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智慧人中有些仆倒的,為要熬煉其餘的人,使他們清淨潔白,直到末了;因為到了定期,事就了結。
5885. 'And he said, I am Joseph your brother' means a revelation made by means of influx. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying, I am Joseph your brother' as a revelation, as above in 5878. Influx is, it follows, the means by which that revelation is made because the internal does not act on the external in any other way, especially now since a more internal communication has been established, 5883. The revelation made by means of influx is, in the case of good, a discernment of good produced by an affection for truth, which is charity; but in the case of truth it is an acknowledgement of truth, which is faith.