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0. SUMMARIES IN EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE

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In chapter one the Lord is described as the Word, from which the Lord is to accomplish the Last Judgment and establish a new Church.

Chapters two and three are about all those in the Church upon whom the Last Judgment is to be and from whom a new Church is to be formed.

Chapter four is about the preparation of all in heaven for the Last Judgment, and therefore the Throne is the subject there.

Chapter five reveals that the Lord alone is to accomplish the judgment, and that this is acknowledged and abundantly confessed by all the heavens.

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1. CHAPTER I

This revelation is from the Lord alone, and it is received by those who are to be in the New Jerusalem and acknowledge the Lord as the God of heaven and earth. The Lord is also described as the Word.

v 1-3 For whom the revelation is. v 4-6 It is for them by means of heaven from the Lord alone. v 7-8 From the Word the Lord will reveal Himself and what belongs to the Church. v 9-11 Further about reception, by whom. v 12-16 The Lord is described as the Word and as the Church. v 17, 18 His acknowledgment as Jehovah and the only God, from Whom is everything. v 19, 20 This revelation is for those who are to be in the New Jerusalem.

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2. CHAPTER II

About those in the church, from whom the New Jerusalem can arise.

From those who look firstly to the truths of faith and not the goods of charity; this refers to the church in Ephesus, v 1-7.

From those who are in goods as regards their life, and in falsities as regards their doctrine; this refers to the church in Smyrna, v 8-11.

From those who make good works the church's all in all and not at all the truths of doctrine; this refers to the church in Pergamum, v 12-17.

From those who are in faith from charity, and consequently in good works; there too about those who are in faith separated from charity, and consequently in evil deeds; this refers to the church in Thyatira, v 18-29. [Written in the margin.] For the churches, that they may acknowledge the Lord as the God of heaven; and the works of charity.

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3. CHAPTER III

A continuation about those from whom the New Jerusalem can arise.

About those whose worship is dead, that is, worship devoid of truths and thus devoid of life; this refers to the Church in Sardis, v 1-16.

About those who are in truths from good proceeding from the Lord; this refers to the church in Philadelphia, v 7-13.

About those who are wise from themselves and are wise from the Word; this refers to the church of Laodicea, v 14-22. [Written in the margin.] Similarly as in the second [chapter].

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4. CHAPTER IV

About the preparation of all in heaven for the judgment, which is to be from the Word and according to it, and acknowledgment that the Lord is the only judge.

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5. CHAPTER V

The Lord as to His Divine Human is to judge from the Word and according to it, because He is the Word; and this is acknowledged in all the heavens.

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6. CHAPTER VI

The examination of those on whom the Last Judgment will be, as to their understanding of the Word, and from this as to their states of life; they should be those who are in truths from good, those who are devoid of good, those who are in a little truth, and those who are in a state of complete vastation as regards good and truth, v 1-8.

Concerning those who had been kept safe by the Lord under the earth, so that they should not be hurt by the wicked; they received consolation and the pledge that they should shortly be set free, v 9-11; concerning, the wicked who were first separated from the good; they were then in absolute evils and falsities, and feared the Last judgment. See also n. 295.

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This is about the examination of those on whom the Last Judgment is to be. They were examined as to what their understanding of the Word was, and consequently what was their state of life; that they should be those who were in truths from good, v 1, 2; those who were devoid of good, v 4; those who had a contempt for truth, v 5, 6; and those who were in a state of complete vastation as regards good and truth, v 8. The next subject is those who were kept safe by the Lord on the lower earth on account of the wicked on the upper earth, who will fall on the day of the Last Judgment, v 9-11; the state of those who are in evils and the falsities from them on the day of the Last Judgment, V 12-17.

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7. CHAPTER VII

The collecting together of those who are interiorly good, and their separation from the wicked, and their protection against danger when the Last Judgment is at hand.

The collecting together of those who are celestial and spiritual, who are understood by the twelve tribes of Israel, v 1-8; and subsequently the collecting together of those of all religions who have led a good life, v 9-17.

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This is about the separation of the good from the wicked before the judgment, v 1-3; about the good who acknowledged the Lord as the God of heaven and earth, and had wisdom from Him, v 4-8; and about the good who were in the faith of charity, and in temptations, from whom is to be the new heaven and the New Jerusalem, v 9-17.

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8. CHAPTER VIII

The examination of the nature of those at the end of the Church who are called the Reformed, and profess themselves to be in faith, by means of the influx of the spiritual heaven with them, V 1, 2.

