8503. 'Eat it today' means making it their own for ever. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 3168, 3513 (end), 3596, 4745; and from the meaning of 'today' as for ever, dealt with in 2838, 3998, 4304, 6165, 6984.

4304. 'Even to this day' means that, perpetually so, falsities would not be attached. This is clear from the meaning of 'even to this day', where this phrase is used in the Word, as that which is perpetual and eternal, dealt with in 2838.