Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6720

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6720. 'She saw that he was good' means the discernment that it came by way of heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' as a discernment, dealt with in 2150, 3764, 4567, 4723, 5400; and from the meaning of 'good' here, since it is used in reference to the law of God in the Lord, as coming by way of heaven. But as for the meaning here of 'good' as coming by way of heaven, this is an arcanum which none can know unless it is brought to light. When the Lord made His Human Divine, He did so by means of a transmission from the Divine through heaven. Heaven contributed nothing of itself to what was transmitted; but in order that the Divine itself might flow into the Human it passed through heaven. This transmission was the Divine Human before the Lord's Coming; it was Jehovah Himself in the heavens, who was the Lord. The Divine which passed through heaven was Divine Truth or Divine Law, which Moses represented; and the Divine which passes through heaven is good. From this one may see why it is that 'she saw that he (her son) was good' means the discernment that it came by way of heaven.


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