AC 1767, 1776 - when the Word is being read

AC 1767
When the Word of the Lord is being read
by a someone who loves the Word and lives in charity,
or by a person who from simplicity of heart
believes what is written
and has not formed principles
contrary to the truth of faith which is in the internal sense,
it is presented by the Lord before the angels
in such beauty and in such pleasantness,
with representatives also,
and this with indescribable variety
in accordance with all their state at the time,
that every particular is perceived as if it had life,
which life is that which is in the Word,
and from which the Word had birth
when it was sent down from heaven.
From this cause the Word of the Lord is such,
that although in the letter it appears crude,
there are stored up in it spiritual and celestial things
which lie open before good spirits, and before angels,
when the Word is being read by a person.

AC 1776
It may seem a paradox,
but still it is most true,
that the angels understand the internal sense of the Word
better and more fully when little boys and girls are reading it,
than when it is read by adult persons
who are not in the faith of charity.
The cause has been told me,
and is that little boys and girls are in a state of mutual love and innocence,
and thus their most tender vessels are almost heavenly,
and are simply capacities for receiving,
which therefore can be disposed by the Lord;
although this does not come to their perception,
except by a certain delight suited to their character and disposition.
The angels said that the Word of the Lord is a dead letter,
but that in everyone,
when he is reading it,
it is given life by the Lord,
each according to his capacity to receive it,
and that it is made alive according to the life in his charity
and according to his state of innocence,
and this with inexpressible variety.