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896. Verse 13. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works do follow with them.
"And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me," signifies consolations from the Lord after temptations; "write," signifies certainty; "blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth," signifies the resurrection into life everlasting of those who had so far lived a life of charity, and will so live hereafter; "Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours," signifies, that they will have no longer to fight against evils and falsities, nor suffer infestations from them; "for their works do follow with them," signifies that they have spiritual life, which is the life of the angels of heaven.
896. Verse 13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works do follow with them.
13. "And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me," signifies consolations by the Lord after temptations n. 897; "Write," signifies certainty (n. 898); "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth," signifies the resurrection into eternal life of those who have lived heretofore a life of charity, and will so live hereafter n. 899; "Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors," signifies that they will henceforth be free from combat against evils and falsities, and from infestation by them n. 900; "for their works do follow with them," signifies that they have spiritual life, which is the life of the angels of heaven (n. 901, 902).
896. VERSUS 13.
"Et audivi vocem e caelo dicentem mihi, Scribe, Beati mortui in Domine morientes a nunc; immo dicit Spiritus, ut requiescant ex laboribus suis: opera enim eorum sequuntur cum illis."
13. "Et audivi vocem e caelo dicentem mihi", significat consolationes a Domino post tentationes [n. 897] ; "Scribe", significat certitudinem [n. 898] ; "Beati mortui in Domino morientes a nunc", significat resurrectionem illorum in vitam aeternam qui antehac vixerunt vitam charitatis, et posthac victuri sunt [n. 899] ; "immo dicit Spiritus, ut requiescant ex laboribus suis", significat quod illis non amplius pugna contra mala et falsa ac infestatio ab illis [n. 900] ; "opera enim eorum sequuntur cum illis", significat quod illis sit vita spiritualis, quae est vita angelorum caeli [n. 901, 902] .