1078# 启17:16–18.你所看见在那兽上的十角，这些必恨这淫妇，使她荒凉赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火将她烧尽。因为神将遵行祂的心意，行一样的心意，把他们的国给那兽放在他们心里，直等到神的话都完结了。你所看见的那女人，就是有一国管辖地上众王的大城。“你所看见在那兽上的十角”表示在改革宗教徒中间的来自圣言的教会真理，尤其涉及主的神性权柄和圣言的神性神圣性的（1079节）；“这些必恨这淫妇”表示对教皇会议用来歪曲真理，玷污圣言的良善，从而亵渎教会圣物的教条的彻底弃绝（1080节）；“使她荒凉赤身”表示弃绝它的虚假，也就是被歪曲的真理，那时表明他们没有任何真理（1081节）；“又要吃她的肉”表示弃绝它的邪恶，也就是被玷污的良善，那时表明他们没有任何良善（1082节）；“用火将她烧尽”表示弃绝整个这一宗教，它因对统治教会圣物和天堂的爱而亵渎了教会的圣物（1083节）。
“因为神将遵行祂的心意放在他们心里”表示来自主的这些事物，使他们完全退出（1084节）；“行一样的心意”表示一致（1085节）；“把他们的国给那兽”表示承认圣言是神性，教会建立在它上面（1086节）；“直等到神的话都完结了”表示甚至直到当审判发生，然后一个新状态出现时，教会的最后状态（1087节）。
“你所看见的那女人，就是大城”表示教会的可憎教义（1088节）；“有一国管辖地上众王的”表示它对教会真理的统治（1089节）。
1078. Verses 16-18. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall devour her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put it into their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be consummated. And the woman, whom thou sawest, is the great city, which hath a kingdom over the kings of the earth.
"And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast," signifies the truths of the church from the Word, with the Reformed, especially concerning the Lord's Divine power, and concerning the Divine sanctity of the Word; "these shall hate the whore," signifies the total rejection of the dogmas by which the Papal Consistory has falsified the truths, and adulterated the goods of the Word, and thus profaned the holy things of the church; "and shall make her desolate and naked," signifies the rejection of the falsities thereof, these being falsified truths; and then manifestation that they were destitute of all truth; "and shall devour her flesh," signifies the rejection of the evils thereof, which are adulterated goods; and then manifestation that they were destitute of all good; "and burn her with fire," signifies rejection of the whole of that religion that has profaned the holy things of the church by the love of domination over them, and over heaven.
"For God hath put into their hearts to do his mind," signifies these things from the Lord, that they should altogether withdraw; "and to come to one mind," signifies unanimously; "and to give their kingdom unto the beast" signifies the acknowledgment of the Word as Divine, and the foundation of the church upon it; "until the words of God shall be consummated," signifies even to the last state of the church, when judgment [takes place], and afterwards a new [state]; "and the woman, whom thou sawest, is the great city," signifies the abominable doctrine of the church; "which hath a kingdom over the kings of the earth," signifies the domination thereof over the truths of the church.
1078. Verses 16-18. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her up with fire. For God gave into their hearts to do His mind, and to do one mind, 1until the words of God shall be consummated. And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which hath dominion over the kings of the earth.
16. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast," signifies the truths of the church from the Word with the Reformed, especially respecting the Lord's Divine authority and the Divine holiness of the Word (n. 1079); "these shall hate the harlot," signifies an entire rejection of the dogmas by which the Papal Consistory has falsified the truths and adulterated the goods of the Word, and has thus profaned the holy things of the church (n. 1080); "and shall make her desolate and naked," signifies rejection of its falsities, which are falsified truths, and then manifestation that they were without any truth (n. 1081); "and shall eat her flesh" signifies rejection of its evils, which are adulterated goods, and then the manifestation that they were without any good (n. 1082); "and shall burn her up with fire," signifies rejection of the whole of that religion, which has profaned the holy things of the church by the love of having dominion over them and over heaven (n. 1083).
17. "For God gave into their hearts to do His mind," signifies things from the Lord, causing them to recede altogether (n. 1084); "and to do one mind" signifies unanimously (n. 1085); "and to give their kingdom unto the beast," signifies acknowledgment that the Word is Divine, and the founding of the church upon it (n. 1086); "until the words of God shall be consummated," signifies even to the last state of the church, when there is a judgment, and after that what is new (n. 1087).
18. "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city," signifies the heinous doctrine of the church (n. 1088); "which hath dominion over the kings of the earth," signifies its dominion over the truths of the church (n. 1089).
Footnotes:
1. The photolithograph omits the clause, "and to give their kingdom unto the beast." It is given below and in the explanation, n. 1086.
1078. VERSUS 16-18.
"Et decem cornua quae vidisti super bestia, hi odio habebunt meretricem, et devastatam facient illam, et nudam, et carnes ejus comedent, et illam comburent igne. Quoniam Deus dedit in corda illorum facere sententiam ejus, et facere unam sententiam, [et dare regnum suum bestiae,] donec consummentur verba Dei. Et mulier, quam vidisti, est urbs magna habens regnum super reges terrae."
16. "Et decem cornua quae vidisti super bestia", significat vera ecclesiae ex Verbo apud Reformatos, imprimis de Divina Potestate Domini, et de Divina sanctitate Verbi [n. 1079] ; "hi odio habebunt meretricem", significac rejectionem totalem dogmatum per quae Consistorium Papale falsificavit vera et adulteravit bona Verbi, et sic profanavit sancta ecclesiae [n. 1080] ; "et de vasta tam facient eam; et nudam", significat rejectionem falsorum ejus, quae sunt falsificata vera, et tunc manifestationem quod essent absque omni vero [n. 1081] ; "et carnes ejus comedent", significat rejectionem malorum ejus, quae sunt adulterata bona, et tunc manifestationem quod essent absque omni bono [n. 1082] ; "et illam comburent igne", significat rejectionem totius religionis istius quae sancta ecclesiae profanavit per amorem dominationis super illa et super caelum [n. 1083] .
17. "Quoniam Deus dedit in corda illorum facere sententiam ejus", significat illa a Domino, ut prorsus recederent [2:1[084] ; "et facere unam sententiam", significat unanimiter [n. 1085] ; "et dare regnum suum bestiae", significat agnitionem Verbi pro Divino, et fundationem ecclesiae super illo [n. 1086] ; "donec consummentur verba Dei", significat usque ad ultimum statum ecclesiae, cum judicium, et postea novum [n. 1087] .
18. "Et mulier, quam vidisti, est urbs magna", significat nefandam doctrinam ecclesiae [n. 1088] ; "habens regnum super reges terrae", significat dominationem ejus super vera ecclesiae [2:1[089] .