144# “不然，我很快就临到你那里，用我口中的剑与他们争战”表示不然，当察罚到来时，他们将被驱散。这从“很快就临到你那里”和“口中的剑”清楚可知：“很快就临到你那里”当论及主时，是指察罚(对此，下文会详述)；“口中的剑”是指与虚假争战的真理和随后对虚假的驱散(参看AE73, 131a节)，但在此表示对那些执守“巴兰教义”和“尼哥拉派教义”的人，也就是那些在理解力上被光照，并教导真理，却喜欢用诡计毁灭属教会者的人，以及那些将良善与真理，或仁与信分离之人的驱散(对此，参看AE140, 142节)。“很快临到”表示察罚，因为在圣言中，主的降临表示察罚(参看《属天的奥秘》，6895节)。察罚就是在人死后受审判之前检查他的品质。
144. Or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. That this signifies, if not, when visitation comes, that they shall be dispersed, is evident from the signification of, I will come to thee quickly, when said of the Lord, as being visitation, concerning which more will be said in what follows, and from the signification of the sword of my mouth, as being truth combating against falsity, and then dispersion of falsities (concerning which see above, n. 73, 131). Here, however, it signifies the dispersion of those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, and the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, that is, of those who have the understanding enlightened and teach truths, and yet love to destroy by guile those who belong to the church; also those who separate good from truth, or charity from faith (concerning whom see above, n. 140 and 142). The reason why coming quickly denotes visitation is, that the coming of the Lord in the Word signifies visitation (as may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 6895). Visitation is the exploration of man after death as to his quality, before he is judged.
144. Or else I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth, signifies if not, when visitation comes they will be dispersed. This is evident from the signification of "coming to thee quickly," as being, in reference to the Lord, visitation (of which more in what follows); also from the signification of the "sword of the mouth," as being truth combating against falsity, and the subsequent dispersion of falsities (See above, n. 73, 131); but here it signifies the dispersion of those who hold "the doctrine of Balaam," and the "doctrine of the Nicolaitans," that is, of those who are illustrated in respect to the understanding and who teach truths, and yet love to destroy by craft those who are of the church; and of those also who separate good from truth, or charity from faith (See above, n. 140, 142). "Coming quickly" means visitation, because the coming of the Lord in the Word signifies visitation (See Arcana Coelestia 6895). Visitation is the exploration of man's character after death, before he is judged.
144. "Sin minus, veniam tibi cito, et pugnabo contra illos romphaea oris mei." - Quod significet si non, cum visitatio venit, quod dispergentur, constat ex significatione "venire tibi cito", cum de Domino, quod sit visitatio, de qua sequitur; et ex significatione "romphaeae oris", quod sit verum pugnans contra falsum, et tunc dispersio falsorum (de qua supra, n. 73 et 131(a)); hic autem dispersio illorum qui tenent "doctrinam Balaam", et "doctrinam Nicolaitarum"; hoc est, qui quoad intellectum illustrati sunt et docent vera, et usque amant dolo perdere illos qui ab ecclesia, tum qui separant bonum a vero seu charitatem a fide (de quibus videatur supra, n. 140 et 142).
Quod "venire cito" sit visitatio, est quia adventus Domini in Verbo significat visitationem (videatur n. 6895); visitatio est exploratio hominis post mortem qualis est, antequam judicatur.