1085. And to come to one mind. That this signifies unanimously, is evident from the signification of coming to one mind, as denoting unanimously. For when by its being put into their hearts to execute the sentence on the whore, is signified that they should altogether withdraw from the profane things of Babylon, then by coming to one mind is signified unanimity therein. That in this there is unanimity is evident from the Reformed, who are divided into three churches, one of which embraced the doctrine of Luther, another that of Calvin, and the third that of Melanchthon; but still all three have altogether withdrawn from the profanities of Babylon. This, therefore, is what is signified here by executing one sentence, as may be seen just above (n. 1084).
Continuation concerning the Word:-
[2] Because there are three senses in the Word, a natural, a spiritual, and a celestial, and because its natural sense, which is the literal sense, is the containant of the two senses, the spiritual and celestial, it follows that the literal sense of the Word is their basis. And because the angels of the three heavens receive their wisdom from the Lord by means of the Word with them, and their Words make one with our Word by correspondences, it also follows that the literal sense of our Word is the basis, support, and firmament of the wisdom of the angels of heaven. For the heavens subsist upon the human race, as a house upon its foundation; hence the wisdom of the angels of heaven, similarly, subsists upon the knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom of men, from the literal sense of the Word. For, as said above, by the literal sense of the Word communication and conjunction with the heavens are effected.
[3] Hence it is that it has come about of the Lord's Divine Providence that the Word as to the literal sense, from its first revelation, has not been mutilated, not even as to a word or even a letter in the original text; for every word is a support, and, in some degree, even a letter. From these things it is evident how profane it is to falsify the truths and adulterate the goods of the Word, and how infernal it is to deny or to weaken its sanctity. As soon as this is done, heaven is closed against that man of the church. The blasphemy against the Holy Spirit which cannot be remitted is the blasphemy of the Word by those who deny its sanctity. Because the Word is the basis of the heavens, and it was altogether falsified and adulterated by the Jewish nation by traditions and applications of the literal sense to favour their evil loves, therefore, lest the heavens should be endangered, and the wisdom of the angels there become foolishness, it pleased the Lord to descend from heaven and to put on the Human, and to become the Word, as is evident from John (i. 14), and, thus, to restore the state of heaven.
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