In general, men are driven by intellect and women by affections, and because of this men in the Bible generally represent knowledge and truth and women generally represent love and the desire for good. This generally carries over into marriage, where the man's growing knowledge and understanding and the woman's desire to be good and useful are a powerful combination. In many cases in the Bible, then, "husband" refers to things of truth and understanding, much as "man" does. Magnificent things can happen in a true marriage, though, when both partners are looking to the Lord. If a husband opens his heart to his wife, it's as though she can implant her loves inside him, transforming his intellectual urges into a love of growing wise. She in turn can grow in her love of that blooming wisdom, and use it for joy in their married life and in their caring for children and others in their life. Many couples, even in heaven, stay in that state -- called "Spiritual" -- growing deeper and deeper to eternity. There is the potential, though, for the couple to be transformed: through the nurturing love of his wife the husband can pass from a love of growing wise to an actual love of wisdom itself, and the wife can be transformed from the love of her husband's wisdom into the wisdom of that love -- the actual expression of the love of the Lord they have built together. In that state -- called "Celestial" -- the husband represents love and the desire for good, and the wife represents truth and knowledge.

9816. Verses 3-4 And you shall speak to all the wise at heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they shall make Aaron's garments, to sanctify him, so that he may serve Me in the priestly office. And these are the garments which they shall make: A breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a checkered tunic, a turban, and a belt. And they shall make the holy garments ¹ for Aaron your brother and his sons, to serve Me in the priestly office.

'And you shall speak to all the wise at heart' means an influx from the Lord through the Word into all who are governed by the good of love. 'Whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom' means who have Divine Truth inscribed upon them. 'And they shall make Aaron's garments' means through whom the spiritual kingdom exists. 'To sanctify him' means that a representative sign of the Divine Truth in that kingdom will therefore exist. 'So that he may serve Me in the priestly office' means that which is representative of the Lord. 'And these are the garments which they shall make' means forms of Divine Truth in the spiritual kingdom, in their proper order. 'A breastplate' means Divine Truth shining forth from Divine Good. 'And an ephod' means Divine Truth there in an outward form, in which inner things terminate. 'And a robe' means Divine Truth there in its inward form. 'And a chequered tunic' means Divine Truth inmostly present there, emanating directly from the Divine Celestial. 'And a turban' means intelligence and wisdom. 'And a belt' means a common bond to ensure that everything has the same end in view. 'And they shall make the holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons' means that a representative sign of the spiritual kingdom lying adjacent to the celestial kingdom will therefore exist. 'To serve Me in the priestly office' means that which is representative of the Lord.

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