Apocalypse Revealed (Coulsons) n. 420

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420. 'And I saw a star fallen out of heaven upon the land' signifies spiritual Divine Truth inflowing out of heaven into the Church with those, examining and making manifest. By 'a star' here is signified spiritual Divine Truth because it had fallen down out of the spiritual heaven, of which above (n. 387, 388); and by 'the land' here is signified the Church with those who are in the internal things thereof, as above (n. 398). By spiritual Divine Truth is understood the intelligence derived from the spiritual love that is love towards the neighbour, and because that intelligence today is called faith and that love charity, it is the faith derived from charity, or rather, it is the truth of faith derived from the good of charity, and this is here signified by the 'star'. The like is signified by 'star' in the singular (Rev. ii 28; xxii 16); for by 'stars' in the plural are signified cognitions of good and truth (n. 51), and intelligence exists by means of these. That it is Divine Truth examining and making manifest is plain from the things following.


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