Verses:
1, 2:
It has been destroyed by evils and falsities.
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3-7:
Because it has been destroyed even to its ultimates, those that have been destroyed will perish.
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8-12:
A new church will be established by the Lord, which will be in truths and goods.
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13-15:
The evils and falsities of the perverted church will no longer do any harm.
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16-19:
That perverted church will perish utterly.
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20-23:
Yet it will still be tolerated because of the Word, and because the Lord is known by means of the Word.
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24-30:
A new church will then be established, which, being freed from falsities and evils, will be in truths and goods, and will acknowledge the Lord.
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31, 32:
It will reject evils.
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33-36:
Its intelligence will gradually grow by means of Divine truths.
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37, 38:
The Lord will be acknowledged in it, and there will be the worship of Him.
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