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39. And all the tribes of the earth shall wail over him. That this signifies that the falsities of the church will resist, is evident from the signification of wailing, as denoting to lament, to grieve, to be indignant, to be angry, to be averse from, thus also to resist; and from the signification of tribes, as denoting all truths and goods in the aggregate, and, in the opposite sense, all falsities and evils in the aggregate, concerning which we shall speak in what follows; and from the signification of the earth, as being the church (on which see above, n. 29). By all the tribes of the earth, therefore, is signified the whole church, and by their wailing over Him, is signified that truths and goods are no more, because falsities and evils are about to dominate and resist. For what the state of the church will be at its end is treated of in general in this verse, when there will be no longer any faith because no charity; that is, that the Lord will then reveal Himself, and that all will acknowledge Him who are in truths from good, and that those also shall see Him who are in falsities from evil, but that the falsities of the church will resist. (That the Apocalypse does not treat of the successive states of the church, but of its last state, or when it is at its end, may be seen above, n. 5; and that its end is when there is no faith because no charity, may be seen in the small work, The Last Judgment 33-39, and following numbers. When there is no faith because no charity, then falsities from evil reign, which offer opposition to truths from good.)
[2] Tribes are often mentioned in the Word, because the Israelitish people were divided into twelve tribes; and he who is ignorant of the internal sense of the Word supposes, that by tribes are meant the tribes of Israel; nevertheless, by tribes are not meant tribes, nor is Israel meant by Israel; but tribes mean all those who are in truths from good, and Israel means the church of the Lord. He who does not know this, will easily accept the common belief that the children of Israel were chosen before all others on the whole earth, and also that they will be introduced at last into the land of Canaan. Indeed, he will believe that heaven will consist chiefly of them; although, by the names of those tribes in the Word they are not meant, but those who are in truths from good, that is, those who belong to the church; by the twelve tribes, all, and by each one of them, some special truth and good pertaining to those who belong to the church.
[3] These things being understood, it is evident what is meant by these words in the Apocalypse:
"I heard the number of them which were sealed; and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the sons of Israel. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand" (3881, 6363; what by Reuben, n. 3861, 3866, 4605, 4731, 4734, 4761, 6342-6345; what by Gad, n. 3934, 3935; what by Asher, n. 3938, 3939, 6408; what by Naphtali, n. 3927, 3928 what by Manasseh, n. 3969, 5354, 6222, 6231, 6238, 6267, 6296 what by Simeon, n. 3869-3872, 4197, 4502, 4503, 5482, 5626, 5630; what by Levi, n. 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502, 4503; what by Issachar, n. 3956, 3957; what by Zebulun, n. 3960, 3961, 6383; what by Joseph, n. 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417; and what by Benjamin, n. 3969, 4592, 5411, 5413, 5443, 5639, 5686, 5688, 5689, 6440. That all numbers in the Word signify things, see n. 482, 487, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175, 9488, 9659, 10217, 10253. That twelve signifies all, and all things as to truths from good, see n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913; also, the numbers 72, 144, 12,000, 144,000, because they arise from the number 12 by multiplication, n. 7973. That numbers multiplied signify the same as the simple numbers from which they are produced by multiplication, see n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973.)
[4] He who does not know that numbers signify things, what the numbers twelve, one hundred and forty-four, and twelve thousand signify, and also what tribes and apostles signify, cannot know what is signified by those passages in the Apocalypse, where it is said, that the holy city, New Jerusalem,
"had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written which are the names of the twelve tribes of Israel; and the wall had twelve foundations, in which were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The wall was a hundred and forty and four cubits, and the length and the breadth of the city twelve thousand furlongs" (1; where it is shown, that by Jerusalem is signified the church as to doctrine; by the wall, its truths of defence; by the gates, introductory truths; by the foundations, the knowledges upon which doctrine is founded; by twelve angels, and by twelve tribes, all truths and goods collectively; the same by the twelve apostles; and by the numbers twelve, one hundred and forty-four, and twelve thousand, all things and all persons.
[5] Moreover, he who knows that such things are signified by the twelve tribes may see the mystery involved in the names of the twelve tribes being engraved upon the precious stones of the Urim and Thummim, and also the signification of the breast-plate (Exodus 28:21; 39:10-15). (This arcanum may be seen unfolded in Matthew 19:28), namely, that the Lord alone will judge every one by truths from good (n. Isaiah 19:13; 49:6; 63:17; Jeremiah 10:16; Ezekiel 48:1, and following verses; Psalm 122:3-5; Deuteronomy 32:8; Numbers 24:2; Apoc. 5:9; 7:4-9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; and elsewhere).
