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Apocalypse Revealed #317

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317. When He opened the fourth seal. (6:7) This symbolizes an examination by the Lord of those people on whom the Last Judgment would fall, as to their states of life, as in nos. 295, 302 above, with the difference described in what follows.

  
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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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Apocalypse Revealed #302

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302. When He opened the second seal. (6:3) This symbolizes an examination by the Lord of those people on whom the Last Judgment would fall, as to their states of life.

The symbolism here is similar to the symbolism before in no. 295, with the difference described in what follows.

  
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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.