Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10522
10522.
From all this it is evident that when the person takes the bread, which is the Lord's body, he is joined to Him through the good of love to Him received from Him; and when the person takes the wine,
which is the Lord's blood, he is joined to Him through the good of faith in Him received from Him. But it should be remembered that people are joined to the Lord through the sacrament of His Supper only
if they have within themselves the good of love to the Lord and the good of faith in Him, which they have received from Him. The Holy Supper is the sign and seal of that joining together.
EXODUS 33
- And Jehovah spoke to Moses, Go! go up from here, you and the people whom you have caused to come up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying,
To your seed I will give it.
- And I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- [Go up] to
a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, since you are a stiff-necked people [and] perchance I might consume you on the way.
- And the people heard this bad newsa, and
mourned; and no one put on his fineryb.
- And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people; were I for one moment to go up in your midst I would consume you.
And now, take off your fineryc, and I shall know what I am to do to you.
- And the children of Israel tore away their fineryd at Mount Horeb.
- And Moses took a tent and pitched it for himself
outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tent of meeting. And so it was, that everyone asking Jehovah a question went out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.
- And so
it was, when Moses went out to the tent, that all the people rose and stood, each at the door of his tent, and looked after Mosese until he had entered the tent.
- And so it was, when Moses entered
the tent, that the pillar of cloud came down, and stood at the door of the tent, and talked to Moses.
- And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the door of the tent; and all the
people rose, and they bowed down, each at the door of his tent.
- And Jehovah spoke to Moses face to face, as a man (vir) speaks to his neighbour. And he returned to the camp, and his minister Joshua
the son of Nun, a young man, did not move away from the midst of the tent.
- And Moses said to Jehovah, See, You say to me, Cause this people to go up; and You have not made known to me whom You
will send with me. And You have said, I know you by name, and also you have found grace in My eyes.
- And now if, I beg You, I have found grace in Your eyes, make Your way known to me, I beg You,
and I shall know You, because I have found grace in Your eyes. And considerf that this nation is Your people.
- And He said, My faceg will go [with you], and I will cause you to rest.
- And he said to Him, If Your faceg is not going [before me], do not cause us to go up from here.
- And how will it ever be made known that I have found grace in Your eyes, I and Your people?
Will it not be in Your going with us? And I and Your people will be made more distinguished than all the people who are on the face of the ground.
- And Jehovah said to Moses, I will also do this
thing that you have spoken, since you have found grace in My eyes and I know you by name.
- And he said, Cause me, I beg You, to see Your glory.
- And He said, I will cause all My goodness to
pass byh your face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before you; and I will be gracious to whom I am gracious, and I will show mercy to whom I show mercy.
- And He said, You cannot see
My face, for no one will see Me and livei.
- And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.
- And so it will be, as My glory passes through, that I
will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover My palm over you until I have passed through.
- And I will take My palm away, and you will see My back parts; and My face will not be seen.
Notes
a lit. evil
word
b lit. and they did not put anyone his ornament onto himself
c lit. And now, cause your ornament to come down from upon you
d lit. ornament
e i.e. followed him with their eyes
f
lit. see
g i.e. presence
h lit. pass by above
i lit. for the human being does not see Me and live
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