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Jeremia 51:57

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57 Und ich berausche seine Fürsten und seine Weisen, seine Landpfleger und seine Statthalter und seine Helden, daß sie entschlafen zu ewigem Schlafe und nicht mehr erwachen, spricht der König, Jehova der Heerscharen ist sein Name.

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Apocalypse Explained #432

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432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed.

5. "Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven n. 433; "of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven and come into heaven n. 434; "of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed," signifies the consequent good of life (n. 435, 436).

  
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