2. that old —ancient serpent ( Revelation 12:9 ). thousand years —As seven mystically implies universality, so a thousand implies perfection, whether in good or evil [AQUINAS on ch. 11]. Thousand symbolizes that the world is perfectly leavened and pervaded by the divine; since thousand is ten, the number of the world, raised to the third power, three being the number of God [AUBERLEN]. It may denote literally also a thousand years. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"
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