AC 8805
It is important to know what is specifically signified by "Mount Sinai;" and also what is represented by the people Israel, and likewise what by Moses in this chapter and in the following chapters of the book of Exodus.
[2] By "MOUNT SINAI" is specifically signified heaven,
out of which truths flow in from the Lord;
therefore by "the coming down of Jehovah upon that mountain"
is signified His presence in heaven.
And as heaven, in which Jehovah is, that is, the Lord,
is signified by "Mount Sinai,"
by it is also signified Divine good united to Divine truth there,
for from this heaven is heaven.
[3] But by the "PEOPLE ISRAEL" near this mountain
is represented the spiritual church
as to the good in which the truths of faith are to be implanted;
for it has been already shown
that they who are of the spiritual church have two states;
the former when they are led through truths to good,
the latter when they are in good and from good in truths;
in the present case,
when they are in the good in which truths are to be implanted,
which state is a middle state between the former and the latter.
The truths which are implanted in good are contained in those things
which were promulgated from Mount Sinai by the Lord,
and were communicated by Moses to the people.
[4] By "MOSES" in this chapter and in the following chapters
is represented truth from the Divine beneath heaven
conjoined with truth Divine in heaven,
and consequently mediating between the Divine in heaven
and the good in which truths are to be implanted
which belongs to the spiritual church,
thus mediating between the Lord and the people.
It is important to know these things for the sake of understanding what follows in the book of Exodus.
From all this it can also be seen
that by "Moses went down from the mountain unto the people"
is signified application and preparation
by means of truth from the Divine
for receiving truths in good.
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