432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

"Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the good of life thence.

7837. 'A perfect member' means spotless innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'a member of the flock' as innocence, dealt with above in 7832; and from the meaning of 'perfect' as without blemishes, and so spotless. The reason why it had to be without blemishes and spotless was that any blemish means in the spiritual world some falsity or evil.