启示录15
1.我又看见在天上有异象，大而且奇，就是七位天使掌管末了的七灾。因为神的烈怒在这七灾中发尽了。
2.我看见仿佛有玻璃海，其中有火搀杂。又看见那些胜了兽、兽像、兽印和名字数目的人，都站在玻璃海上，拿着神的竖琴。
3.他们唱神仆人摩西的歌，和羔羊的歌，说，主神，全能者阿，你的作为大哉，奇哉。圣徒之王阿，你的道途义哉，诚哉。
4.主阿，谁敢不敬畏你，不荣耀你的名呢？因为独有你是圣的。众族都要来在你面前敬拜。因你的公平已经显出来了。
5.这些事以后，我观看，见在天上那存法版帐幕的殿开了。
6.那掌管七灾的七位天使，从殿中出来，穿着洁白光明的细麻衣，胸间束着金带。
7.四活物中有一个把盛满了活到万世万代之神烈怒的七个金香瓶给了那七位天使。
8.因神的荣耀和能力，殿中充满了烟。于是没有人能进殿，直等到那七位天使所降的七灾完毕了。
预备揭开教会的末后状态，暴露他们所处的邪恶与虚假（1，5-8节）；那些承认主并照其诫命生活的人由此被分离出来（2-4节）。
第1节.“我又看见在天上有异象，大而且奇”表主关于地上教会状态的启示，它在爱与信方面的性质（656节）。“就是七位天使掌管末了的七灾”表教会在末后状态下所处的邪恶与虚假被主从总体上揭露出来（657节）。“因为神的烈怒在这七灾中发尽了”表教会的毁灭，和那时它的终结（658节）。
第2节.“我看见仿佛有玻璃海，其中有火搀杂”表灵界最远的边界，那些拥有宗教信仰，并出于宗教信仰而非生活的良善敬拜的人就聚集在那里（659节）。“又看见那些胜了兽、兽像、兽印和名字数目的人”表那些已经弃绝唯信及其教义，因而不承认并吸收它的虚假，也没有歪曲圣言的人（660节）。“都站在玻璃海上，拿着神的竖琴”表边界的基督天堂，和那里的人当中的仁之信（661节）。
第3节.“他们唱神仆人摩西的歌，和羔羊的歌”表出于仁爱，因而出于遵行律法条例，也就是十诫的生活，以及对主人性之神性的信的称谢（662节）。“说，主神，全能者阿，你的作为大哉，奇哉”表世界、天堂和教会的一切事物都是由主出于神性之爱通过神性智慧创造和制作的（663节）。“圣徒之王阿，你的道途义哉，诚哉”表祂所发出的一切事物都是公义、真实的，因为祂是天堂和教会中的神性良善本身和神性真理本身（664节）。
第4节.“主阿，谁敢不敬畏你，不荣耀你的名呢”表唯独祂要被爱和敬拜（665节）。“因为独有你是圣的”表祂是圣言，真理和启示（666节）。“众族都要来在你面前敬拜”表所有处于爱与仁之善的人都将承认唯独主是神（667节）。“因你的公平已经显出来了”表圣言的真理被打开时见证了这一点（668节）。
第5节.“这些事以后，我观看，见在天上那存法版帐幕的殿开了”表天堂的至内层被看到了，在那里主居于其圣言的神圣，以及律法，也就是十诫中（669节）。
第6节.“那掌管七灾的七位天使，从殿中出来”表主为天堂的至内层进入教会的流注所作的预备，即教会的邪恶与虚假要被普遍揭露，因而恶人要与善人分离（670节）。“穿着洁白光明的细麻衣，胸间束着金带”表这一切是出于纯粹和真正的圣言真理和良善（671节）。
第7节.“四活物中有一个把七个金香瓶给了那七位天使”表揭露教会的邪恶与虚假所凭借的那些真理与良善取自圣言的字义（672节）。“盛满了活到万世万代之神烈怒的”表将被纯粹和真正的圣言真理和良善所显明并揭露的邪恶和虚假（673节）。
第8节.“因神的荣耀和能力，殿中充满了烟”表天堂的至内层充满主的属灵和属天的神性真理（674a）。“于是没有人能进殿，直等到那七位天使所降的七灾完毕了”表在那里到了这种程度，即无法承受更多，这一切直到毁灭之后，看到该教会的终结（674b）。
656.启15:1.“我又看见在天上有异象，大而且奇”表主关于地上教会状态的启示，它在爱与信方面的性质。这些就是本章和下一章所论述的事；因此，它们以“天上有异象，大而且奇”来表示。“天上有异象”表示主关于天堂和教会及其状态的启示（参看532，536节）；之所以论及爱和信，是因为它被称为“大而且奇”；在圣言中，“大”论及诸如属于情感和爱之类的事物，“奇”论及诸如属于思维和信仰之类的事物。
656. REVELATION: CHAPTER 15
1. Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.
