AC 2540 - Why We Read About the Lord

AC 2540 [2]

The reason why the perception
which the Lord had when in the Human,
and His thought
concerning what is rational in the doctrine of faith,
are so much treated of in the internal sense,
is that . . . it is angelic to think with distinctiveness 
of various things concerning the Lord's life in the world,
and how He put off the human rational,
and made the rational Divine from His own power;
and at the same time
concerning the doctrine of charity and faith,
such as it is when the rational mixes itself with it;
besides many more things dependent on these,
which are interior things of the church and of man.
To the man whose mind and heart
are set upon worldly and corporeal things,
these things appear as unimportant,
and perchance as of no advantage to him;
yet to the angels,
whose minds and hearts
are set upon celestial and spiritual things,
these same things are precious;
and their ideas and perceptions respecting them
are ineffable (beyond words).
This shows that very many things
which seem unimportant to man,
because they transcend his comprehension,
are held in the highest estimation by the angels,
because they enter into the light of their wisdom;
and on the other hand,
things that are most highly esteemed by man,
because they are of the world,
and therefore come within his comprehension,
are unimportant to the angels,
for they pass outside of the light of their wisdom.
And such is the case
with the internal sense of the Word,
relatively to angels and to men,
in many places.