The Lord's presence and safeguarding in the spiritual heaven, v 3, 4.

Communication with those who are in faith, and its nature, v 5.

The first influx and examination establishing that there were there falsities, evils, and falsifications, v 6, 7.

The influx of spiritual love into that which belongs to the will, and thus into the natural, and examination establishing that there was nothing good, because everything had been falsified, v 8, 9.

The influx of spiritual wisdom into what belongs to the understanding, and examination establishing whether they hated the interior truths of the Word, v 10, 11.

Finally influx and examination establishing that there was nothing but evils and falsities in everything belonging to that Church, among those who had convinced themselves of the doctrine of faith alone, v 12.

The state of damnation among those who had convinced themselves of that, v 13.

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9. CHAPTER IX

About those who have convinced themselves of the doctrine of faith separated from charity.

About those who by reasoning have strengthened their externals, v 1-12.

About those who by reasoning have strengthened their internals, v 13-19.

About the remainder, who have not convinced themselves, but still are in faith alone; their nature, v 20, 21.

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10. CHAPTER X

About the doctrine of the New Jerusalem that God is One in Whom is a Trinity, and that the Lord's Human is Divine; the part of the doctrine that God is one is accepted, but the part that the Lord's Human is Divine is repugnant.

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11. CHAPTER XI

About the general state of the Church of the Reformed, which is the second woe, and is meant by the evening. Concerning the state which is evening, v 2-10; about their destruction, v 13; about dawn v 3-6 and 11, 12, 14, 19.

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12. CHAPTER XII

About the New Church and its doctrine; the dragon pursues it from hatred, and it is protected by the Lord.

And the dragon, that is, those who were in faith alone, were cast down into the world of spirits, from where they molest men on earth.

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13. CHAPTER XIII

About its doctrine among the laity and the common people, which is the beast from the sea; about its acknowledgment when it is apparently confirmed by the Word; and about its doctrine among the learned clergy, its nature and its reception among the former.

Both of these arise from the falsification of all the truths of the Word.

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14. CHAPTER XIV

About the new Christian heaven, its nature is described, v 1-5.

The preaching of the Gospel about the coming of the Lord and the New Church, v 6, 7, 13; exhortation to abandon faith separated from charity, v 9-12; their examination and demonstration that their works are evil, v 14-20.

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15. CHAPTER XV

About the extension of the external Christian heaven and about those who glorify the Lord by external rituals.

About the preparation for influx into the Church on earth, so that its final state as regards evils and falsities may be described.

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16. CHAPTER XVI

On the influx from the Lord into men of the Church of the Reformed with a view to uncovering falsities and evils in the Church of the Reformed, v 1. Influx into the men of the internal Church, v 2. Into the men of the external Church, v 3. Into their understanding of the Word, v 4-7. Into their love, v 8, 9. Into their faith, v 10, 11. Into their interior reasonings, v 12-16. Into all parts of them at once, v 17-21.

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17. CHAPTER XVII

On the Roman Catholic religious belief, its nature outwardly and inwardly, v 1-8; its nature regarding the Word in particular, v 9-11; the nature of the French nation as regards the Word, v 12-14; the nature of the remaining peoples under its dominion, v 15; the nature of the Protestants as regards the Word, v 16, 17; in many points of doctrine they agree, v 18.

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18. CHAPTER XVIII

On the Babylonian religious belief, its nature, and the fact that it will perish, v 1-8; the nature of the superior ranks in that order, v 9, 10; the lower ranks in that order, v 11-16; the nature of the laity and common people, v 17-19; they have grief and lamentation; the angels are glad at its removal, because they have no understanding and wisdom, and they are amazed, v 20-4.

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19. CHAPTER XIX

The glorification of the Lord by the angels of heaven at the removal of Babylon, so that they may be in light and joy, v 1-5. Announcement of the New Church, v 6-10. The Lord's coming in the Word, and its opening for that new Church, v 11-16. The summoning of all to it, v 17, 18. Resistance from those who are in faith separated from charity, and their removal and damnation, v 19-21.

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20. CHAPTER XX

About the removal of those meant by the dragon, v 1-3.

About the ascension from the lower earth of those who worshipped the Lord and shunned evils as sins, v 4-6.

Judgment on those who are in external worship separated from internal spiritual worship, v 7-9.

About the damnation of the dragon, v 10.

About the total judgment on those who had formed new heavens for themselves and on the remainder from the world of spirits, v 11-15.