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For behold I begin to bring evil on the city wherein my name is called upon: and shall you be as innocent and escape free? you shall not escape free: for I will call for the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 25:29
Lamp
'A lamp' signifies truths of faith. It can also signifying celestial things from which spiritual matters proceed. 'A lamp' or 'candle' signifies intelligence in both senses.
In Matthew 25:4, this signifies love.
The 'ordination of the lamp, from the evening until the morning,' as in Exodus 27:20, 21, signifies the perpetual influx of the good and truth from the Lord always in every state. Its light signifies illumination from the Lord.
In Revelation 22, this signifies natural light from self-derived intelligence.
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