Idols
Idols of stone signify worship from falsities of doctrine. Idols of wood signify worship from evils of doctrine. Idols of silver signify worship from what is false in life and doctrine. Idols of gold signify worship from evil, both in doctrine and life. 'To eat of things offered to idols,' signifies the appropriation of evil and adulteration of all good.
In Leviticus 26:1, this signifies the falsities of certain religions. (Apocalypse Explained 827[3])
In Judges 17:5, although Teraphim were idols, here they represent Divine truths. (Arcana Coelestia 4111)
(References: Arcana Coelestia 10503)
Revelation 20:4
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I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
