2022. This is further corroborated by the spirit of prophesy in the symbolic Church, which was granted to anyone it pleased the Lord to give it-as by the spirit of Moses to the 70 elders who prophesied [Num. 11:25], as Saul also prophesied [1 Sam. 10:10, 19:24]. This prophetical spirit was nothing else but a speaking and acting in words and manners unfamiliar to them, that were outward gestures, but symbolized inner matters. So it is now, if it pleases the Lord, a like spirit can be granted, one which contemplates inward matters, because at this day people have more higher knowledge and a faith comprised of truths. For the human being is a spirit. It is only the bodily elements in which spiritual ones have become entangled, that stand in the way, and when these have been mortified, or separated, then the remnants of spiritual elements can be enlivened. 1748, 20 May.