AE 391 - the establishment of a new church

AE 391 [23]

 In that day shall a man have respect to his Maker,
and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.
And he shall not have respect to altars,
the work of his hands,
and he shall not look to that
which his fingers have made,
or to the groves or the sun-statues.
(Isaiah 17:7-8)

This treats of the establishment
of a new church by the Lord;
that men shall then be led into the goods of life,
and be instructed in the truths of doctrine,
is meant by
"In that day shall a man have respect to his Maker,
and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel."
The Lord is called "Maker"
because He leads into the goods of life,
for these make man;
and He is called "the Holy One of Israel"
because He teaches the truths of doctrine;
therefore it is added, "a man shall have respect,"
and "his eyes shall look;"
man is called "man" from the good of life,
and "eyes" are predicated of the understanding of truth,
thus of the truths of doctrine.
That there will then be no worship from self-love,
from which are the evils of life,
nor from self-intelligence,
from which are the falsities of doctrine,
is signified by
"he shall not have respect to altars,
the work of his hands,
and he shall not look to that
which his fingers have made,"
"altars, the work of his hands,"
mean worship from self-love,
from which are evils of life,
and "that which his fingers have made"
means worship from self-intelligence,
from which are the falsities of doctrine;
"groves and sun-statues"
signify a religion from falsities and evils therefrom,
"groves," a religious principle from falsities,
and "sun-statues" a religious principle
from the evils of falsity.