truth spiritually illuminates, therefore it is said that the Word was dictated from Jehovah by the Holy Spirit, and that the Holy Spirit illuminates and teaches man; but who does not know that God is omnipresent, and that what is holy proceeds from him, and that where he is received he gives illustration? Who may not thence conclude, that the Holy Spirit is not a God by itself, distinct from Jehovah, or the Lord, as one person from another, but that it is Jehovah, or the Lord himself? He who acknowledges the divine omnipresence, will also acknowledge this. That by the Holy Spirit, in the Word, is meant the divine life of the Lord, thus himself, and in particular the life of his wisdom, which is called divine truth, may be seen in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Lord, n. 50-53, where it is proved from the Word. That the Lord is the Word, may be seen, John i. 1, 14. That he is the truth, John xiv. 6. That he is the light, and consequently illumination, John xii. 34, 35, 36.

667. "For all nations shall come and worship before thee," signifies, that all who are in the good of love and charity, will acknowledge the Lord to be the only God. By all nations are signified they who are in the good of love and charity; that these are meant by nations, when used in a good sense, may be seen above, n. 483; to come and worship before him, signifies to acknowledge the Lord to be God, and as there is one God in whom there is a trinity, and that the Lord is that God, it signifies to acknowledge him to be the only God.

668. "For thy judgments are made manifest," signifies, that the truths of the Word, when opened, testify it. By judgments are signified divine truths, according to which man should live, by which his quality is known, and according to which he will be judged; and as those divine truths are in the Word, and the Word is now laid open, which testifies that the Lord alone is the God of heaven and earth, therefore by "because thy judgments are made manifest," is signified because the truths of the Word testify it. That the Word is now laid open, and testifies that the Lord is the only God of heaven and

earth, and that we ought to live according to his commandments, and that the faith now generally prevailing should be removed, may appear from the Four Doctrines just published, one concerning the Lord, another on the Sacred Scripture, a third on a Life according to the Commandments of the Decalogue, and the fourth on Faith; these being the particulars that are meant by "for thy judgments are made manifest." Inasmuch as the Lord is divine good and divine truth, and since by judgment is signified divine truth and by justice divine good, therefore, in many places, where the Lord is spoken of, justice and judgment are mentioned, as in the following: "Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with judgment," Isaiah i. 27. "He shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it with judgment and with justice," Isaiah ix. 7. "Jehovah is exalted, for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice," Isaiah xxxiii. 5. "But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, which exerciseth loving kindness, judgment, and justice in the earth," Jerem. ix. 24. "I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth," Jerem. xxiii. 5, xxxiii. 15. "I will betroth thee unto me in justice and in judgment," Hosea ii. 19. "But let judgment run down as water, and justice as a mighty stream," Amos v. 24. "Thy justice, O Jehovah, is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep," Psalm xxxvi. 7. "Jehovah shall bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noon day," Psalm xxxvii. 6. "He shall judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment," Psalm 1xxii. 2. "Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne," Psalm lxxxix. 14. "When I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of the judgments of thy justice," Psalm cxix. 7, 164, and in other places, that men ought to do justice and judgment, as Isaiah i. 21, v. 16, lvi. 1, lviii. 2, Jerem. iv. 2, xxii. 3, 13, 15, Ezek. xviii. 5, xxxiii. 14, 16, 19, Amos

vi. 12, Micah vii. 9, Deut. xxxiii. 21, John xvi. 8, 10. In these passages justice is mentioned in relation to the good of truth, and judgment in relation to the truth of good. Since judgment is mentioned in relation to truth, and justice to good, therefore in some places it is said truth and justice, as in Isaiah xi. 5, Psalm lxxxv. 11, and in David: "The judgments of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb," Psalm xix. 9, 10. That the Lord's government in the celestial kingdom is called justice, and in the spiritual kingdom, judgment, may be seen in the work concerning Heaven and Hell, n. 214, 215, 216.

