684. 'And blood was produced' signifies falsified truths of the Word. That by 'blood' in a good sense is signified Divine Truth, and in the opposite sense the same falsified, may be seen above (n. 379). The reason why Divine Truth falsified and profaned is signified by 'blood' is because the Jews shed the Lord's blood, which was Divine Truth Itself or the Word, and they did this because they falsified and profaned all the truths of the Word. That the Lord suffered as to the Word, or that the Jewish nation offered violence to the Lord just as they had offered it to the Word, may be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE LORD (n. 15-17). The reason why those who are in faith alone falsify all the truths of the Word is because the whole Word treats of a life in accordance with the precepts there, and of the Lord that He is Jehovah and the Only God, and those who are in faith alone do not think of a life in accordance with the precepts in the Word, nor do they approach the Lord.