Apocalypse Explained #428
428. Verse 4. And I heard the number of those sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.
4. "And I heard the number of those sealed," signifies the quality of those who are in good who are separated from the evil (n. 429); "a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel," signifies all who are in truths from good, and thence in the Lord's church n. 430.
Revelation 21:19-20
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The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
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the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.
