The collecting together of those who are interiorly good, and their separation from the wicked, and their protection against danger when the Last Judgment is at hand.

The collecting together of those who are celestial and spiritual, who are understood by the twelve tribes of Israel, v 1-8; and subsequently the collecting together of those of all religions who have led a good life, v 9-17.

[Second version written at the end.]

This is about the separation of the good from the wicked before the judgment, v 1-3; about the good who acknowledged the Lord as the God of heaven and earth, and had wisdom from Him, v 4-8; and about the good who were in the faith of charity, and in temptations, from whom is to be the new heaven and the New Jerusalem, v 9-17.