AC 9818, 9817, 9818 - The Wise in Heart

AC 9816

And thou shalt speak unto all the wise in heart,
whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom,
and they shall make Aaron's garments to sanctify him,
that he may minister to Me in the priest's office.
And these are the garments which they shall make;
a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe,
and a tunic of checker work, a miter, and a belt;
and they shall make garments of holiness
for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons,
that he may minister to Me in the priest's office.
(Exodus 28:3-4)

"And thou shalt speak unto all the wise in heart,"
-- signifies the influx of the Lord through the Word
into all who are in the good of love;
"whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom,"
-- signifies in whom Divine truth has been inscribed;
"and they shall make Aaron's garments,"
-- signifies through whom is the spiritual kingdom;
"to sanctify him,"
-- signifies thereby a representation
of the Divine truth in this kingdom;
"that he may minister to Me in the priest's office,"
-- signifies a representative of the Lord;
"and these are the garments which they shall make,"
-- signifies Divine truths in the spiritual kingdom,
in their order;
"a breastplate,"
-- signifies Divine truth shining forth from Divine good;
"and an ephod,"
-- signifies Divine truth there in the external form
 in which interior things cease;
"and a robe,"
-- signifies Divine truth there in the internal form;
"and a tunic of checker work,"
-- signifies Divine truth there
inmostly proceeding immediately
from the Divine celestial;
"a miter,"
-- signifies intelligence and wisdom; 
"and a belt,"
-- signifies a general bond,
in order that all things may look to one end;
"and they shall make garments of holiness
for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons,"
-- signifies thereby a representative
of the spiritual kingdom
joined to the celestial kingdom;
"that he may minister to Me in the priest's office,"
-- signifies a representative of the Lord.

AC 9817

. . . by "the wise in heart" are signified
those who are in the good of love from the Lord.

AC 9818 [3, 5]

. . . in the Word, "spirit," when said of man,
denotes the good and truth
that has been inscribed on his intellectual part,
consequently that it denotes the life of this.
For there is the life of the intellectual part,
and the life of the will part;
the life of the intellectual part is
to know, to see, and to understand, 
that truth is true,
and that good is good;
whereas the life of the will part is
to will and to love truth for the sake of truth,
and good for the sake of good.
This latter life is called in the Word "heart;"
but the former is called "spirit."

Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a steadfast spirit in the midst of me.
Cast me not away from before Thee,
and take not the Spirit of Thy holiness from me.
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;
and let an ingenuous spirit uphold me.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart
God doth not despise.
(Psalm 51:10-12, 17);

"a clean heart"
denotes a will that is averse to evils,
which are unclean;
"a steadfast spirit" denotes
the understanding and faith of truth;
"a broken spirit," and "a broken heart,"
denote a state of temptation
and the consequent humiliation of the life
of both of these.
That "spirit" denotes life,
is plain from each of the above expressions.
The Divine truth, from which is this life,
is "the Spirit of holiness."