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Matthew 7:25

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25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Commentary

 

Hogs

  

In Leviticus 11:7 and Matthew 7:6, this signifies filthy loves of those in the hells of adulterers. (Apocalypse Explained 1044[4]) Swine signify people who love only worldly riches. (Apocalypse Revealed 727)

In Isaiah 65:4, this signifies appropriation of infernal evils. (Apocalypse Explained 659[2]) 'Swine' or 'hogs' correspond to the life of greed and its delight.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1742)

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Arcana Coelestia #10446

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10446. 'And all this land which I have spoken of I will give to your seed' means of which heaven and the Church consist. This is clear from the meaning of 'land' as the Church, dealt with in the places referred to in 9325, and since the Church is meant by 'the land' heaven as well is meant, the Church being the Lord's heaven on earth (and also the Church acts in unison with heaven, for the one comes into being from and is kept in being from the other); and from the meaning of 'seed' as the goodness and truth there, dealt with immediately above in 10445.

  
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