Sunday, March 27, 2011

AE 799b tabernacles & tents

AE 799b [3]
How good are thy tabernacles O Jacob, thy tents O Israel.
(Numbers 24:5).
Here and elsewhere in the Word both tabernacles and tents are mentioned;
and a "tabernacle" signifies
the church consisting of those who are in the good of love to the Lord;
and the "tent" signifies
the church consisting of those who are in truths from that good;
and as doctrine and worship therefrom constitute the church,
a "tabernacle" signifies the doctrine of the good of love,
and a "tent" the doctrine of truth from that good.
So, too, "tabernacles," in the plural,
signify the goods of the church and of doctrine,
and "tents" the truths of the church and of doctrine.

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