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35. “Because of the Word of God and because of the witness of Jesus Christ,” signifies so that Divine Truth drawn from the Word may be accepted from the heart and so in light, and so that the Lord’s Human may be acknowledged to be Divine.
This was explained earlier in n. 6.
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34. “I was on the on the island called Patmos,” signifies the condition and place in which he could be enlightened.
The reason Revelation came to John on Patmos, was because it was an island in Greece, not far from the land of Canaan, and between Asia and Europe. “Island” signifies peoples that are far removed from the worship of God, but who still enter into that worship, because they can be enlightened. Likewise “Greece.” On the other hand, “the land of Canaan” signifies the church itself. “Asia” signifies those who are in the church who are in the light of truth because of the Word. “Europe” signifies (more…)
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33. “In affliction and in the kingdom and in patient awaiting of Jesus Christ,” signifies the things in the church that are infested with evils and falsities, but which the Lord will remove when He comes.
“Affliction” means the condition of the church when there are no longer any goods of charity or truths of faith, but there are evils and falsities in their place. “Kingdom” means the church, and “patient awaiting of Jesus Christ” means the arrival of the Lord. This is why these words, “in affliction and in the kingdom and in patient awaiting of Jesus Christ,” brought together into one meaning, signify when the goods and truths of the church are infested (more…)
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32. (Verse 9.) “I, John, who is your brother and companion,” signifies those who are in the good of charity and because of this are in the truths of faith.
It was said before, in n. 5, that the Apostle John represented those who are in the good of charity. And those who are in the good of charity are in the truths of faith, since charity is the soul and the life of faith. It is because of this that John calls himself a brother and companion to those who are in the churches that he will write to, for he wrote to seven churches. In the spiritual meaning of the Word, “brother” means someone who is in the good of charity, and “companion” means (more…)
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