2. And I saw as though a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over its image and over its mark and over the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass, having harps of God.
3. They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
"Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints!
4. Who does not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy.
Therefore all nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested."
5. After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
6. And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in clean bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden sashes.
7. Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.
8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were ended.
THE SPIRITUAL MEANING
The Contents of the Whole Chapter
A preparation to reveal the last state of the church and expose the evils and falsities in which those who belonged to that church were caught up (verses 1, 5-8). The separation from them of those who had confessed the Lord and lived in accordance with His commandments (verses 2-4).
The Contents of the Individual Verses:
| Verse Contents | Spiritual Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1. Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: | A revelation from the Lord regarding the state of the church on earth and its character with respect to love and faith. |
| seven angels having the seven last plagues, | The evils and falsities that exist in the church in its last state exposed in their entirety by the Lord. |
| for in them the wrath of God is complete. | The destruction of the church and its end then. |
| 2. And I saw as though a sea of glass mingled with fire, | The farthest boundary of the spiritual world, where those people were gathered who had religion and consequently worshiped, but lacked any goodness of life. |
| and those who have the victory over the beast, over its image and over its mark and over the number of its name, | People who rejected faith alone and its accompanying doctrine, and so did not acknowledge or become imbued with its falsities, and did not falsify the Word. |
| standing beside the sea of glass, having harps of God. | The Christian heaven at the boundaries [of the spiritual world], and the faith accompanying charity in the people there. |
| 3. They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, | A confession springing from charity, thus from a life in accordance with the precepts of the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, and from a faith in the Divinity of the Lord's humanity. |
| saying: "Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! | Everything in the world, in heaven and in the church was created and formed by the Lord out of Divine love by means of Divine wisdom. |
| For just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! | Everything that emanates from the Lord is just and true, because He is Divine goodness itself and Divine truth itself in heaven and in the church. |
| 4. Who does not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? | The Lord alone is to be loved and worshiped. |
| For You alone are holy. | He embodies the Word, truth, and enlightenment. |
| Therefore all nations shall come and worship before You, | People who possess the goodness of love and charity will acknowledge the Lord alone to be God. |
| For Your judgments have been manifested." | The truths in the Word openly attest to this. |
| 5. After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. | The inmost of heaven appeared, where the Lord is present in His holiness in the Word and in the Law contained in the Ten Commandments. |
| 6. And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, | A preparation by the Lord for influx from the inmost of heaven into the church, to expose its evils and falsities and so to separate evil people from the good, |
| clothed in clean bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden sashes. | this in accordance with the pure and genuine truths and goods in the Word. |
| 7. Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls | The truths and goods by which evils and falsities in the church are exposed, drawn from the literal sense of the Word. |
| full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever. | The evils and falsities that will be exposed to view by the pure and genuine truths and goods present in the Word. |
| 8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, | The inmost of heaven filled with the Lord's spiritual and celestial Divine truth, |
| and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were ended. | to such a degree there that no higher truth could be endured, and this until that church was destroyed and its end became apparent. |
THE EXPOSITION
15:1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous. This symbolizes a revelation from the Lord regarding the state of the church on earth and its character with respect to love and faith.
This is the subject of the present chapter and the next, and it is symbolically meant, therefore, by a sign in heaven, great and marvelous. That a sign in heaven symbolizes a revelation from the Lord regarding heaven and the church and their state, may be seen in nos. 532, 536 above. That it has to do with love and faith is because it is called great and marvelous, and greatness in the Word is predicated of things having to do with affection and love, while marvelousness is predicated of things having to do with thought and faith.
656. THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER
1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous; seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God has been consummated.
2. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those having victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing beside the sea of glass, having harps of God.
3. And they were singing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are Thy works, O Lord God Almighty, just and true are Thy ways, O King of saints.
4. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy Name? for Thou Only art Holy; therefore all the nations shall come and adore before Thee, for Thy judgments have been made manifest.
5. And after these things I saw, and behold the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
6. And the seven angels having the seven plagues went out of the temple, clothed with clean and shining linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles.
7. And one of the four animals gave unto the seven angels seven golden phials fill of the wrath of the God living for ages of ages.
8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His vigour (virlus), and no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were consummated.
