Scriptural Confirmations (Whitehead) n. 32

Previous Number Next Number See Latin 

32. Four. He who was and is to come, the Alpha and Omega, etc. (Rev. 1:4, 8, 11; 2:8; 4:8; 11:17; 21:6; 22:13). Behold He cometh with clouds, and all flesh shall see, etc. (Rev. 1:7). That He will come as a thief (Rev. 3:3). I will keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon the whole world (Rev. 3:10). Behold I come quickly (Rev. 3:11; 2:5). He was dead, and yet alive unto the ages of ages (Rev. 1:18). The Lamb standing, as it were slain (Rev. 5:6, 12). The consummation in general is described by the four horses going out from the Book, also by the souls seen of those who had been slain for the Word of God, and by the great earthquake, and by heaven departing, and by the ungodly hiding themselves in caves (Rev. 6:1 to end). Then the fullness of time is described, by the brethren who should also be killed (Rev. 6:11). Because the great day of His wrath is come (Rev. 6:17); also that the stars have fallen, and the heaven has departed (Rev. 6:13, 14). The consummation in particular is described by various things, and finally by locusts from the abyss (Rev. 8 and 9). The heresies in the last times are described by various things (Rev. 9:17-23). That there shall be time no longer (Rev. 10:6). There were voices from heaven, that the kingdoms are become our Lord's and His Christ; and He shall reign for ages of ages. Thou hast taken Thy great power (Rev. 11:15-17; 12:10). The time is come for the judging of the dead (Rev. 11:18). The consummation is described by the dragon that wished to devour the foetus, and drew the third part of the stars from heaven, also by the war between him and Michael, and that he persecuted the woman and wished to destroy her with waters (Rev. 12:1 to end). The earth was reaped, and the vintage or the vine was gathered (Rev. 14:15-19). The last consummation is described by the seven plagues sent down by the angels to the earth (Rev. 16:1 to end). Behold, I come as a thief. Happy is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked (Rev. 16:15). The battle of the great day of God Almighty (Rev. 16:14). The invitation of all to the supper of the great God (Rev. 19:17, 18). They cried Alleluia; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth, for the time of the marriage of the Lamb is come; and His wife hath made herself ready; happy are they that are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb, etc. (Rev. 19:6-9). Smitten for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God (Rev. 20:4). They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years (Rev. 20:6). A new heaven and a new earth; and the first heaven and the first earth were passed away (Rev. 21:1; Isa. 66:22; Ps. 102:26, 27). Jerusalem descending from heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband: and the angel showed her as the bride, the Lamb's wife (Rev. 21:2, 9, 10). Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them (Rev. 21:3). Behold He will make all things new (Rev. 21:5). There shall not enter into the New Jerusalem any but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life (Rev. 21:26). He would come quickly; and it is desired that He come (Rev. 22:7, 12, especially 16, 17).


This page is part of the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

© 2000-2001 The Academy of the New Church