Verse 26. For how can a man (says the soul), whose natural life is derived from the loves of self and of the world, carry out the dictates and follow the example of the Lord Jesus Christ, proceeding, as they did, from His ardent love to the human race as now perceived by the mind, and live from them, and retain anything of the natural life of self-enjoyment?

7269. 'And Aaron your brother will be your prophet' means doctrinal teachings derived from it. This is clear from the meaning of 'prophet' as the truth contained in doctrinal teachings, thus teachings derived from the Word, dealt with in 2534. For more about the representation of 'Aaron' as the teachings of the Church or teachings derived from the Word which present what is good and true, see 6998, 7009, 7089. Since 'prophet' means doctrinal teachings, its meaning in a more precise and limited sense is, in accordance with what has been stated immediately above at the end of 7268, a teacher.