AE 684c [27-28]
"We will go into His habitations,
we will bow ourselves at His footstool.
Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest,
Thou and the ark of Thy strength.
Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let Thy saints shout for joy" (Psalm 132:7-9)
"We will go into His habitations, we will bow ourselves at His footstool'"
signifies that there He is found, for He is the Word;
"His habitations" here mean the things of the spiritual sense of the Word,
and thus the heavens, for these are in the spiritual sense of the Word,
and "His footstool" means the things of the natural sense of the Word,
and therefore the church,
since in the church are Divine truths in their ultimates,
which serve as a footstool for the spiritual things of the Word
and of the heavens, thus for the Lord Himself who dwells there.
"Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou and the ark of Thy strength,"
signifies the union of the Divine itself with the Human in the Lord,
and consequent peace to all in heaven and the church,
"Jehovah's rest" meaning that union,
and "the ark of His strength" heaven and the church;
Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let Thy saints shout for joy,"
signifies worship from love for those who are in celestial good,
and worship from charity for those who are in spiritual good,
"Priests" meaning those who are in the Lord's celestial kingdom,
while those who are in His spiritual kingdom are called "saints."
Saturday, July 22, 2006
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