THE SPIRITUAL SENSE
THE CONTENTS OF THE WHOLE CHAPTER
The preparation for discovering the last state of the Church, and for laying bare the evils and untruths in which they are (verse 1, 5-8); from which have been separated those who have confessed the Lord and lived in accordance with His precepts (verses 2-4).
THE CONTENTS OF EACH OF THE VERSES
1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, signifies a revelation by the Lord concerning the state of the Church on earth, what it is like as to love and faith.
Seven angels having the seven last plagues, signifies the evils and untruths in the Church, such as they are in its last state, completely (universaliter) disclosed by the Lord.
For in them the wrath of God has been consummated, signifies the devastation of the Church and its end then.
2. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, signifies the ultimate boundary of the spiritual world, where those had been gathered together who had religion and worship therefrom, and no good of life.
And those having victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, signifies those who have rejected faith alone and its doctrine, and thus have neither acknowledged and absorbed its untruths, nor falsified the Word.
Standing beside the sea of glass having harps of God, signifies the Christian heaven at its boundaries, and the faith of charity with those who are there.
3. And they were singing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, signifies a confession out of charity, thus out of a life in accordance with the precepts of the Law which is the Decalogue, and out of faith concerning the Divinity of the Lord's Human.
Saying, Great and marvellous are Thy works, O Lord God Almighty, signifies that all the things of the world, of heaven, and of the Church have been created and done by the Lord out of Divine Love by means of Divine Wisdom.
For just and true are Thy ways, O King of saints, signifies that all the things that proceed from Him are just and true, because He is Divine Good Itself and Divine Truth in heaven and in the Church.
4. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy Name?, signifies that He Only is to be loved and worshipped.
For Thou Only art Holy, signifies that He is the Word, the Truth (veritas), and Enlightenment.
Therefore all the nations shall come and adore before Thee, signifies that all who are in the good of love and charity will acknowledge the Lord to be the Only God.
For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that the truths of the Word openly testify this.
5. After these things I saw, and behold the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened, signifies that the inmost of heaven was seen, where the Lord is in His holiness in the Word, and in the Law which is the Decalogue.
6. And the seven angels having the seven plagues went out of the temple, signifies preparation by the Lord for an influx out of the inmost of heaven into the Church, so that its evils and untruths might be disclosed, and thus the evil be separated from the good.
Clothed with clean and shining linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles, signifies this out of the pure and genuine truths and goods of the Word.
7. And one of the four animals gave unto the seven angels seven golden phials, signifies those truths and goods by means of which the evils and untruths of the Church are disclosed taken from the sense of the letter of the Word.
Full of the wrath of the God living for ages of ages, signifies the evils and untruths about to appear and be disclosed by means of the pure and genuine truths and goods of the Word.
8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His vigour (virtus), signifies the inmost of heaven full of the Lord's spiritual and celestial Divine Truth.
And no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were consummated, signifies to this degree there that more could not be endured and this until after the devastation the end of that Church was seen.
THE EXPOSITION
[verse 1] 'And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous' signifies a revelation by the Lord concerning the state of the Church on earth, what it is like as to love and faith. These are the things of which it treats in this and the following chapter. Therefore these are signified by the 'sign in heaven, great and marvellous.' That by 'a sign in heaven' is signified a revelation by the Lord concerning heaven and the Church, and their state, may be seen above (532, 536). It is [a revelation] concerning love and faith, because it is termed 'great and marvellous,' and 'great' in the Word is said of such things as are of affection and love, and 'marvellous' of such as are of thought and faith.
656. Revelation 15
1. And I saw another sign in heaven great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is consummated the anger of God.
2. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3. And they were singing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb; saying, Great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, O King of saints.
4. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord; and glorify Thy name, for Thou alone art Holy: therefore all the nations shall come, and shall adore before Thee; because Thy judgments are made manifest.
5. And after these things I saw, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
6. And the seven angels that had the seven plagues went out of the temple, clothed in linen clean and bright, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles.
7. And one of the four animals gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the anger of God who liveth for ages of ages.
8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power: and no one could enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels were consummated.
THE SPIRITUAL SENSE
The contents of the whole chapter
The preparation for disclosing the last state of the church, and for laying open the evils and falsities in which they are (verses 1, 5-8); from whom those are separated who have confessed the Lord, and have lived according to His precepts (verses 2-4).
The contents of each verse
Verse 1. "And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous," signifies revelation by the Lord concerning the state of the church on earth, what it is as to love and faith, (656). "Seven angels having the seven last plagues," signifies the evils and falsities in the church, such as they are in its last state, disclosed universally by the Lord, (657). "For in them is consummated the anger of God," signifies the devastation of the church, and then its end, (658).
