10268. 'And with it you shall anoint the tent of meeting' means in order to represent what is Divine and the Lord's in the heavens. This is clear from the meaning of 'to anoint with the holy oil' as to produce a representation of the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love as to His Divine Human, for 'anointing' means producing a representation (things which had been anointed were called holy not because of the oil but because of the representation of what was Divine, which oil is the sign of; for 'oil' is a sign of the Divine Good of Divine Love, and 'holiness' a sign of the Divine Human since the Human alone is holy, as becomes clear from what has been shown above in 9954, 10011, 10019, 10264-10267); and from the meaning of 'the tent of meeting' as heaven in its complete entirety - the inmost or third heaven being meant by the place where the ark of the Testimony was; the middle or second by the place where the table with the loaves of the presence, the lampstand, and the altar of incense were; and the lowest or first by the place where the court was, regarding all of which, see 9457, 9481, 9485, 9784, 9963, 10230, 10242, 10245. From all this it is evident that 'anointing the tent of meeting' means producing a representation of the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love as to His Divine Human; and since this is meant by 'anointing the tent of meeting', in order to represent what is Divine and the Lord's in the heavens is also meant. For heaven is heaven not by virtue of anything in angels that is entirely their own, only by virtue of what is Divine and the Lord's with them, see 9408, 10125, 10151, 10157, 10159.

9963. 'When they go into the tent of meeting' means in worship representative of all things of heaven and the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'going into the tent of meeting' as worship representative of all things of heaven and the Church. For 'the tent' represented heaven where the Lord was, 9457, 9481, 9485, 9784, so that 'going into it', when it refers to Aaron and his sons, means worship of the Lord. Furthermore all the worship at that time took place within the tent and at the altar; for within the tent the loaves of the presence were laid out, the lamps were lit, and incense was offered, and at the altar sacrifice took place. These things primarily were the ones in which representative worship consisted. Representative worship is the outward performance of worship representing the inward virtues of love derived from the Lord and offered back to Him, thus all things of heaven and the Church; for in heaven and in the Church everything has connection with the good belonging to love and the truth belonging to faith which are derived from the Lord and offered to Him.