150. * appear in an entirely different form in the presence of God the Messiah, namely, in a form truly Spiritual and Heavenly - thus being as though withdrawn from the things placed before the sight, and converted into forms truly spiritual - I could likewise speak of from experience. For example, when I have thought earthly facts in a long series, they were understood spiritually; so, likewise, particulars in the Word of God the Messiah which are not at all understood according to the letter in the Word of God the Messiah in the Old Testament, but are understood according to the innermost meaning of the letter, wherein is the life of the Word of God the Messiah. [Earthly (Natural); Kingdom; Portrayal (Representation); Spiritual things] [See WE 4783, concluding the general explanation of verses 1-14.]
[See WE 4789-92, explaining Exod. 28:2 in particular.] 4793. In that heaven, namely, in the third, where such speech exists, is the human soul; but because the door has been closed, like the door to paradise, it cannot be grasped by our mind's understanding.
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