574 "Et audivi numerum illorum." - Quod significet perceptum quale, constat ex significatione "audire", quod sit percipere (ut supra, n. 14, 529); et ex significatione "numeri", quod sit quale rei de qua agitur (de qua supra, n. 429); hic quale falsorum mali conspirantium contra vera boni, ex quibus et pro quibus ratiocinationes sensualis hominis, quae significantur per "numerum exercituum equitatus" (de quibus mox supra): at quale eorum ulterius describitur in versu nunc sequente, nempe per haec verba, "Et ita vidi equos in visione, et sedentes super illis habentes thoraces igneos et hyacinthinos et sulphureos, et capita equorum sicut capita leonum, et ex oribus illorum exivit ignis et fumus et sulphur"; in his continetur quale quod per "numerum" hic significatur. Videri potest sicut aliquid numeri intelligatur hic per "numerum"; sed in spirituali mundo non dantur numeri, quia ibi spatia et tempora non mensurantur et determinantur per numeros sicut in mundo naturali; quapropter per omnes numeros in Verbo significantur res, et per ipsum numerum significatur quale rei (videatur supra, n. 203, 336, 429, 430; et in opere De Caelo et Inferno 263).

Title: The Stengthening of the Prophets

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Part of the process of becoming a prophet is to experience in a deep way one's own utter weakness, sinfulness, and ill-suitedness to the call. Then the Lord gives a new strength and something to say.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Exodus 3:1-end
Exodus 4:1, 10, 12, 16; 6:12
Joshua 10:20
Isaiah 6:1, 5-6, 8
Ezekiel 1:26; 2:1, 6; 3:7, 9, 14
Daniel 10:1, 4-10, 16, 18
Jonah 1:1
Luke 5:1, 8
Acts of the Apostles 9:1, 5-6, 19
Revelation 1:10, 12, 17