AC 1988, 1989 - names and numbers

AC 1988
The nature of the internal sense of the Word
may be seen in an especial manner
from the numbers, as well as from the names, that occur in the Word;
for within the numbers, whatever they may be,
signify actual things,
as do the names also;
for there is absolutely nothing in the Word
that has not what is Divine within it,
or that does not possess an internal sense;
and how remote this is from the sense of the letter
is especially clear from the numbers and the names;
for in heaven no attention is given to these,
but to the things that are signified by them.
For example, whenever the number "seven" occurs,
instead of seven there at once comes to the angels what is holy . . ..
Whenever "twelve" occurs,
there comes to the angels the idea of all things that belong to faith . . ..
The case is the same with the number "ninety-nine;"
and that this number signifies
the time before the Lord had fully conjoined the internal man with the rational,
is evident from the signification of a "hundred years,"
which was Abram's age when Isaac was born to him;
for by Isaac is represented and signified the Lord's rational man
that is conjoined with His internal man, that is, with the Divine.
In the Word, a "hundred" signifies the same as "ten,"
for it is formed by the multiplication of ten into ten
and "ten" signifies remains
. . . in the Lord's case remains mean the Divine goods
that He procured for Himself by His own power,
and by means of which
He united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence.

AC 1989
. . . by "Abram" in the Word there is meant no other than the Lord.
But the angels, who are in heavenly ideas
and do not fix them on any person,
know nothing about Abram;
and therefore when the Word is being read by a person
and Abram is mentioned
they perceive no other than the Lord . . ..