Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 5809

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5809. Make him come down unto me. That this signifies that the new truth must be in subjection to internal good, is evident from the signification of "making to come down," for to come to the internal in order to be conjoined, is to become subject to it, because everything which is below or exterior must be wholly subordinate or subject to the higher or interior, in order that there may be conjunction; and from the representation of Benjamin, who here is he whom they should make to come down, as being new truth (of which above, n. 5804, 5806); and from the representation of Joseph, who is he to whom he should come down, as being internal good, as shown before.


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