1191. 'This is that great city' means that those matters of doctrine prevailed more and more. This is clear from the meaning of 'a city' as true doctrine or false doctrine, as was shown in 402, and from its being called 'a great city' because all falsity of doctrine, and of worship arising out of this, leads to falsity of life.

'A nation,' as in Genesis 21:18, signifies the spiritual church which should receive the good of faith.

In Isaiah 1:4, this signifies evils of the will, or lusts, while people signify falsities of the understanding, or persuasions. (Arcana Coelestia 622)

In Psalm 106:5, this signifies the Lord's kingdom. (Arcana Coelestia 1416[5])

In Ezekiel 29:15, this signifies the gentiles who will no longer be under the dominion of external truths. (Arcana Coelestia 409, 410)

In Micah 7:16, this signifies people who trust in themselves. (Arcana Coelestia 249)

(Izinkomba: Arcana Coelestia 2699; Jeremiah 5, 5:17, Jeremiah 17)