187. [verse II] 'Behold I am coming quickly' signifies the Lord's coming, and a new Church then [formed] out of them. Here the Lord says, 'Behold I am coming quickly', because by the words just preceding the last judgment is understood, and the last judgment is also called the Lord's coming, as in Matthew:-
The disciples said to Jesus, What is the sign of Thy coming, and of the consummation of the age? Matt. xxiv 3.
'The consummation of the age' is the last time of the Church, when there is a last judgment. The New Church is also understood by the words 'Behold I am coming quickly', because after a last judgment a Church is set up by the Lord. That Church now is the New Jerusalem, into which are going to come those who are in truths derived out of good from the Lord, to whom this saying is addressed.
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