66. * with those who are likenesses of the Jews, and were still persisting, like the Jews on our earth, in trying to approach Jehovah the Parent apart from God the Son; and they became silent. [Lord; Jews; Mediation] [See WE 3113-15, explaining Gen. 50:7.] 3116. By the "Pharaoh" here, all are understood who make themselves God, who want to be worshipped as a god, but they are the gods of Babel, etc. For they regard themselves as all-powerful over Heaven and Earth, looking only to worldly and earthly possessions and how to obtain them, just like the devil himself, who does likewise. It is the same in the case of those who make themselves out to be God the Messiah and want to be worshipped as Him - they are likewise gods of Babel, and devils.* So also are those who put their faith in saints, as they call them, and so, corrupt the faith, diverting faith in God the Messiah to those who were but human beings, and among them, impure ones whom they had wished to declare pure by their own willful authority. But to what extent they are, on this account, put up with in Heaven, may be evident * In the original, this and the next paragraph were emphasized by the symbol "NB." written twice in the margin.