3173. Verses 55-58 And her brother said, and her mother, Let the girl stay with us a week or ten days; ¹ after that you will go. And he said to them, Do not delay me, since Jehovah has prospered my way. Send me away and let me go to my master. And they said, Let us call the girl and ask her personally. ² And they called Rebekah and said to her, Are you going to go with this man? And she said, I will go.

'Her brother said, and her mother' means doubt on the part of the natural man. 'Let the girl stay with us' means being kept back by them. 'A week or ten days; after that you will go' means a state of departure which was seen by them as a complete state. 'And he said to them, Do not delay me' means the will of the affection for good. 'Since Jehovah has prospered my way' means that all things had now been provided. 'Send me away, and let me go to my master' means as regards the state of introduction. 'And they said, Let us call the girl and ask her personally' means consent solely of the affection for truth. 'And they called Rebekah and said to her, Are you going to go with this man? And she said, I will go' means its full consent.

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When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is one, whole and complete in itself, and Jehovah also is one, a name applied only to the Lord. The divine love expresses itself in the form of wisdom. Love, then, is the essence of God -- His inmost. Wisdom -- the loving understanding of how to put love into action -- is slightly more external, giving love a way to express itself. Wisdom, however, is expressed in a great variety of thoughts and ideas, what the Writings collectively call divine truth. There are also many imaginary gods, and sometimes angels and people can be called gods (the Lord said Moses would be as a god to Aaron). So when the Bible calls the Lord "God," it is in most cases referring to divine truth. In other cases, "God" has reference to what is called the divine human. The case there is this: As human beings, we cannot engage the Lord directly as divine love. It is too powerful and too pure. Instead, we have to approach Him by understanding Him through divine truth. Divine truth, then, is the Lord in human form, a form we can approach and understand. Thus "God" is also used in reference to this human aspect, because it is an expression of truth.