176. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 5

1-4 Babylon profaned all things of heaven and of the church. (3)

5-6 It was perceived from the Word, that it was profane, (3)

7-9 but it was not perceived by the primates who were in that religion. (3)

10-24 It was confirmed by those who were in the truths of the church, that it was contrary to the Word for them to have exalted themselves above the Lord, and that thus they profaned things holy. (3)

25-28 That religion was at an end because there was no longer good and truth of the church. (3, 12)

29-30 Thus everything of the church there, came to an end. (3)

31 Worship of the Lord was thought about, as in the church. (2)

8758. 'And Israel encamped beside the mountain' means an arrangement effected by Divine heavenly good among those belonging to the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'encamping' as an arrangement, as above in 8757; from the representation of 'Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, also dealt with above, in 8751; and from the meaning of 'the mountain' as the good of heavenly love, dealt with in 4210, 6435, 8327. The words 'Divine heavenly good' are used to mean good from God as it exists in heaven; for that good as it exists in itself is far above heaven.