AC 9918 - Pomegranates; AC 9921 - Bells of Gold

AC 9918

Pomegranates.
(Exodus 28:33)

That pomegranates were put upon the skirts of the robe,
was because "the skirts" signified
the ultimates or extremes of heaven and the church,
and the ultimates or extremes of the church
are memory-knowledges . . . about the successive order
of goods and truths in the heavens and with man.
The memory-knowledges of good and truth
which are signified by "the pomegranates,"
are doctrinal things from the Word,
which are memory-knowledges
insofar as they are in the memory
which is in the external or natural man.
But when they enter into the memory
which is in the internal or spiritual man,
as is the case when the man lives according to them,
then doctrinal things as to truth
become of faith,
and doctrinal things as to good
become of charity, and are called spiritual.
When this is done,
they almost vanish
out of the external or natural memory,
and appear as it were innate,
because they are then implanted in the man's life,
like all those things which through daily use
have become as it were of his nature.

AC 9921

And bells of gold.
(Exodus 28:33)

That this signifies all things of doctrine
and of worship from good
passing over to those who are of the church,
is evident from the signification of "bells,"
. . . that they are from good
is signified by their being of gold,
for "gold" signifies good.
That "the bells" denote
all things of doctrine and of worship
passing over to those who are of the church,
is because by means of the bells
the people heard and perceived
the presence of Aaron in his ministration,
for by "the people"
are signified those who are of the church,
and by "Aaron's ministry" are signified
all things of doctrine and of worship . . ..