9929. Verses 36-38 And you shall make a plate of [pure] gold, and engrave on it, [like] the engraving of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah. And you shall place it on a cord of violet, and it shall be on the turban; before the face of the turban ¹ it shall be. And it shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel shall sanctify, even in all their gifts of holy things; and it shall be on his forehead continually, so that they may be pleasing ² before Jehovah.

'And you shall make a plate of pure gold' means enlightenment received from the Lord's Divine Good. 'And engrave on it, [like] the engraving of a signet' means what is everlasting and has been imprinted on their hearts in accord with a heavenly sphere. 'Holiness to Jehovah' means the Lord's Divine Human, and all celestial and spiritual good from there. 'And you shall place it on a cord of violet' means an influx into the truth of celestial love. 'And it shall be on the turban' means from infinite wisdom. 'Before the face of the turban it shall be' means to eternity. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. 'And Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things' means a consequent removal or shifting away of falsities and evils with those who are governed by good derived from the Lord. 'Which the children of Israel shall sanctify, even in all their gifts of holy things' means acts of worship representative of removal from sins. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead continually' means a representative sign of the Lord's love to eternity. 'So that they may be pleasing before Jehovah' means what is Divine and the Lord's in them.

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5068. The reason the Lord calls Himself 'the King' in the following words - 'When the Son of Man comes in His glory, He will sit on the throne of [His] glory.....Then the King will say to them' - is that the Lord's kingly rule is Divine Truth, on which judgement is based and in accordance with which it is executed. But the basis and execution of judgement in the case of the good is different from what it is with the evil. Because the good have accepted Divine Truth, the basis on which they are judged is good, and so mercy; but because the evil have not accepted Divine Truth, the basis of their judgement is truth, but not mercy, for the reason that they have cast mercy aside and as a consequence are constantly casting it aside in the next life. The acceptance of Divine Truth implies not only possessing faith but also expressing that faith in action, that is, making what doctrine teaches a matter of life. These are the reasons why the Lord calls Himself 'the King'. The Lord's kingly rule consists in Divine Truth, see 1728, 2015(end), 3009, 3670, 4581, 4966.