AE 340 - Blessing

AE 340 [6, 8, 10-11]

. . . by ministering is signified worship from spiritual good,
and by blessing is signified worship from spiritual truths.

Those, therefore, who receive
Divine good and Divine truth from the Lord, are called

"Blessed."
(Psalm 67:22; 115:15; Matthew 25:34)

In Moses:
Thus shall you bless the sons of Israel,
Jehovah bless you and keep you;
Jehovah make His faces to shine upon you,
and be gracious unto you;
Jehovah lift up His faces upon you,
and give you peace.
Thus shall they put My name upon the sons of Israel;
and I will bless them.
(Numbers 6:23-27)

From this, unfolded by means of the internal sense,
it is evident what "blessing" as a whole involves --
namely, that Jehovah, that is, the Lord,
from Divine love flows in
with Divine truth and with Divine good
with those who receive;
the Divine love, from which the Lord flows in,
being meant by "the faces of Jehovah;"
the Divine truth, with which the Lord flows in,
by "Jehovah make His faces to shine upon you;"
and the Divine good, with which He flows in,
by "Jehovah lift up His faces upon you;"
the protection from evils and falsities,
which would otherwise take away the influx,
by "keep you" and "be gracious unto you;"
heaven and eternal happiness,
which the Lord gives by means of
His Divine truth and His Divine good . . .

. . . peace signifies the celestial delight
which inmostly affects every good with blessedness,
and from that signifies heaven and eternal happiness . . ..