another," Isaiah xlviii. 11. "So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun, and the Redeemer shall come to Zion,' Isaiah lix. 19, 20. "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy reward," Isaiah lviii. 8. "It shall come that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see my glory," Isaiah lxvi. 18. "And Jehovah said, But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah," Numb. xiv. 20, 21. "The whole earth is full of his glory," Isaiah vi. 1, 2, 3. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. That was the true light. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth," John i. 1, 4, 9, 14. "These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him," John xii. 41. "And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory," Matt. xxiv. 3, 30. "The heavens de"So the hea

clare the glory of God," Psalm xix. 1. then shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When Jehovah shall build-up Zion, he shall appear in his glory," Psalm cii. 15, 16. "The glory of God shall lighten the New Jerusalem, and the Lamb is the light thereof, and the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it," Apoc. xxi. 23, 24. "When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory," Matt. xxv. 31, Mark viii. 38. That the glory of Jehovah filled and covered the tabernacle, Exod. xl. 34, 35, Levit. ix. 23, 24, Numb. xiv. 10, 11, 12, xvi. 19, 42. That it filled the house of Jehovah, 1 Kings viii. 10, 11: and other places, as Isaiah xxiv. 23, Ezek. i. 28, viii. 4, ix. 3, x. 4, 18, 19, Luke ii. 32, ix. 26, John v. 44, vii. 18, xvii. 24.

630. "And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters," signifies, that the Lord alone is to be worshiped, because he alone is the Creator, Saviour, and Redeemer, and from him alone

the angelic heaven and the church, and all things relating to them, exist. To worship signifies to acknowledge as sacred, see above, n. 579, 580, 588, 603; therefore to worship, when spoken of the Lord, signifies to acknowledge him as the God of heaven and earth, and to adore him. To make heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters, in a natural sense, is meant to create them, but, in a spiritual sense, it signifies to make the angelic heaven and the church, and all things relating to them, for by heaven, in a spiritual sense, is signified the angelic heaven, by the earth and the sea, in that sense, is signified the church internal and external, n. 403, 404, 420, 470, and by fountains of waters are signified all the truths of the Word serving the church for doctrine and life, n. 409. That Jehovah the Creator is the Lord from eternity, and that the Lord the Saviour and Redeemer is the Lord born in time, thus as to his Divine Humanity, may appear from the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Lord, from beginning to end. Who cannot understand that one God is the Creator of the universe, and that there are not three creators? as also that creation had for its end a heaven and church out of the human race? on which subject see the Wisdom of Angels concerning the Divine Providence, n. 27-45. Hence it is that by making heaven and earth, is signified, in a spiritual sense, to make the angelic heaven and the church. These things are said for the reason mentioned above, n. 613, where there is an explanation of what is signified by their having the Father's name written on their foreheads; and because that was said, therefore it is here said, worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

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631. "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon, that great city, is fallen, is fallen," signifies, that now the Roman Catholic religion as to its tenets and doctrinals is dispersed. By another angel is signified something new from the Lord, as above, n. 626; by Babylon, that great city, is signified the Roman Catholic religion as to its tenets and doctrinals; by falling is signified to be dispersed, for to fall is said of a city, but to be

dispersed, of a religion and its doctrine, as signified by the city Babylon; that a city signifies doctrine, see above, n. 194. The reason why this is now said of Babylon, is, because after a new Christian heaven was made by the Lord, a new one was made at the same time of those who were of the Roman Catholic religion; the reason is, because the Christian heaven collected out of the Reformed, constitutes the centre, and the Papists are round about it; therefore, when the centre is made new, something new is at the same time produced in the circumference; for the divine light, which is divine truth, diffuses itself around, from the middle as from a centre, to the circumference, and reduces the things which are there also to order; on this account some mention is here made of Babylon, but it is treated of more particularly in chapters xvii. and xviii. That the reformed Christians constitute the centre, and that the Papists form a large circumference around it, and that spiritual light, which is divine truth proceeding from the Lord, diffuses itself as from its centré to all the circumferences even to the last, may be seen in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Sacred Scripture, n. 104-113, and in a small tract concerning the Last Judgment, n. 48. From what has been said it may be perceived, that this mention of Babylon follows in order, after treating of the new Christian heaven and the proclaiming of the gospel; this is also what is signified by the expression, there followed.

