4697. About a certain gentile deeply moved by the Word

I had written about Esau and Jacob, Genesis Chapter 27, [A.C.] 3509, and then a gentile, on hearing that there is such a countless content in the Word of infinite or Divine matters, was so deeply moved by this that his emotion was felt from within, and I heard how he lamented the fact that in the world he had not heard of these things, and that he had nevertheless thought that such Divinity was somewhere latent in the Word. He said that if he had known this he would have fled his own country to where that Divine Word was to be found. And because he was so deeply moved, he was told that in the country where he now resides, he can enjoy it, and be informed about those matters, like the little children in heaven. But he replied mournfully that he could not be received, perhaps because in the life of the body he had not had love toward the neighbor, as he should have. Many gentiles are of this character. He was welcomed by the angels.