AC 8754 - "the wilderness of Sinai" (Exodus 19:1)

AC 8754
A few words shall here be said
about the good in which truths are to be implanted,
which good is here signified by "the wilderness of Sinai."
He who is being regenerated
is led by means of truth
to the intent that he may come to good,
that is, may know it,
and then will it,
and finally do it.
But when he is being led to good by means of truth,
he first comes to the good
in which the truths of faith have not yet been implanted;
for truths cannot be implanted until he is in good.
Before this they are indeed known,
because they are in the memory,
but at this time they are not in good,
but are outside of good.
Afterward when the person receives new life,
which he first receives when he is in good,
the truths of faith are implanted,
and as it were enter upon a marriage
with good in the internal person.
This good,
in which the truths of faith have not yet been implanted,
but which is still so disposed that they can be received,
is here meant by "the wilderness of Sinai."
No other good is meant than Christian good.