3096. 'And ran again to the well' means a lower affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a well' as truth, dealt with in 2702, but truth that is lower. And as the subject here is the introduction of truth, a lower affection for truth is meant, as stated just above in 3094. For the difference in meaning in the internal sense between 'a spring' and 'a well' see the paragraph just referred to, where it is explained that the expression 'a spring' is used in reference to purer and higher truth, but 'a well' in reference to truth that is not so pure and is lower, as in the present chapter also where 'a spring' is used at one point, 'a well' at another. Natural truth is a lower variety of truth, and the affection for natural truth a lower kind of affection for truth. This truth enables general facts to receive light most nearly, and that enlightenment penetrates further and affects more deeply, see 3094.

Title: The Journey Home

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Life in this world is a journey to a home in the other world. Repenting and following the Lord is what we need to do to find our home in heaven.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
:Genesis 4:14; 12:1, 12:4, 12:9-10; 13:1; 24:21; 29:1; 35:9, 35:11; 35:15, 35:18, 35:21; 46:1-4
Exodus 12:37, 40; 40:36, 38
Leviticus 25:23
Numbers 9:15, 17, 23
Deuteronomy 2:1, 3, 5, 7
1 Kings 19:4, 8; , 23:4, 23:6; 39:12
Psalms 107:23, 28, 30
Jeremiah 31:3
Luke 9:1-6, 57, 60; 13:22, 31-32
John 4:3, 6
Acts of the Apostles 9:3
2 Corinthians 11:22, 27
John 14:1, 5-6
Psalms 132:11, 13-14
John 14:23; 15:16
Ephesians 3:16