribes of Israel. Wailing symbolizes mourning that they are dead.

The declaration here has the same meaning as the Lord's words in Matthew:

...after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven... And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear..., and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn... (Matthew 24:29-30)

This He said regarding the end of the age, which is the final period of the church. The darkening of the sun means, symbolically, that there will no longer be any love and charity. The moon's not giving its light means, symbolically, that there will no longer be any intelligence and faith. The stars' falling from heaven means, symbolically, that there will no longer be any concepts of goods and truths. That all the tribes of the earth will mourn means, symbolically, that there will no longer be any goods and truths. Tribulation symbolizes the state of the church then.