Strophe 1. Und der Herr belehrt die Wiedergeborenen durch das Wort und macht ihnen klar, dass sie unbedingt darauf achten müssen, die Gesetze der göttlichen Ordnung und die Beschlüsse der göttlichen Weisheit bei jedem Schritt des Lebens, den sie für richtig halten, zu befolgen, damit der göttliche Wille in das Gedächtnis eingeprägt wird, den Verstand durchdringt und im Leben verwirklicht wird.

3251. 'These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived' means the state representative of the Lord as regards the Divine itself that was portrayed by means of Abraham. This is clear from the meaning of 'days' and of 'years' as states, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, and from the meaning here of 'life' also as state, dealt with in 2904, here as the representative states portrayed by means of Abraham. Indeed his whole life as described in the Word was representative, the end of which life is the subject now. The consideration that Abraham represented the Lord as regards the Divine itself has been shown in the explanations that have been given, and so as to represent Him he was named Abraham - the letter H, taken from the name Jehovah, having been inserted, 2010. Abraham represented both the Divine itself, which is called the Father, and the Divine Human, which is referred to as the Son. He accordingly represented the Lord as regards both, though the Divine Human represented by Him was the Divine Human existing from eternity, of which the Lord was the manifestation and to which He subordinated the Human born in time when He glorified it. This is the representation of the Lord portrayed by means of Abraham.