1031# 启17:1.“拿着七个小瓶的七位天使中，有一位来跟我说话”表示天主教徒中间的教会状态的显现。这从“拿着小瓶的天使”的含义清楚可知，“拿着小瓶的天使”是指来自主的教会状态的显现，如前所述（AE869,878,883节）。它之所以是指天主教徒中间的教会状态的显现，是因为这一章和接下来的几章论述的是“巴比伦”，“巴比伦”是指天主教徒的宗教说服。七位天使中之所以有一位来，是因为在前一章，“拿着七个小瓶的七位天使”是指改革宗的教会状态的显现，在此是指天主教徒中间的教会状态的显现。因此，当第七位天使倒他的小瓶时，经上说：
大巴比伦在神面前被想起，要把那盛自己烈怒的酒杯递给她。（启示录16:19）
1031. (Verse 1) And there came one of the seven angels having the seven vials, and talked with me. That this signifies the state of the church with the Papists, made manifest, is evident from the signification of the angel having the vial, as denoting manifestation of the state of the church from the Lord, as above (n. 16:19).
1031. Verse 1. And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven vials and spoke with me, signifies a manifestation of the state of the church with the Papists. This is evident from the signification of "the angel that had the vial," as being the manifestation by the Lord of the state of the church (as above, n. Revelation 16:19).
1031. (Vers. 1.) "Et venit unus ex septem angelis habentibus septem phialas, at locutus cum me." - Quod significet statum ecclesiae apud Pontificios manifestatum, constat ex significatione "angeli habentis phialam", quod sit manifestatio status ecclesiae a Domino (ut supra, n. 869, 878, 883): quod sit manifestatio de statu ecclesiae apud Pontificios, est quia in hoc capite et in sequente agitur de "Babylonia", per quam intelligitur religiosum apud Pontificios.
Quod "unus ex septem angelis venerit", est quia per "septem angelos habentes septem phialas" in capite praecedente intelligitur manifestatio status ecclesiae apud Reformatos, hic nunc apud Pontificios; quare etiam cum septimus angelus effudit phialam suam, dicitur,
"Et Babylon magna venit in memoriam coram Deo, dare illi poculum vini excandescentiae irae Ipsius" ((Apoc., ) cap. 16:19).