347. 'Till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads' signifies before those have been separated who are in truths out of good from the Lord, thus those who are interiorly good. By 'to seal upon the foreheads' is not understood to seal them there, but to distinguish and separate those who are in the good of love from the Lord; for the 'forehead' signifies the good of love. The reason it is those who are in truths out of good from the Lord is because they are understood by 'the servants of God' (n. 3). 'Forehead' signifies good of love because the face is the image of a man's affections, and the forehead is the highest part of the face. The cerebrum, out of which is the beginning of all the things of a man's life, is immediately beneath the forehead. As the 'forehead' signifies love, a love of good with the good, and a love of evil with the evil, therefore by 'to seal upon the forehead' is signified to distinguish and separate one from the other in accordance with the love. The like is signified in Ezekiel:-
Pass through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a seal upon the foreheads of those sighing over the abominations Ezek. ix 4-6.
[2] Since 'forehead' signifies love, it is therefore said of the plate upon Aaron's mitre, upon which HOLINESS TO JEHOVAH was engraved:-
That it was to be out of the region of the faces of his mitre, so that it might be upon Aaron's forehead, and be upon Aaron's forehead continually, to cause him* to be well-pleasing before Jehovah Exod. xxviii 36-38.
And moreover it was commanded:-
That the words, Thou shalt love thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, may be upon hand and forehead Deut. vi 5, 8; xi 18.
That they should have the Father's Name written upon their foreheads Rev. xiv 1.
And the Name of God and the Lamb in their foreheads Rev. xxii 4.
It is to be known that the Lord looks at angels in their foreheads, and they in turn look at the Lord through their eyes. This is because the Lord views all out of the good of love, whilst wishing that they in turn may view Him out of truths of wisdom, thus that there may be a conjunction. [3] By 'forehead' in the opposite sense a love of evil is signified, in these [statements]:-
Who have the mark of the beast upon their foreheads Rev. xiii 16; xiv 9; xx 4.
And also the name of Babylon upon their foreheads Rev. xii 5.
The forehead of a woman, a harlot Jer. iii 3.
Stubborn of forehead, and hard of heart Ezek. iii 7, 8.
Thou art hard, and thy forehead bronzed Isa. xlviii 4.
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