Apocalypse Explained (Tansley) n. 134

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134. Where Satan's throne is. That this signifies where every kind of falsity rules is evident from the signification of where a throne is, as being where anything rules; for by a throne is signified a kingdom; and from the signification of Satan, as being the hells, where and whence all falsities are (concerning which see above, n. 120). Thrones are mentioned in many passages in the Word, and by them, in the spiritual sense, is signified judgment from Divine truths, and, in the highest sense, the spiritual kingdom of the Lord, where the Divine truth of the Lord is received more fully than -His Divine good (see Arcana Coelestia, n. 2129, 5313, 5315, 6397, 8625). But as throne is here mentioned in an opposite sense, the consideration of those passages from the Word in confirmation thereof is here omitted; it shall be shown in the following pages.


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