[6] And again, the meaning of the Lord's words about the consummation of the age and His coming, may be seen:
"After the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man the clouds of heaven, with power and much coming in glory" (Heaven and Hell 1; and in the following passages in Arcana Coelestia, where it is shown that the twelve tribes of Israel represented, and thence signified, all truths and goods collectively, thus all things of faith and love, n. 3858, 3926, 4060, 6335; that similar things are signified by the twelve apostles, n. 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397; and that they have various significations according to the order in which they are named, n. 3862, 3926, 3939, 4603, 6337, 6640, 10335.)
39. And all the tribes of the earth shall lament over Him, signifies that the falsities of the church will oppose. This is evident from the signification of "lamenting" as being to mourn, to grieve, to be displeased, to be angry, to be averse from, thus also to oppose; and from the signification of "tribes," as being all truths and goods in the complex, and in the contrary sense, all falsities and evils in the complex (of which in what follows); also from the signification of "the earth," as being the church (See above, n. 29). By "all the tribes of the earth," then, the whole church is meant, and by "their lamenting over Him" is signified that truth and good will be no more, because falsities and evils are to prevail and oppose. For this verse treats, in general, of what the state of the church will be at its end, when there will be no longer any faith, because no charity, namely, that the Lord will then reveal Himself, and that all who are in truths from good will acknowledge Him, and that they also will see Him, who are in falsities from evil, but that the falsities of the church will oppose. (That Revelation does not treat of the successive states of the church, but of its last state when it is at its end, see above, n. 5; and that its end is when there is no faith, because no charity, see the little work on The Last Judgment 33-39 seq.; and when there is no faith, because no charity, falsities from evil prevail and oppose truths from good.)
[2] In the Word "tribes" are often mentioned, inasmuch as the Israelitish people were divided into twelve tribes, and one who does not know the internal sense of the Word supposes that by "tribes" are meant the tribes of Israel; but by "tribes" are not meant tribes, nor by "Israel" is Israel meant, but by "tribes" are meant all those who are in truths from good, and by "Israel" the Lord's church. He who is ignorant of this will easily adopt the common belief that the sons of Israel were chosen in preference to all others on earth, and that they are also to be brought at last into the land of Canaan; indeed, that heaven also is to be formed chiefly from them; when, in fact, by their names they are not meant, but they who are in truths from good, thus those who are of the church; by the twelve tribes, all such, and by each tribe, some particular truth and good pertaining to those who are of the church.
[3] When this is understood, what is meant by these words in Revelation can be seen:
I heard the number of them which were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand sealed of all the tribes of the sons of Israel. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zebulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand (3881, 6363; what by "Reuben," n. 3861, 3866, 4605, 4731, 4734, 4761, 6342-6345; what by "Gad," n. 3934, 3935; what by "Asher," n. 3938, 3939, 6408; what by "Naphtali," n. 3927, 3928; what by "Manasseh," n. 3969, 5351, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, 6296; what by "Simeon," n. 3869-3872, 4497, 4502-4503, 5482, 5626, 5630; what by "Levi," n. 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502-4503; what by "Issachar," n. 3956, 3957; what by "Zebulon," n. 3960, 3961, 6383; what by "Joseph," n. 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417; and what by "Benjamin," n. 3969, 4592, 5411, 5413, 5443, 5639, 5686, 5688, 5689, 6440. That all numbers in the Word signify things, see n. 482, 487, 647-648, 755, 813, 1963, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175, 9488, 9659, 10217, 10253. That "twelve" signifies all, and all things in respect to truths from good, see n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913, likewise the numbers "72," "144," "1200," "144, 000," because they arise from the number 12 by multiplication, n. Arcana Coelestia 7973. That composite numbers have a like meaning with the simple numbers from which they are produced by multiplication, see n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973).
[4] He who is not aware that numbers signify things, and what the numbers "twelve," "one hundred and forty-four," and "twelve thousand" signify, likewise what "tribes" and "apostles" signify, cannot know what is signified by these words in Revelation:
The holy city, New Jerusalem, had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of Israel; and the wall had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the apostles of the Lamb. The wall was a hundred and forty and four cubits, and the length and the breadth of the city twelve thousand furlongs (The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 1); namely, that by "Jerusalem" is signified the church in respect to doctrine; by its "wall," protecting truths; by the "gates," introductory truths; by the" foundations," the knowledges on which doctrine is based; by "twelve angels," and by "twelve tribes," all truths and goods in the complex; "the twelve apostles," have a like signification, and the numbers "twelve," "one hundred and forty-four," and "twelve thousand," signify all things and all persons.
