AC 9419 - Moses and Joshua

AC 9419

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister.
(Exodus 24:13

That this means the Word and the representative,
is evident from the representation of Moses,
as being that which mediates
between the Lord and the people
who are in the external sense of the Word
separate from the internal,
thus also the Word . . .
and from the representation of Joshua his minister,
as being the representative.
That Joshua here denotes the representative,
is because the representative serves and ministers,
in order that the external things
of the Word and of worship
may be presented to the Lord
through the intermediate, which was Moses.
But these things are of such a nature
that they can with difficulty fall into ideas,
except with those who know how
the external or literal sense of the Word
is presented representatively in heaven;
namely, that it is presented in one manner
with those who are in the external sense
and at the same time in the internal,
who are those in the external sense of the Word
and at the same time in the true doctrine of the church;
and in a different manner
with those who are in the external sense
separate from the internal,
as was the case with this people.