Apocalypse Explained #656
656. Verses, 9, 10. And they of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations shall see their bodies three days and a half, and they shall not suffer their bodies to be put in sepulchres. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and shall be glad, and shall send gifts one to another, because those two prophets tormented them that dwell upon the earth.
"And they of the people and tribes and tongues and nations shall see," signifies with all who are in falsities and evils of religion, of doctrine, and of life; "their bodies three days and a half," signifies the complete extinction of Divine Truth and Divine Good; "and they shall not suffer their bodies to be put in sepulchres," signifies their rejection and damnation. "And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and shall be glad," signifies the delights of infernal love with those who are opposed to the goods and truths of the church; "and they shall send gifts one to another," signifies their consociation; "because those two prophets tormented them that dwell upon the earth," signifies anxiety of heart in the devastated church on account of these.
Mark 10:32-34
32
They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.
33
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
34
They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."
