766# 启12:17.龙向妇人发怒，去与她其余的种争战，就是那守神诫命，为耶稣基督作见证的。
“龙向妇人发怒”表示“龙”所指的那些人因感觉教会，也就是新耶路撒冷被许多人支持而燃起的对它的仇恨(767节)；“去与她其余的种争战”表示源于邪恶的生活、要攻击该教会的教义真理的一种坚定或热切努力(768节)；“就是那守神诫命的”表示在那些过着信仰生活，也就是仁爱的人中间(769节)；“为耶稣基督作见证”表示和承认主人身里面的神性的(770节)。
766. Verse 17. And the dragon was wroth against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
"And the dragon was wroth against the woman," signifies the hatred of those who are meant by the dragon, against the church, which is the New Jerusalem, enkindled by the perception that it is favoured by many; "and went away to make war with the rest of her seed," signifies and thence a determined effort springing from a life of evil to attack the truths of the doctrine of that church; "who keep the commandments of God," signifies with those who live the life of faith, which is charity; "and have the testimony of Jesus Christ," signifies and who acknowledge the Divine in the Lord's Human.
766. Verse 17. And the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. "And the dragon was angry against the woman," signifies the hatred of those who are meant by "the dragon" against the church that is the New Jerusalem, enkindled by a perception that it is favored by many (n. 767); "and went away to make war with the remnant of her seed," signifies and an ardent effort, springing from a life of evil, to assault the truths of doctrine of that church n. 768; "who keep the commandments of God," signifies with those who live the life of faith, which is charity n. 769; "and have the testimony of Jesus Christ," signifies and who acknowledge the Divine in the Lord's Human (n. 770).
766. VERSUS 17.
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"Et iratus est draco contra mulierem, et abivit facere bellum cum reliquis seminis ejus, observantibus mandata Dei, et habentibus testimonium Jesu Christi."
17. "Et iratus est draco contra mulierem", significat odium illorum, qui per "draconem" intelliguntur, contra ecclesiam, quae Nova Hierosolyma, incensum a percepto favore plurium [n. 767] ; "et abivit facere bellum cum reliquis seminis ejus", significat et inde ex vita mali ardentem conatum impugnandi vera doctrinae illius ecclesiae [n. 768] ; "observantibus mandata Dei", significat apud illos qui vitam fidei, quae est charitas, vivunt [n. 769] ; "et habentibus testimonium Jesu Christi", significat et agnoscunt Divinum in Humano Domini [n. 770] .
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