AC 5997 - "Beersheba"

AC 5997

And came to Beersheba.
(Genesis 46:1)

That this means charity and faith,
is evident from the meaning of "Beersheba,"
as being the doctrine of charity and of faith,
but here, charity and faith, and not their doctrine,
for it is predicated of spiritual good, which is "Israel."
Spiritual good is more than doctrine,
doctrine being from this good;
and therefore he who has arrived at spiritual good
has no more need of doctrinal things,
which are from others;
for he has attained the end he sought to reach,
and is no longer concerned with the means;
and doctrinal things are nothing
but the means of arriving at good as the end.
This is the reason why
by "Beersheba" is meant charity and faith.