The examination of those on whom the Last Judgment will be, as to their understanding of the Word, and from this as to their states of life; they should be those who are in truths from good, those who are devoid of good, those who are in a little truth, and those who are in a state of complete vastation as regards good and truth, v 1-8.

Concerning those who had been kept safe by the Lord under the earth, so that they should not be hurt by the wicked; they received consolation and the pledge that they should shortly be set free, v 9-11; concerning, the wicked who were first separated from the good; they were then in absolute evils and falsities, and feared the Last judgment. See also n. 295.

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This is about the examination of those on whom the Last Judgment is to be. They were examined as to what their understanding of the Word was, and consequently what was their state of life; that they should be those who were in truths from good, v 1, 2; those who were devoid of good, v 4; those who had a contempt for truth, v 5, 6; and those who were in a state of complete vastation as regards good and truth, v 8. The next subject is those who were kept safe by the Lord on the lower earth on account of the wicked on the upper earth, who will fall on the day of the Last Judgment, v 9-11; the state of those who are in evils and the falsities from them on the day of the Last Judgment, V 12-17.