AC 3863 - Reuben signifies faith

AC 3863
The universal which "Reuben" signifies, is faith.
The reason why faith is the first universal,
is that when a person is being regenerated
or becoming a church,
he must first learn and become infilled with
the things of faith,
that is, of spiritual truth . . ..
For a person is of such a nature
that of himself he does not know what heavenly good is,
but must learn it from doctrine,
which is called the doctrine of faith.
Every doctrine of faith regards life as the end,
and therefore good,
for good is life.