162. * Nevertheless, each class supposes that it serves God the Messiah directly. They are kept in this ignorance for several reasons, namely, so that they may believe they also are in the deepest region, and so may feel delights, at their own level, without any cause for envy - which could arise if they pictured to themselves the high estate of others, etc. etc. [See also WE 4927-29, concluding the explanation of verse 1.]
[See WE 4930-33, explaining Exod. 29:2.] 4934. About the fact that childlike people such as these [WE 4933] are instructed later in heaven, when they are among those who are truly Christian,
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