Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7065

Previous Number Next Number Next Translation See Latin 

7065. 'And the people believed, and heard' means faith and hope. This is clear from the meaning of 'believing' as believing in a spiritual sense, which is faith, dealt with in 6956, 6970; and from the meaning of 'hearing' as obeying and also discerning, dealt with in 5017. Here having hope is meant, for when a person who possesses faith and is obedient comes to discern matters that corroborate they bring him hope; for hope arises out of them.


This page is part of the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

© 2000-2001 The Academy of the New Church