AR 388
When He opened the seventh seal.
(Revelation 8:1)
This symbolizes (signifies) an examination by the Lord
of the state of the church
and consequent life of the people
who are in His spiritual kingdom -
people who are governed by charity
and its accompanying faith -
here people caught up in faith alone.
. . . love for the neighbor is today called charity,
and intelligence is called faith . . ..
AR 389
There was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
(Revelation 8:1)
This symbolically means
that angels from the Lord's spiritual kingdom
were quite dumbfounded
when they saw people who claimed to have faith
to be in the state they were in.
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