288. 6051. Last night I was spoken to in the heavenly manner, that is, by a speech encompassing universal subjects. I seemed to understand it at the time, while I was lying in bed, but presently, when my senses were fully awakened, I could not understand at all what had been spoken of.* For they were universal matters, and the language at the time was a universal one, such as that of the spirits of God the Messiah. See in the front of this book [WE 4002] the annotation concerning the speech of the heavenly.** August 3, 1746 (old calendar). [Dream, Sleep] * This sentence is emphasized in the original by the word "Obs." written twice in the margin. ** This annotation, found on page A1 of the manuscript Tome III or Explicatio in Verbo Verteris Testamenti, says the following:
"It should be noted that there is no name, either of a person or of a place, written in the Divine Word, that does not enfold within it what looks toward belief, or toward God the Messiah, and His Kingdom. For earthly names are understood in heaven entirely differently than a person on earth could possible be convinced of. For they symbolize matters which no one can explain, unless taught by God the Messiah, from His Word, etc. etc."
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