AC 10234, 10239 - Regeneration and Purification

AC 10234

And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying.
(Exodus 30:17)

That this means perceptivity
from enlightenment through the Word by the Lord,
is evident from the meaning of
"Jehovah speaking unto Moses,"
as being enlightenment
through the Word by the Lord;
and from the meaning of "saying" as being perception.
Be it known that when anything new,
distinct from what goes before,
is to be set forth,
it is said that "Jehovah spoke unto Moses,"
as in this chapter and also in other passages.
The new thing now set forth
is about purification from evils and falsities.

AC 10239 [1-2]

. . . "washing from the laver" is meant
a representative of
the purification of a person by the Lord.
That it is also a representative of regeneration,
is because regeneration was also
represented by washing,
but by the washing of the whole body,
which washing was called "baptizing"
("baptizing," or "baptism," means regeneration).

But regeneration differs from purification
in that regeneration precedes,
and purification follows;
for no one can be purified from evils and falsities
except the person who is being regenerated,
and after he has been regenerated;
for he who has not been regenerated
is indeed withdrawn from evils insofar as he allows;
but he is not purified from them,
for he is always impure.
It is otherwise with the regenerate person,
who is being purified from day to day,
which is meant by the Lord's words to Peter:

He that has been washed
needs not save to be washed as to his feet,
and so is wholly clean.
(John 13:10)

"He who has been washed"
means one who is regenerate.