AE 965 - The Sabbath; AE 966 - Honoring

 AE 965 [2, 4]

Keep the sabbath holy.

The third and fourth commandments of the Decalogue
contain things that must be done,
namely, that the sabbath must be kept holy,
and that parents must be honored.
The other commandments
contain things that are not to be done,
namely, that other gods must not be worshiped;
that the name of God must not be profaned;
that one must not steal,
must not commit adultery,
must not bear false witness,
must not covet the goods of others.
These two commandments
are commandments to be done,
because the sanctification of the rest of the commandments
depends upon these,
for the "sabbath" means the union in the Lord
of the Divine Itself and the Divine Human,
also His conjunction with heaven and the church,
and thus the marriage of good and truth
with the person who is being regenerated.
This being the signification of the sabbath,
it was the chief representative
of all things of worship in the Israelitish Church . . ..

The person who is being regenerated is in two states,
the first
when he is in truths and by means of truths
is being led to good and into good,
the other when he is in good.
When person is in the first state
he is in combats or temptations;
but when he is in the second state
he is in the tranquility of peace.
The former state is meant by
the six days of labor that precede the sabbath;
and the latter state is meant by
the rest on the sabbath day.
The Lord also was in two states;
the first when He was Divine truth
and from it fought against the hells and subjugated them,
the other when He was made Divine good
by union with the very Divine in Himself.
The former state was meant in the highest sense
by the six days of labor, and the latter by the sabbath

AE 966 [2]

Parents must be honored.

The fourth commandment of the Decalogue
is that parents must be honored.
This commandment was given
because honor to parents represented and thus meant
love to the Lord and love towards the church,
for "father" in the heavenly sense,
that is, the Heavenly Father, is the Lord;
and "mother" in the heavenly sense,
that is, the heavenly mother, is the church;
"honor" signifies the good of love;
and "length of days," which they will have,
means the happiness of eternal life.