343. * of God the Messiah, very often, and indeed, with a diversity of size, color and brightness. Scarcely a day has passed in some months, while I was writing a certain small work, that a flame did not appear, as vividly as the flame of the fireplace. It was then a sign of approval, and this was before the time when spirits began to speak with me aloud. [Flame] [See also the rest of WE 6905-07, concluding the explanation of Num. 8:1-3.]
7005. [Num. 11:] verse 9: "when the dew came down on the camp in the night, the Manna came down on it." That it came down at night means when man does not know it, as God the Messiah says, "The wind blows where it wishes, and one cannot tell where it comes from, and whither it blows" [John 3:8]. This is what "at night," when a person is asleep, symbolizes. The "dew" falls in the morning, at the first dawn, when a person is in the sleep nearest to wakefulness, and usually awakens. "Dew" symbolizes the heavenly blessing that comes down around the time of just waking up. So on the dew, the Manna came down, that is to say, the love of God the Messiah.
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