143. m4659. On the 8th day of June, 1746, profane things were said to me, toward evening; also in the night in sleep, likewise wicked things were said, to which I would like to pay no attention.n
[See WE 4662, on the general subject of Exod. 25:1-22.] 4663. God the Messiah is everywhere, but in holy things He is more present than elsewhere, and with a different power, namely, with truth and love. Therefore it is said that He can dwell with someone, or, as later, that He can "not go with them" to the land of Canaan [Exod. 33:3], when yet He is everywhere present. Therefore also, in the prayer of benediction [Num. 6:24-26], He is implored to look upon them, when yet He is seeing them always, as well as the tiniest things in the universe. But when they are sinners, He is said to "turn His face away," because there is not this kind of presence, namely, together with light and flame, that is, together with truth and love - which presence, by the Divine
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