AC 7601 - "flax"

AC 7601 [portions of 2, 3, & 5]

It is from representatives in heaven that "flax" signifies truth.

In heaven
they who are in the truth of the natural
appear clothed in white,
which white appears as of linen.
The truth itself of the natural is also there represented
as if woven from the purer threads of the flax.
These threads appear like threads of silk -
bright, beautifully translucent, and soft;
and the clothing made of them appears similar
if the truth which is so represented is from good;
but on the other hand these threads, which are like those of flax,
do not appear translucent, nor bright, nor soft,
but hard and brittle, and yet white,
if the truth which is so represented is not from good.

As "flax" signified the truth of the exterior natural,
and the exterior natural is what clothes the interiors,
therefore this truth is what was represented by the linen garments
with which the angels were clothed;
and also by the garments of flax (or linen) with which Aaron was clothed
when he ministered in the holy place...