AE 687 - "to sit" from Psalm 1 to Easter morning

AE 687b [6, 9]

Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
and stands not in the way of sinners,
and sits not in the seat of the scornful.
(Psalm i. 1)

Here it is said, to walk, to stand, and to sit,
because these follow one another,
for to walk pertains to the life of thought from intention,
to stand pertains to the life of intention from the will,
and to sit to the life of the will, thus to the esse of the life.
Counsel also, of which to walk is said, regards the thought;
way, in which one is said to stand, regards intention,
while to sit in a seat refers to the will, which is the esse of a person's life.

Jesus said, Henceforth you will see
the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power,
and coming on the clouds of heaven.
(Matthew 26:63, 64; Mark 14:61, 62; Luke 22:69).

To sit on the right hand of power
signifies the Divine Omnipotence of the Lord
over the heavens and over the earths,
after He had subjugated the hells and glorified His Human.
To come on the clouds of heaven
signifies by means of Divine Truth in the heavens;
for after the Lord had united His Human with the Divine itself,
Divine Truth went forth from Him;
and He Himself is therein with angels and with people,
because He is in the Word, which is Divine Truth,
in which and from which is the Divine Omnipotence.

AE 687c [17-18]
That "to sit" is an expression
significative of the being and permanence of state of a thing and of life . . ..
"To sit before Jehovah" means to be with Him,
thus to will and to act from Him;
"to stand before Him" means to have regard for
and to understand what He wills;
and "to walk before Him" means to live according to His precepts,
thus from Him.

An angel of the Lord was seen sitting upon the stone
which he had rolled away from the entrance to the tomb.
(Matt. 28:2).

Angels were seen in the tomb,
sitting one at the head,
and the other at the feet.
(John 20:12; Mark 16:5).
These things seen were representative of the Lord's glorification,
and of introduction into heaven by Him;
for the "stone" that was placed before the sepulcher,
and that was rolled away by the angel,
signifies Divine truth, thus the Word,
which was closed up by the Jews, but opened by the Lord.
And as a "sepulcher," and preeminently the sepulcher where the Lord was,
signifies in the spiritual sense resurrection and also regeneration,
and "angels" signify in the Word Divine truth,
therefore angels were seen sitting one at the head and the other at the feet;
"the angel at the head" signifying Divine truth in things first,
and "the angel at the feet" Divine truth in ultimates,
both proceeding from the Lord;
and when Divine truth is received regeneration is effected,
and there is resurrection.