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Revelation 22:16

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16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

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Apocalypse Revealed #283

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283. "And have made us kings and priests to our God." (5:10) This symbolically means that the aforesaid have from the Lord wisdom from Divine truths and love from Divine goods, and thus are images of His Divine wisdom and Divine love, as explained in nos. 20, 21 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 21:23

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23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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