AC 2151-2153 - Abraham Runs From His Tent

AC 2151

And Abraham ran to meet them.
(Genesis 18:2)

That this means that the Lord approached nearer
to the things which were perceived,
is evident from the series of things in the internal sense;
for the preceding verse treats of the Lord's perception,
in which He then was;
this verse treats of His observing
the perception to be from the Divine,
and here now His approaching nearer to it
is represented and thus meant
by his running to meet them.

AC 2152

From the door of the tent.
(Genesis 18:2)

That this means from the holy
which then appertained to the Lord,
is evident from the meaning of a "tent,"
as being what is holy,
and from the meaning of the "door,"
as being the entrance into what is holy.

AC 2153

And bowed himself toward the earth.
(Genesis 18:2)

That this means the effect
of the humiliation from the consequent joy,
is evident from the meaning of "bowing himself,"
as being to humble.
Just as all interior affections
have gestures corresponding to them
in outward or bodily motions,
which gestures are the effects of the affections
as their effecting causes,
so the action of humbling oneself
has humiliation and also prostration.
That this prostration was from joy is evident,
because He observed, as before said,
the perception to be from the Divine.