THE NEW JERUSALEM AND ITS HEAVENLY DOCTRINE

ACCORDING TO WHAT HAS BEEN HEARD FROM HEAVEN

WITH AN INTRODUCTION CONCERNING THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all things shall be added unto you." (Matthew 6:33)

1413. 'To the land which I will cause you to see' means the spiritual and celestial things that were to be brought to view. This is clear from the meaning of 'a land', 662, 1066, and indeed from the meaning here of 'the land of Canaan' which represents the Lord's kingdom, as becomes clear from many places in the Word. For this reason the land of Canaan is called the Holy Land, and also the heavenly Canaan. And since it represented the Lord's kingdom, it also represented and meant the celestial and spiritual things that belong to the Lord's kingdom, and here those that belong to the Lord Himself.

6334. Verses 1-2 And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather together, and I will tell you what will happen to you at the end of days. Assemble, and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hear ¹ Israel your father.

'And Jacob called his sons' means organizing the truths of faith and the forms of the good of love in the natural. 'And said, Gather together' means the existence together of all in general. 'And I will tell you what will happen to you at the end of days' means the nature of the Church's state within the order in which they were arranged at that time. 'Assemble' means that they should arrange themselves into order. 'And hear, O sons of Jacob' means the truths and forms of good in the natural. 'And hear Israel your father' means a foretelling regarding them made by spiritual good, in the highest sense the Lord's foresight.

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