137. THE INTERNAL SENSE

The first three chapters of Genesis deal in general with the Most Ancient Church, which is called Man, from its earliest down to its final period when it perished. The foregoing section of this chapter dealt with it in its absolute prime when it was a celestial man. The present section deals with those people, and their descendants, who set their heart on the proprium.

In Exodus 28:11, 13, 14, 25, this signifies to be continued from good, and to derive continual existence therefrom; for existence is perpetual subsistence, and subsistence is a perpetual coming forth. (Arcana Coelestia 9840, 9847)