Verse 14. With celestial things derived from external or natural good, and spiritual things derived from internal good. [Note. — The character is made celestial by conforming the external or natural life to it, and spiritual truth is acquired and embraced by means of the internal good given from the Lord.] The innocence derived from the faith of charity (fat of lambs). [Note. — "Lambs in the original tongue are expressed by various names, and thereby are expressed various degrees of innocence; they are here expressed by a word whereby sheep also are expressed, and it is the innocence of the faith of charity which is here signified" (Arcana Coelestia 3994).] Celestial-spiritual affections (rams of Bashan). "The celestial exterior principle Is an affection of good; nay, it is also a pleasure which is derived from the affection of good. So far as the good of love and charity is in the affection of good and the pleasure thence derived, so far such an affection and pleasure are celestial and so far also they are happy. But the celestial-spiritual principle is every affection of truth in which is the affection of good" (Arcana Coelestia 1824). Bashan denotes the good of the natural principle (AC Index). And faith (goats) with the celestial things of love and charity (the fat of kidneys of wheat). [Note. — "Inasmuch as fat denotes good it is adjoined to such things as are not fat in themselves but still signify good, thus fat and good are, as it were, the same thing" (Arcana Coelestia 5943). This is for the sake of the internal sense.] And you did imbibe the pure truths proceeding from the Divine love (the pure blood of the grape). (Apocalypse Explained 314, 374.)

218. Bread. When the context concerns the Lord, "bread" means the divine goodness of his divine love, and also a reciprocal love for him in the people who "eat the bread": 2165, 2177, 3478, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735, 4976, 9323, 9545. "Bread" in a general sense includes and means food of all kinds: 2165, 6118. "Food" means everything that nourishes our spiritual life: 4976, 5147, 5915, 6277, 8418. So "bread" means heavenly and spiritual food of all kinds (276, 680, 2165, 2177, 3478, 6118, 8410), and therefore, as the Lord says in Matthew 4:4, it means every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (681). In a general sense bread means good actions that come from love: 2165, 2177, 10686. Wheat, from which bread is made, has the same meaning: 3941, 7605. When the Word mentions bread and water, they mean good actions that come from love and truths that belong to our religious faith: 9323. In the ancient churches breaking bread represented mutual love: 5405. Spiritual food consists of knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom, and therefore of goodness and truth, because the former come from the latter (3114, 4459, 4792, 5147, 5293, 5340, 5342, 5410, 5426, 5576, 5582, 5588, 5655, 8562, 9003), and because knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom nourish the mind (4459, 5293, 5576, 6277, 8418). When someone in the Word is sustained by food, it means spiritual nourishment and the inflow of goodness and truth from the Lord: 4976, 5915, 6277.

[2] The bread on the table in the tabernacle meant the divine goodness of the Lord's divine love: 3478, 9545. The grain offerings in sacrifices, which took the form of unleavened cakes and wafers, meant worship from the goodness of love: 4581, 10079, 10137. The specific meanings of the grain offerings of various kinds: 7978, 9992, 9993, 9994, 10079.

[3] When the ancients spoke of bread in a general sense, they meant food of all kinds. See Genesis 43:16, 31; Exodus 18:12; Judges 13:15, 16; 1 Samuel 14:28, 29; 20:24, 27; 2 Samuel 9:7, 10; 1 Kings 4:22, 23; 2 Kings 25:29.