[5] Furthermore, he who is aware that such things are signified by the twelve tribes can see the arcanum in this:
Why the names of the twelve tribes were engraved on the precious stones in the Urim and Thummim, likewise what that breastplate signified (Exodus 28:21; 39:10-15).
(This arcanum may be seen unfolded in Matthew 19:28);
namely, that the Lord alone will judge everyone by truths from good (n. Genesis 49:2-28);
as well as numerous other passages of the Word, where tribes are mentioned (as in Isaiah 19:13; 49:6; 63:17; Jeremiah 10:16; Ezekiel 48:1 seq.; Psalms 122:3-5; Deuteronomy 32:8; Numbers 24:2; Revelation 5:9; 7:4-9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6
[6] Again, what is meant by the Lord's Word respecting the consummation of the age and His coming:
After the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament; and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory (Heaven and Hell 1; and in the following passages in the Arcana Coelestia, namely, that the twelve tribes of Israel represented and thence signified all truths and goods in the complex, thus all things of faith and love, n. 3858, 3926, 4060, 6335; that like things are signified by the twelve apostles, n. 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397; and that their signification varies according to the order in which they are named, n. 3862, 3926, 3939, 4603, seq., 6337, 6640, 10335)
39. "Et plangent super Ipsum omnes tribus terrae." - Quod significet quod falsa ecclesiae repugnatura, constat ex significatione "plangere", quod sit lugere, dolere, indignari, irasci, aversari, ita quoque repugnare; et ex significatione "tribuum", quod sint omnia Vera et bona in complexu, et in opposito sensu omnia falsa et mala in complexu (de qua sequitur); et ex significatione "terrae", quod sit ecclesia (de qua supra, n. 29); inde per "omnes tribus terrae" significatur tota ecclesia; et per quod "plangent super Ipsum", significatur quod vera et bona non amplius, quia falsa et mala regnatura et repugnatura. Agitur enim in hoc versu in genere de statu ecclesiae qualis futurus in fine ejus, quando non amplius fides quia non charitas; quod nempe Dominus tunc Se revelaturus, et agnituri omnes qui in veris ex bono sunt, et quoque visuri qui in falsis ex malo, sed quod falsa ecclesiae repugnatura. (Quod in Apocalypsi non agatur de successivis statibus ecclesiae, sed ultimo statu quando find ejus, videatur supra, n. 5; et quod finis ejus sit quando non fides quia non charitas, in opusculo De Ultimo Judicio 33-39, seq.; et cum non fides quia non charitas, tunc falsa ex malo regnant, quae veris ex bono repugnant.)
[2] Saepius in Verbo nominantur "tribus", quia populus Israeliticus in duodecim tribus divisus fuit; et qui non scit sensum internum Verbi, autumat quod per "tribus" intelligantur tribus Israelis; at usque non per "tribus" intelliguntur tribus, nec per "Israelem" intelligitur Israel; Sed per "tribus" intelliguntur omnes qui in veris ex bono sunt, et per "Israelem" ecclesia Domini. Qui hoc non novit, facile arripiet communem fidem quod filii Israelis prae omnibus in universo terrarum orbe electi fuerint, et quoque quod demum introducendi sint in Terram Canaanem, immo etiam quod ex illis imprimis caelum futurum sit; cum tamen per nomina illorum non illi intelliguntur, sed qui in veris ex bono, ita qui ab ecclesia sunt; per duodecim tribus omnes, ac per unamquamvis aliquod speciale verum ac bonum, quod est illis qui ab ecclesia.
[3] Ex his intellectis constare potest, quid intelligitur per haec in Apocalypsi:
"Audivi numerum signatorum, centum quadraginta quatuor millia signatos ex omnibus tribubus filiorum Israelis: ex tribu Jehudae duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Ruben duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Gad duodecim millia signatos: ex tribu Ascher duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Naphthali duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Menasche duodecim millia signatos: ex tribu Schimeon duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Levi duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Isaschar duodecim millia signatos: ex tribu Sebulon duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Joseph duodecim millia signatos; ex tribu Benjamin duodecim millia signatos" (7:4-8).
