Apocalypse Revealed (Coulsons) n. 604

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604. [verse 16] 'And he causes all the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond' signifies all in that Church of whatever condition, learning and intelligence they are. By the small and the great' here are understood those who are in a greater or lesser degree of dignity, thus of whatever condition. By 'the rich and the poor' are understood those who are more or less in cognitions and knowledges (n. 206), thus of whatever learning. By 'the free and the bond' are understood those who are wise from themselves or from others (n. 337), thus of whatever intelligence. Consequently now by 'All the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the bond' are understood all in that Church of whatever condition, learning and intelligence they are. These things are in the spiritual sense.


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