44. Someone who knows that the Lord is meant by David can see why David so many times in his Psalms wrote about the Lord when writing about himself, as in Psalms 89, where we find the following:

I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: “Your seed I will firmly establish even to eternity, and build up your throne to all generations....”

And the heavens will praise Your wonders..., Your truth also in the assembly of the saints....

Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, and said: “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David; with My holy oil I have anointed him, with whom My hand shall be firm; Also My arm shall strengthen him....

“My truth and My mercy shall be with him, and in My name his horn shall be exalted. Also I will set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. He shall call to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’ Also I will make him My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.... My covenant shall stand firm with him. His seed also I will make to endure to eternity, and his throne as the days of heaven....

“Once have I sworn by My holiness, I will not lie to David. His seed shall endure forever, and His throne as the sun before Me; like the moon it shall remain fixed to eternity, and be a faithful witness in the clouds.” (Psalms 89:3-5, 19-21, 24-29, 35-37)

And the like also in other Psalms, as in Psalms 45:1-17, 122:4-5, 132:8-18.

Bears represent the power of the literal external stories and ideas of Bible, separate from their deeper meanings. Since they are wild carnivores, this is usually used in a negative way, showing how people can read the Bible, misunderstand it and twist the ideas they find there to justify their evil desires. But it can also be used in a positive way, showing how people can read the Bible with open minds and draw power from it, even without understanding its true depth.

In 2 Kings 2:24, this signifies the literal sense of the Word separate from its internal sense.

In Daniel 7:5, this signifies the second state of the church when the Word is read, but not truly understood. (Apocalypse Revealed 574[2])

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 781; Apocalypse Revealed 47; The Apocalypse Explained 781 [10], [12])