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Revelation 22:1

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1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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Apocalypse Revealed #950

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950. 22:13 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." This symbolically means, for the Lord is God of heaven and earth, and He created all things in heaven and earth, and they are governed by His Divine providence and take place in accordance with it.

That this is the symbolical meaning of these words and more may be seen in no. 888 above.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Revelation 1:12

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12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;