398. Verses 12-14. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig-tree shaken of a mighty wind casteth her unripe figs. And the heaven departed as a scroll rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal," signifies prediction still further [concerning the state] of the church:

"and lo, there was a great earthquake," signifies the state of the church entirely changed; "and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood," signifies that all the good of love was separated, and thence all the truth of faith falsified.

"And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth," signifies that the knowledges of good and truth perished; "as a fig-tree shaken of a mighty wind casteth her unripe figs," signifies, which the natural man has laid waste by reasonings.

"And the heaven departed as a scroll rolled together," signifies that the spiritual man became closed; "and every mountain and island were moved out of their places," signifies that all the good of love and all the truth of faith would perish.