Mirade
In Exodus 7:9 and Numbers 14:22, this signifies a confirmation of truth done among people in external worship and must be compelled by external means; among people who are, or may be, in internal worship, they are not performed, because they compel to belief, and what is compelled does not endure: genuine faith and charity must be implanted in freedom. (Arcana Coelestia 7290[1, 2])
In Revelation 13:14, this signifies testimonies and witnessings. (Apocalypse Revealed 600)
In Revelation 16:14, this signifies declarations that something is true, here, that their falsities are truths. (Apocalypse Revealed 704)
In Revelation 19:20, this signifies reasonings and allegations that faith alone is the only means of salvation. (Apocalypse Revealed 834)
Matthew 13:47-49
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"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
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which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
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So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