Verse 2. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire," signifies the farthest boundary of the spiritual world, where those were gathered together who had religion, and worship from it, but not the good of life, (659). "And them that had the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name," signifies those who have rejected faith alone and the doctrine of it, and so have not acknowledged and imbued its falsities, nor falsified the Word, (660). "Standing by the sea of glass, having the harps of God," signifies the Christian heaven in the boundaries, and the faith of charity with those who were there, (661).
Verse 3. "And they were singing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb," signifies confession from charity, and thus from a life according to the precepts of the law, which is the Decalogue, and from faith in the Divinity of the Lord's Human, (662[1-3]); "saying, Great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God Almighty," signifies that all things of the world, of heaven, and of the church were created and made by the Lord from Divine love by Divine wisdom, (663). "For just and true are Thy ways, O King of saints," signifies that all things which proceed from Him are just and true, because He is Divine good itself and Divine truth itself in heaven and in the church, (664).
Verse 4. "Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name," signifies that He alone is to be loved and worshiped, (665). "For Thou alone art Holy," signifies that He is the Word, the Truth, and Enlightenment, (666)." Wherefore all nations shall come and adore before Thee," signifies that all who are in the good of love and charity acknowledge the Lord alone as God, (667). "Because Thy judgments are made manifest," signifies that the truths of the Word openly testify this, (668).
Verse 5. "After these things, I saw, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened," signifies that the inmost of heaven was seen, where the Lord is in His holiness in the Word, and in the Law, which is the Decalogue, (669).
Verse 6. "And the seven angels that had the seven plagues went out of the temple," signifies preparation by the Lord for influx from the inmost of heaven into the church, that its evils and falsities might be disclosed, and thus the evil be separated from the good, (670). "Clothed in linen clean and bright, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles," signifies that this was from the pure and genuine truths and goods of the Word, (671).
Verse 7. "And one of the four animals gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials," signifies those truths and goods, by which the evils and falsities of the church are disclosed, taken from the sense of the letter of the Word, (672). "Full of the anger of God that liveth for ages of ages," signifies the evils and falsities that would appear and would be exposed by the pure and genuine truths and goods of the Word, (673).
Verse 8. "And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power," signifies the inmost of heaven full of the Lord's spiritual and celestial Divine Truth, (674a). "And no one could enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels were consummated," signifies to such a degree there, that more could not be endured, and this until after devastation the end of that church was seen, (674b).
THE EXPLANATION
Verse 1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, signifies revelation from the Lord concerning the state of the church upon earth, what it is as to love and faith. These are what this chapter and the following treat of; therefore they are signified by "a sign in heaven, great and marvelous." That "a sign in heaven" signifies revelation from the Lord concerning heaven and the church and of their state, see above, (532, 536); it is concerning love and faith, because it is called "great and marvelous;" and "great," in the Word, is said of such things as are of affection and love, and "marvelous," of such things as are of thought and of faith.
656. CAPUT XV.1. Et vidi aliud signum in Caelo, magnum et mirabile; Angelos septem habentes plagas septem ultimas, quia in illis consummata est ira Dei.
2. Et vidi tanquam Mare vitreum mixtum igne, et victoriam habentes de Bestia, et de imagine ejus et de charactere ejus, et de numero nominis ejus, stantes juxta Mare vitreum, habentes citharas Dei;
3. Et canebant Canticum Mosis servi Dei, et Canti cum Agni, dicentes, Magna et mirabilia opera Tua, Domine Deus Omnipotens, justae et verae viae Tuae, Rex Sanctorum.
4. Quis non timeat Te, Domine, et glorificet Nomen Tuum? quia Solus Sanctus; quare omnes gentes venient et adorabunt coram Te, quia judicia Tua manifestata sunt.
5. Et post haec vidi, et ecce apertum est Templum Tabernaculi Testimonii in Caelo.
6. Et exiverunt septem Angeli habentes septem plagas e Templo, induti lino mundo et splendido, et circumamicti circa pectora zonis aureis. 7. Et unum de quatuor Animalibus dedit septem Angelis septem phialas aureas, plenas ira Dei viventis in saecula saeculorum.
8. Et impletum est Templum fumo ex gloria Dei et ex virtute Ipsius, et nemo potuit ingredi in Templum, donec consummarentur septem plagae septem Angelorum.
SENSUS SPIRITUALIS.
CONTENTUM TOTIUS CAPITIS.
PRAEPARATIO AD DETEGENDUM STATUM ULTIMUM ECCLESIAE ET AD APERIENDUM MALA ET FALSA IN QUIBUS SUNT (vers. 1, 5-8); A QUIBUS SEPARATI SUNT, QUI CONFESSI SUNT DOMINUM, ET VIXERUNT SECUNDUM PRAECEPTA IPSIUS (vers. 2-4).
