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.
Exodus 21:28-33
28
"If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
29
But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
30
If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.
31
Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
32
If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33
"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
