AC 2245 - The Men Visiting Abraham

AC 2245

The men looked forth from there.
(Genesis 18:22)

That this signifies the Lord's thought from the Divine,
is evident from the meaning of "looking forth,"
as being to think
(for to "see," in the internal sense,
as in common discourse, is to understand,
since understanding is internal sight,
and in the same way to "look forth" is to think,
which is of the internal sight,
that is, of the understanding);
and also from the meaning of "the men,"
as being the Divine.
In this chapter throughout
mention is sometimes made of "the men,"
and sometimes of "Jehovah" instead of "the men:"
when mention is made of "the men"
there is meant a Trine, namely,
the Divine Itself, the Divine Human, and the Proceeding.
The Lord's thought from this Divine
is meant by "the men looked forth from there."
The thought was from the Human
conjoined with the Divine . . .
but the perception from which came the thought
was from the Divine,
therefore mention is now made in this same verse
 of "Jehovah" - that
"Abraham was standing before Jehovah;"
and when the Human was conjoined with the Divine,
there was also together with them the Proceeding.