CONTENTA SINGULORUM VERSUUM.
1. "Et vidi aliud signum in Caelo, magnum et mirabile," significat revelationem a Domino de statu Ecclesiae in terris, qualis est quoad amorem et fidem (656); "Angelos septem habentes plagas septimas ultimas," significat mala et falsa in Ecclesia, qualia in ultimo ejus statu sunt, a Domino universaliter detecta (657); quia in illis consummata est ira Dei, "significat devastationem Ecclesiae et tunc finem ejus (658).
2. "Et vidi tanquam Mare vitreum mixtum igne," significat ultimum terminum Mundi Spiritualis, ubi collecti erant, quibus Religio et inde Cultus, et non Bonum vitae (659); "et victoriam habentes de Bestia, et de imagine ejus, et de charactere ejus, et de numero nominis ejus," significat illos qui rejecerunt solam Fidem et doctrinam ejus, et sic non agnoverunt et imbuerunt falsa ejus, nec falsificaverunt Verbum (660); "stantes juxta Mare vitreum, habentes citharas Dei," significat Caelum Christianum in terminis, et fidem charitatis apud illos qui ibi (661);
3. "Et canebant Canticum Mosis servi Dei, et Canticum Agni," significat confessionem ex charitate, ita ex vita secundum praecepta Legis, quae Decalogus, et ex fide de Divinitate Humani Domini (662); "dicentes, Magna et mirabilia opera Tua, Domine Deus Omnipotens," significat quod omnia Mundi, Caeli et Ecclesiae, creata et facta sint a Domino ex Divino Amore per Divinam Sapientiam (663); "quia justae et verae viae Tuae, Rex, Sanctorum," significat quod omnia quae procedunt ab Ipso sint justa et vera, quia est Ipsum Divinum Bonum et Divinum Verum in Caelo et in Ecclesia (664).
4. "Quis non timeat Te, Domine, et glorificet Nomen Tuum," significat quod Solus amandus et colendus sit (665); "quia Solus Sanctus," significat quod sit Verbum, Veritas et Illustratio (666); "quare omnes gentes venient et adorabunt coram Te," significat quod omnes qui in bono amoris et charitatis sunt, agnoscent Dominum Solum Deum (667); "quia judicia Tua manifestata sunt," significat quod vera Verbi aperte id testentur (668).
5. (Et) posthaec vidi, et ecce apertum est Templum Tabernaculi Testimonii in Caelo," significat quod visum sit Intimum Caeli, ubi Dominus in Sua Sanctitate in Verbo, et in Lege, quae Decalogus, est (669).
6. "Et exiverunt septem Angeli habentes septem plagas e Templo," significat praeparationem a Domino ad influxum ex Intimo Caeli in Ecclesiam, ut mala et falsa ejus detegerentur, et sic separarentur mali a bonis (670); "induti lino mundo et splendido, et circumcincti circa pectora zonis aureis," significat hoc ex veris et bonis puris et genuinis Verbi (671).
7. "Et unum de quatuor Animalibus dedit septem Angelis septem phialas aureas," significat vera et bona illa, per quae mala et falsa Ecclesiae deteguntur, ex Sensu literae Verbi desumpta (672); "plenas ira Dei viventis in saecula saeculorum," significat mala et falsa apparitura et detegenda per pura et genuina vera et bona Verbi (673).
8. "Et impletum est Templum fumo ex 1gloria Dei et virtute Ejus," significat Intimum Caeli plenum Divino Vero Spirituali et Caelesti Domini (674(a)); "et nemo potuit ingredi in Templum, donec consummarentur septem plagae septem Angelorum," significat in eo gradu ibi, ut ultra non sustineri posset, et hoc usque dum post devastationem finis illius Ecclesiae visus est (674(b)).
EXPLICATIO.
(Vers. 1.) "Et vidi aliud signum in Caelo, magnum et mirabile" significat revelationem a Domino de statu Ecclesiae in terris, qualis est quoad amorem et fidem. - Haec sunt de quibus in hoc capite et sequente agitur, quare haec per "signum in Caelo magnum et mirabile" significantur; quod per "signum in Caelo" significetur revelatio a Domino de Caelo et de Ecclesia, deque statu illorum, videatur supra (532, 536); quod sit de amore et fide, est quia dicitur "magnum et mirabile," ac "magnum" in Verbo dicitur de talibus quae affectionis et amoris sunt, et "mirabile" de talibus quae cogitationis et fidei sunt.
Footnotes:
1. ex pro "et"