The Apocalypse Revealed, Wherein Are Disclosed the Arcana Ther Foretold, Which Have Hitherto Remained Concealed. from the Latin (Volume 2)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt: ...him, Go up, thou bald-head; and there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them, ii. 23, 24; this took place because Elisha represented the Lord as to the Word, n. 298; and because baldness signifies the Word devoid of its literal sense, thus not any thing, n. 47; and the number forty-two, blasphemy, n. 583; and bears signify the literal sense of the Word, read indeed, but not understood. 574. And his mouth as the mouth of a lion, signifies, reasonings from falses as from truths. By mouth is signified doctrine, preaching, and discourse, n. 453, here, reasoning from falses of doctrine, because by the head, in which is the mouth, is signified insanity from mere falses, n. 568; by a lion, is signified Divine Truth in power, n. 241, 471, but here falsity in power appearing like truth by reasonings, n. 573; hence by his mouth being as the mouth of a lion, are signified reasonings from falses as from truths. That a leopard, a bear, and a lion, signify such things, may appear from the beasts of the same kind that were seen by Daniel, of which it is thus written: Four great beasts came up out of the sea, the first was like a lion, and had eagles' wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon the feet, as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. The second beast was like a bear, and it raised up itself on one side; and it had three ribs in the mouth of it, between the teeth of it; and they said, Arise, devour much flesh. The third beast was like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings as of a fowl, the beast had also four heads, and dominion was given to it. The fourth beast was dreadful, and terrible, and exceedingly strong, and ...