AE 304 - "Sing, O Heavens"; AE 306 - "I Wept Much"; AE 307 - Perception & Enlightenment; AE 310 - The Root of David

AE 304 [32]

"Sing, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
and resound, O mountains, with a song."
(49:13)

The Lord and His Advent are here treated of
. . . that the Lord did not restore
the earth to the Jewish people is known,
but that He established the church among the Gentiles.
The joy in consequence is described by,
"Sing, O heavens, exult, O earth,
and resound, O mountains, with a song."
By the heavens are meant the heavens
where are angels
who are in the interior truths of the church;
by the earth is meant the church among people;
and by the mountains,
those who are in the good of love to the Lord.

AE 306

And I wept much,
that no one was found worthy
to open and to read the book,
neither to look therein.
(Revelation 5:4)

As to what concerns grief of heart,
which is signified by, "I wept much,"
on account of the disorder and ruin of all,
if no one is such as to be able to know,
have knowledge of, and explore all people,
and all things pertaining to them,
I will briefly explain: --
In order that the angelic heaven may exist and subsist,
all things therein must be in order;
for, unless it were in order,
it would be dissipated;
for the angelic heaven is divided into societies,
and the societies are arranged
according to the affections of truth and good,
which are manifold and innumerable.
This arrangement depends solely
on the infinite Wisdom of the One who knows all things,
has knowledge of all things, and explores all things,
and so disposes and arranges them.
This One is the Lord alone;
therefore it is said in the Word,
that judgment is His,
and that He has all power in the heavens and on earth,
and here that He took the book
and loosed the seals thereof.
Moreover, unless heaven were in order,
the world, that is, people on the earth,
could not exist and subsist;
for the world depends upon heaven and its influx
into the spiritual and rational things of people;
in a word, all things would perish.
. . . The reason why it is said
to know, to have knowledge of, and to explore, is,
because these things are signified by opening the book,
by reading and looking into it;
for by the book are signified all things
with people, spirits, and angels,
or all the states of their life as to love and faith;
therefore by opening the book,
is signified to know those things;
by reading the book,
is signified to have knowledge of them:
and by looking into the book,
is signified to explore them.

AE 307

. . . perception is full confirmation from influx from the Lord,
but enlightenment of the understanding is spiritual sight.

AE 310

The Lord as to the Human
is called the root of David from this,
that all Divine truth is from Him,
as all things also exist and subsist from their root;
so it is, that He is called the root of Jesse:

"And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse,
which shall stand for an ensign of the peoples;
to it shall the nations seek; and his rest shall be glory."
(Isaiah 11: 10).

 Jesse here stands for David because he was his father.