AC 9805
And thou shalt cause to draw near unto thee Aaron thy brother,
and his sons with him,
from the midst of the sons of Israel,
that he may minister in the priest's office to Me;
Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
And thou shalt make garments of holiness for Aaron thy brother,
for glory and for comeliness.
(Exodus 28:102)
"And thou shalt cause to draw near unto thee Aaron thy brother,"
signifies the conjunction of Divine truth with Divine good
in the Lord's Divine Human;
"and his sons with him,"
signifies the Divine truth that proceeds from the Divine good;
"from the midst of the sons of Israel,"
signifies in heaven and in the church;
"that he may minister in the priest's office to Me,"
signifies a representative of the Lord;
"Aaron,"
signifies in respect to the Divine celestial;
"Nadab and Abihu,"
signifies in respect to the Divine spiritual thence derived;
"Eleazar and Ithamar,"
signifies in respect to the Divine natural;
"Aaron's sons,"
signifies which proceed from the Divine celestial;
"and thou shalt make garments of holiness for Aaron thy brother,"
signifies a representative
of the spiritual kingdom joined to the celestial kingdom;
"for glory and for comeliness,"
signifies in order to present, in the internal and the external form,
Divine truth such as it is in the spiritual kingdom
joined to the celestial kingdom.
AC 9806 [2]
All things in the universe, both in heaven and in the world,
bear relation to good and to truth in order to be anything;
for good is the being of truth,
and truth is the coming-forth of good;
and therefore good without truth does not come-forth,
and truth without good has no being;
from which it is evident that they must be conjoined.
Their conjunction is represented in the Word by two married partners,
and also by two brothers;
by two married partners,
when the subject treated of is the heavenly marriage,
which is that of good and truth,
and successive derivation from it;
and by two brothers,
when the subject treated of is the double ministry of judgment and of worship.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
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