669. "And after that I saw, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened," signifies, that the inmost of heaven was seen, where the Lord is in his holiness in the Word, and in the law, which is the decalogue. By the temple is signified, in a supreme sense, the Lord as to his Divine Humanity, and heaven and the church thence derived, n. 191, 529, in the present instance the Christian heaven; by the tabernacle of the testimony is signified the inmost of that heaven, where the Lord is, in his holiness in the Word, and in the law, which is the decalogue, because the tabernacle equally signifies heaven, n. 585, and the inmost part of the tabernacle was that where the ark was, in which were the two tables, upon which the ten words were written with the finger of God, which are the ten commandments of the decalogue, these being understood by the testimony, and also called the testimony; from which it is evident, that by " I saw, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened," is signified that the inmost of heaven was seen, where the Lord is in his holiness in the law or decalogue. The reason why the tabernacle of the testimony also signifies where the Word is, is, because the testimony is mentioned not only in relation to the law, which is the decalogue, but also to the Word, and to the Lord as the Word, the Word testifying of him, n. 490, 555. That the Word is in heaven, and is deposited in the inmost part thereof, which is called the sacred repository, and that the light in this place is bright and flaming, exceeding every degree of light that shines in the other parts of heaven without, may be seen in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Sacred Scripture, n. 70-75, and concerning that holy place, n. 73 of the same work. Respecting the holiness of the law, or decalogue, see the Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem from the Commandments of the Decalogue, n. 53-60. That the ark, in which were contained the two tables, constituted the inmost part of the temple in Jerusalem, and, consequently of the tabernacle, see 1 Kings vi. 19-28, viii. 4-10. That the law, which is the decalogue, was called the testimony, appears from the following passages; "And Moses went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand; and the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables," Exod. xxxii. 15, 16. "Two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God," Exod. xxxi. 18. "Jehovah said, Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I will give thee," Exod. xxv. 16, 21, 22. “And Moses took and put the testimony in the ark," Exod. xl. 20. "That the cloud of incense may cover the mercyseat, that is upon the testimony," Levit. xvi. 13. "Jehovah said unto Moses, Lay up the rods before the tes timony, and afterwards Aaron's rod before the testimony," Numb. xvii. 4, 9, 10. "And Moses left the rods before Jehovah," Numb. xvii. 11. The ark is called the ark of the testimony, Exod. xxxi. 7. And the tabernacle* is called the habitation of the testimony, Exod, xxxviii. 21.

670. " And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues," signifies, a preparation from the Lord to operate by influx from the inmost heaven into the church, that its evils and falses may be universally disclosed, and that thus the wicked be separated from the

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The word tabernacle is derived from the root שכן signifying to dwell, or inhabit, and the original warrants this interpretation of our author. Edts.

good. That by the seven angels the Lord is meant, see above, n. 657; that by the seven plagues are signified all evils and falses understood in a universal sense, see also above, n. 657; by the temple is here meant the inmost of heaven, where the Word and decalogue are, as above, n. 669. The reason why their going out of the temple signifies a preparation to operate by influx, is, because they went out to the intent that, after they had received the vials, they might pour out the plagues in the vials upon the earth, the sea, the rivers, and fountains, upon the sun, upon the throne of the beast, and into the air; by which is signified influx into the church, that its evils and falses might be disclosed: that this was done for the sake of separating them from the good, will be seen in the next chapter.

671. "Clothed in linen, clean and shining, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles," signifies, this from the pure and genuine truths and goods of the Word. By linen clean and shining, is signified truth pure and genuine, as will be seen presently; by the golden girdle about the breast, is signified the proceeding and at the same time conjoining divine principle, which is the divine good, as above, n. 46; by being clothed and girded, is signified to appear surrounded by them, for garments signify truths investing what is good, n. 166; and girdles or zones signify containing truths and goods in their order and connexion, n. 46; from these circumstances it appears, that by angels clothed in linen, clean and shining, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles, are signified truths and goods pure and genuine, and as they are from no other source but the Word, they signify the truths and goods of the Word. That linen signifies divine truth, may appear from the following passages: as That Aaron had on linen breeches when he entered the tabernacle and approached the altar, Exod. xxviii. 42, 43. That when "Aaron went into the holy place, he was to put on the holy linen coat, to have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and to be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre to be attired; these are holy garments;- and shall put on the holy garments