Hic non intelliguntur illi qui ex gente Israelitica, sed omnes quotcunque sunt qui in veris ex bono; hi enim omnes signati sunt ad caelum. Numeri "144000" et "12000" etiam omnes significant, et unaquaevis tribus omnes illos qui in eo vero aut bono quod per nomen ejus significatur. (Ut constare potest ex ostensis in Arcanis Caelestibus: ut quodnam bonum et verum significatur par "Jehudam", n. 3881, 6363; quodnam per "Rubenem", n. 3861, 3866, 4605, 4761, 4734, 4761, 6342-6345; quodnam per "Gadem", n. 3934, 3935; quodnam "Ascherem", n. 3938, 3939, 6408; quodnam per "Naphthalin", n. 3927, 3928; quodnam per " Menaschen", n. 3969, (5351), 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, 6296; quodnam per "Schimeonem", n. 3869-3872, 4497, 4502, 4503, 5482, 5626, 5630; quodnam per "Levi", n. 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502, 4503; quodnam per "Isascherem", n. 3956, 3957; quodnam per "Sebulonem", n. 3960, 3961, 6383; quodnam per "Josephum", n. 3909, 3971, 4669, 6417; et quodnam per "Benjaminem", n. 3969, 4592, 5411, 5413, 5443, 5639, 5686, 5688, 5689, 6440. Quod omnes numeri in Verbo significent res, n. 482, 487, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 1
4670, 5265, 6175, 9488, 9659, 10217, 10253:
quod "duodecim" significent omnes et omnia quoad vera ex bono, n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913: similiter numeri "72","144", "12000", "144000", quia ex 12 per multiplicationem exsurgunt, n. 7973; quod numari multiplicati simile significent cum simplicibus a quibus rer multiplicationem existunt, n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973.)
[4] Qui non scit quod numeri significent res, et quid numeri", "144", et "12000" tum quid "tribus" et "apostoli", is nec scire potest, quid significant haec in Apocalypsi:
Sancta civitas Hierosolyma Nova "habebat murum magnum et altum habentem portas duodecim, et in portis angelos duodecim, et nomina inscripta, quae sunt nomina duodecim tribuum Israelis:... et murus habebat fundamenta duodecim, in quibus duodecim nomina apostolorum Agni." Murus erat centum quadraginta quatuor cubitorum; ac longitudo et latitudo civitatis, duodecim millia stadiorum (21:12, 14, 16, 17).
Quid per omnia illa significatur, videas explicatum in opusculo De Nova Hierosolyma et ejus Doctrina (n. 1); quod nempe per "Hierosolymam" significetur ecclesia quoad doctrinam; per "murum" ejus vera tutantia; per "portas" vera introducentia; per "fundamenta" cognitiones super quibus doctrina fundatur; per "duodecim angelos" et per "duodecim tribus", omnia vera et bona in complexu; similiter per "duodecim apostolos"; et quod per numeros "12", "144", et "12000", omnia et omnes.
[5] Porro, qui scit quod talia per "duodecim tribus" significantur, is videre potest arcanum quod inest,
Cur nomina duodecim tribuum insculpta fuerunt lapidibus pretiosis in urim et thummim, et praeterea quid pectorale illud significavit (Exodus 28:21; 39:10-15).
(Arcanum id videatur evolutum n. 3858, 6335, 6640, 9863, 9865, 9873, 9874, 9905.) Is etiam videre potest, quid significatur per quod
Duodecim apostoli sederent super duodecim thronis, et judicaturi duodecim tribus Israelis ( 2
quod nempe Dominus solus judicaturus sit per Vera ex bono unumquemvis (n. 2129, 6397): tum quid intelligitur per
Prophetica Israelis patris de filiis suis (Gen. 49);
ut et quid in plurimis locis in Verbo, ubi tribus nominantur (Ut Esaias 19:13; 49:6; 63:17; Jeremias 10:16; Ezechiel 48:1, seq.; Psalms 122:3-5; Deuteronomius 32:8; Numeri 24:2; Apocalypsis 5:9; 7:9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; et alibi);
[6] et porro quid per Domini Yerba de consummatic ne saeculi et de adventu Ipsius:
"Post afflictionem dierum istorum sol obscurabitur, et luna non dabit lumen suum, et stellae cadent de caelo, et potentiae caelorum commovebuntur: et tunc apparebit signum Filii hominis in caelo; et tunc plangent omnes tribus terrae: et videbunt Filium hominis venientem in nubibus caeli cum potentia et gloria multa" ( 3
(Quae quoad singula videantur explicata in opere De Caelo et Inferno 1; et haec lequentia in Arcanis Caelestibus, nempe quod duodecim tribus Israelis repraesentaverint et inda significaverint omnia vera et bona in complexu, ita omnia fidei et amoris, n. 3858, 3926, 4060, 6335:
quod similia duodecim apostoli, n. 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397. Quod vasia significant secundum ordinem in quo nominantur, n. 3862, 3926, 3939, 4603, seq., 6337, 6640, 10335.)
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