Verse 1. The state of the soul when it ceases to be led by Divine truth.

Verses 2-5. The Lord by obedience to the Divine law raised His Humanity even to the Divinity, whence is all the Divine life of the regenerate.

Verse 6. The understanding of the Word illuminated from heaven is the life of the soul.

Verse 7. Of good thence derived in the natural principle.

Verses 8-11. Concerning the genuine love of good or charity.

Verse 12. Of truth thus brought down into the life.

Verses 13-17. Of the internal good thus acquired in the rational mind.

Verses 18-19. Of the marriage between good and truth in the said.

Verses 20-21. Of a good life thence derived, and (verse 22) the consequent confirmation of truth in the soul, and (verse 23) victory in temptations, and (verses 24-25) happiness even to external and worldly things.

Verses 26-29. There is no help like the Lord, and none are so blessed as those who suffer themselves to be regenerated by Him.

7048. 'And He ceased from him' means that they were allowed to be representative. This is clear from the meaning of 'ceasing from him', that is to say, from killing him, as their being allowed to be representative. For the statement that Jehovah sought to kill him meant that a representative Church could not be established among that nation, 7043, and therefore when it says here that 'He ceased from him' the meaning is that they were allowed to be representative, that is, a representative of the Church, but no actual Church was allowed to be established among that nation. It is one thing to represent a Church, and another to be an actual Church, as is evident from the fact that even those who are wicked can represent a Church, but only the good can actually be a Church; for representing a Church is something entirely external, see 3670, 4208, 4281.