AC 7089
The literal sense of these is that parents are to be honored,
that murder is not to be committed, nor adultery, nor theft, and so on;
but the internal sense is that the Lord is to be worshiped;
that hatred must not be felt; that truth must not be falsified;
and that we must not claim for ourselves that which belongs to the Lord.
So are these four commandments of the Decalogue understood in heaven,
and the rest also in their own way.
For in the heavens they know no other Father than the Lord;
therefore by that parents are to be honored,
they understand that the Lord is to be worshiped:
neither do they know in the heavens what killing is, for they live to eternity;
but instead of killing they understand feeling hatred,
and injuring the spiritual life of any one:
neither do they know in the heavens what it is to commit adultery,
and therefore instead of thereof they perceive that which corresponds,
namely, not to falsify truth:
and instead of stealing
they perceive not to take anything away from the Lord,
and claim it to themselves, as for instance good and truth.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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