632. "Because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication," signifies, because by profanations of the Word, and adulterations of the good and truth of the church, she has seduced all whom she could subject to her dominion. By Babylon is signified the Roman Catholic religion as above; wine signifies truth derived from good, and, in an opposite sense, falsity derived from evil, n. 316, and fornication signifies the falsification of truth, and the wrath of fornication signifies adulteration and profanation, n. 134; by making all nations drink is signified to seduce all whom they could subject to their dominion; by making them drink of that wine is signified to seduce, and by nations are signified those who are under their dominion.

633. "And a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice," signifies, something further from the Lord concerning those who are principled in faith separated from charity. By a third angel following them, is signified something further from the Lord which follows in order, for by an angel, in a supreme sense, is signified the Lord, n. 626; the reason is, because an angel, when he speaks the Word, as in the present instance, does not speak from himself, but from the Lord; by saying with a loud voice, is signified what follows, which relates to the damnation of those who in life and doctrine confirm themselves in faith separated from charity. This chapter, from verse 1 to 5, treats of the new Christian heaven, and in verses 6 and 7, of the preaching of the Gospel, that is, of the Lord's advent to establish a new church; and because they who are in faith separated from charity, oppose this, there now follows a threatening and denunciation of damnation against those who still persist in that faith.

634. "If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark on his forehead, or on his hand," signifies, he who acknowledges and receives the doctrine of justification and salvation by faith alone, confirms himself in it, and lives according to it. To worship the beast signifies to acknowledge that faith, n. 580; to worship his image signifies to acknowledge and receive that doctrine, n. 603; to receive his mark on the forehead and on the hand, signifies to receive it in love and faith, and to confirm himself in it, n. 605, 606; and since they who confirm themselves in that love and faith, also live according to it, this likewise is signified. There are three degrees of the reception of that doctrine, which are described by these words; the first degree is the acknowledgment of that doctrine; the second degree is the confirming it in one's self; and the third degree is the living according to it; to acknowledge it belongs to the thought, to confirm it in one's self belongs to the understanding, and to live according to it belongs to the will. There are some who are in the first degree, and yet not in the second and third, and there are some who are in the first

and second, and yet not in the third; but they who are in the third degree, which is that of living according to it, are those concerning whom the following verses, 11, 12, are spoken. To live according to it, is to make light of evil, by thinking that evil does not condemn, because works of the law do not save, but faith only; also to make light of good, by thinking within one's self that no one can do good from himself, except it be meritorious; thus they are such as only shun evils on account of civil and moral laws, and not on account of divine laws; these are they who do good only for the sake of themselves and the world, consequently from self-love, and not for the Lord's sake, consequently not from love towards the neighbor. The reason why what now follows, in verses 11, 12, is said of these, is, because all that which enters only into the thought and into the understanding does not condemn, but that which enters into the will condemns; for this enters into the life, and remains or becomes permanent; for nothing can enter into the will but what is also of the love, and the love is the life of man. These also are they who do not examine themselves, nor know their sins, nor do the work of repentance, and therefore are condemned; for they say in their hearts, what need is there of examination, or of a knowledge and acknowledgment of sins, or of repentance, when all these are included in faith alone? I have seen many

such in the spiritual world, who have shunned evils and done good on account of civil and moral laws, and not at the same time on account of spiritual laws, and who were cast into hell.

635." He shall even drink of the wine of the wrath of God mixed with pure wine in the cup of his indignation," signifies that they falsify the goods and truths of the Word, and tincture their lives with such falsifications. This is the signification of these words, because by the wine of the wrath of God poured out without mixture, is signified the truth of the Word falsified; and by the cup of his indignation is signified truth as a means of good, in like manner falsified; and by drinking is signified to appropriate them, or to tincture their lives with them.