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Micah

215.Micah Chapter 1 The church in respect to the doctrine of truth and good. 1 1, 2 The descent of the Lord from heaven, and His coming into the world. 1 3 The state of heaven then became changed. 12 4-7 Then all the representatives of the church, which had been totally falsified, will be destroyed. 3 8-12 Consequent mourning, and that it will extend even to those who were in celestial good. 3 13-15 Hence even these will begin to be perverted. 3 16 Consequently they also will suffer deprivation of all truth. 3

216.Chapter 2 [Micah] 1, 2 Concerning thought with the intention of doing evil, that they also do it from the will. 3 3-5 Hence the church has become perverted. 3 6, 7 There is no longer any use to teach any except those who obey; 3 8, 9 therefore they do evils of every kind. 3 10, 11 They will perish, because they cannot be taught. 3 12, 13 Such things do not invade those who will be of the Lord’s new church. 3

217.Chapter 3 [Micah] The perverted church. 3 1-3 They have destroyed all truths and goods even to the last things of the church. 3 4 Then they are not heard by the Lord. 3 5-7 Because they have perverted all things of the Word and of doctrine, they can no longer see and receive anything of truth and good. 3 8 The Lord in respect to the Word which He will declare unto them. 1 9-11 They falsify all the truths and goods of the Word, and yet they say, that God is with them. 3 12 Therefore the whole church will be destroyed. 3

218.Chapter 4 [Micah] 1, 2 A new church will be established by the Lord when He comes into the world, and it will be formed out of the nations. 11, 1 3, 4 Falsities and evils will no longer be there, but truths and goods, 11 5, 7, 10 under the Lord. 11 6, 7 Those who are in externals, and those who from ignorance are in things not true and good, will draw near. 11 8-10 Truths and goods with them will grow. 11 10-12 Falsities will not enter and destroy. 11 13 Falsities will be destroyed among them, 11

219.Chapter 5 [Micah] 1 (H.B. 4:14) however much they may infest. 11 2 (H.B. 5:1) The Coming of the Lord who is the God of the church, 1 3, 4 (H.B. 2, 3) who will gather the church together and teach those who are in it. 11 5, 6 (H.B. 4, 5) He will utterly destroy reasonings from falsities. 17 7 (H.B. 6) Then there will be salvation in that church, 17 8 (H.B. 7) but in the church in the Jewish nation there will be nothing but falsities of evil. 3 9 (H.B. 8) This church will have no power over the Lord’s church, 11 10-15 (H.B. 9-14) and it will perish with all its falsities and evils. 3

220.Chapter 6 [Micah] Against the Jewish nation. 2 1-4 The Lord offered every good to them. 2 5 He protected them. 2 6-8 The Lord is not approached by externals of worship, but by internals, which are of truth and good. 2 9 The life of truth and good should be loved, 2 10, 11 and not the life of falsity and evil. 2 12 There is falsification of truth with them. 2 13 They could not be brought back by punishments; 2 14-16 therefore it must needs be that this church, having been overthrown, should perish. 2

221.Chapter 7 [Micah] 1-4 There is no longer any truth or good in the church; therefore the last time has come upon it. 3 5, 6 Then falsities and evils will combat amongst themselves, and against truths and goods. 3 7-9 Then the church will come, which will be in the light of truth, from the Lord. 11 10 The old church will be destroyed. 3 11, 12 A new church will be established, gathered from every nation, 11 13 when the old has been destroyed. [3] 14, 15 It will be taught and led. 11 16, 17 Infernal things will be removed from it. 11 18-20 The Divine compassion will be there. 11