AC 6745
I will set thee for a magnificence of eternity,
a joy of generation and generation;
and thou shalt suck the milk of the nations,
yea, thou shalt suck the breasts of kings.
(Isaiah 60:15,16)
Every one can see that in these words there lies hid a sense which does not appear in the letter, and that what lies hid in that sense is holy, because the Word is Divine; otherwise what could it mean to suck the milk of the nations, and to suck the breasts of kings?
The sense which lies hid and which is holy, is not at all manifest unless it it known what is signified by "sucking," and what by "milk," by "nations," by "breast," and by "kings"...
..."milk" denotes the spiritual of the celestial, or the truth of good...
..."nations" denote good in worship....
..."breasts" denote the affections of good and truth...
..."kings" denote truths...
..."to suck" denotes the insinuation of good.
Monday, April 14, 2008
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