NJHD 249, 252-253 - the Sacred Scripture or the Word

NJHD 249, 252-253
Without a revelation from the Divine,
a person cannot know anything concerning eternal life,
nor even anything concerning God,
and still less concerning love to, and faith in Him;
fora person is born into mere ignorance,
and must therefore learn everything from worldly things,
from which he must form his understanding.
He is also born hereditarily into every evil
which is from the love of self and of the world;
the delights from these reign continually,
and suggest such things
as are diametrically contrary to the Divine.
Consequently a person knows nothing concerning eternal life;
and there must necessarily be a revelation
from which he may know.

. . . in the Word there is an internal sense,
which is spiritual, for the angels,
and an external sense, which is natural, for people.
So it is that the conjunction of heaven with a person
is effected through the Word.

No others understand the genuine sense of the Word
but they who are enlightened;
and only those are enlightened
who are in love to, and have faith in, the Lord;
for their interiors are elevated by the Lord
into the light of heaven.