AR 916
The twelve gates were twelve pearls:
each gate was of one pearl.
(Revelation 21:21)
The twelve gates symbolize in sum
the concepts of truth and goodness
by which a person is introduced into the church.
Twelve pearls also symbolize in sum
concepts of truth and goodness.
That is why the gates were pearls.
Each gate was one pearl
because all the concepts of truth and goodness
symbolized by the gates and by pearls
relate to a single concept,
one that is their containing vessel,
and that single concept
is a concept of the Lord.
[2] An acknowledgment and concept of the Lord
join all the concepts of truth and goodness
in the Word into one
because all spiritual truths are connected . . ..
That the Lord is the true door
by which one is to enter into the church
and so into heaven,
He Himself teaches in John:
I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me,
he will be saved . . ..
(John 10:9)
And that an acknowledgement and concept of Him
is the true pearl is meant
by these words of the Lord in Matthew:
. . . the kingdom of heaven is like
a merchant seeking beautiful pearls,
who, when he had found one precious pearl,
went and old all that he had
and bought it.
(Matthew 13:45,46)
The one precious pearl
is an acknowledgment and concept
of the Lord.
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