3624. THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND MAN, WHICH IS HEAVEN, OF ALL THE ORGANS AND LIMBS, BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, OF THE HUMAN BEING

Let me now tell of and describe marvels which, so far as I know, have not as yet been known to anyone, nor has even the idea of them entered anyone's head - the marvel that the whole of heaven has been formed in such a way that it corresponds to the Lord, to His Divine Human; also the marvel that the human being has been formed in such a way that every single part of him corresponds to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord. This is a great mystery which is now to be revealed, it being the subject here and at the ends of chapters that follow this.

1899. 'Behold, now, Jehovah has prevented me from bearing' means the state prior to the birth of the Interior or Divine Rational Man. This is clear from what has been stated already about the conception and birth of the Rational Man, that is to say, that the Lord's Divine Rational Man is represented by Isaac, whereas the first rational man which became Divine is represented by Ishmael. It was to represent these considerations that Sarai remained barren for so long a time until Ishmael had grown to be a boy, referred to in Chapter 21. This is the reason for the statement here that Jehovah prevented her from bearing.