247. * for so it happened in my case, many times, that is, that I was writing, and my hand was being guided to the very words by a higher force, even to the point of feeling it, and sometimes quite clearly, so that I would then declare that these words are not from me, but from someone outside of me. Sometimes I was even given to know by which angel of God the Messiah they had thus been written. [Hand; Write] [See the rest of WE 5652-53, concluding the explanation of verse 1.]
5657. [Exod. 34:] verse 3. These words mean that at such a time no one should be together with Moses, that is, with those over whom he had been placed as leader and priest. For first the Jewish Church is to be judged by the Law. They received the Word of God the Messiah, and so they must be the first who will be judged. The Judgment, therefore, must begin with that house. * For this reason it is here said "no man," that is, they who are from the earliest Church, etc., and neither "flock" nor "herd," by which are meant those of any other religion. Thus the judgment must begin with that house. 5658. [Not] "to feed in the vicinity of the mountain," means that they must not then be present, so that they do not see the judgment.
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