153. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 30

1-5 The Coming of the Lord when all things of the church have been destroyed by knowledges [scientifica] of the natural man. (1, 3, 2)

6-9 Then all who trust in these knowledges will perish through evil loves. (3, 3)

10-12 By such the truths of the church will be destroyed through reasonings from the natural man, derived from falsities, even until there is nothing left but falsities. (3)

13-19 All things which are of the knowledge [scientia] of the natural man, of every sort, will become hell. (3, 15)

20-23 They will have no truth, thus no power. (3)

24-26 This will take place through reasonings from the natural man. (3)

'Pharaoh,' in Genesis 40, represents the new natural self. 'Pharaoh' and 'the Egyptians' in the Word, signify the sensory and scientific principles. 'Let Pharaoh live,' as in Genesis 42:16, is a phrase that is employed to say something emphatically, thus to state a certainty. 'Pharaoh and his army' signify people who are in falsities from evil. 'Pharaoh' signifies false ideas infesting the truth of the church. It also signifies scientific ideas, or the natural principle in general.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1487, Arcana Coelestia 5192; Exodus 16)