Monday, January 03, 2011

AE 630a - three distinct senses

AE 630a [2]
The Word and worship are altogether as heaven and the church are;
for as there are three heavens,
so in the Word there are three distinct senses:
the inmost sense, which is called the celestial sense,
is for the inmost or third heaven;
the middle sense, which is called the spiritual sense,
is for the middle or second heaven;
and the ultimate sense,
which is called the celestial-natural and spiritual-natural sense,
is for the lowest or first heaven.
These three senses, besides the natural which is for the world,
are in the Word and in all its particulars;
and as the three heavens have the Word
and each heaven is in its own sense of the Word,
and from this is their heaven and also their worship,
it follows that what signifies heaven signifies also the Word and worship.

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