AC 1247, 1259, 1264 - names and nations

AC 1247
. . . in its internal sense
the Word relates only to the Lord,
to His Kingdom in the heavens and on earth,
and consequently to the church
and the things of the church.

AC 1259
The quality or character of a person,
from which he is regarded in heaven,
is his charity and faith.
This anyone may clearly apprehend if he considers
that when he looks at any person, or any family, or nation,
he thinks for the most part of what quality they are . . ..
The idea of their quality comes instantly to mind,
and in himself he estimates them from that.
Still more is this the case with the Lord;
and, from Him, with the angels,
who cannot but regard a person, a family, and a nation,
from their quality in respect to charity and faith.
And so it is that in the internal sense
by "nations" nothing else is signified than the worship of the church,
and this in respect to its quality,
which is the good of charity and the derivative truth of faith.
When the term "nations" occurs in the Word,
the angels do not abide at all in the idea of a nation,
in accordance with the historical sense of the letter,
but in the idea of the good and truth in the nation that is named.

AC 1264
From all this it may now be seen
that although in this chapter mere names of nations and families occur,
yet it contains, in general,
not only all the differences of worship
as regards the goods of charity and truths of faith
that were in the Ancient Church,
but also all that are in any church;
in fact it contains more than any person could ever believe.
Such is the Word of the Lord.