4557. 'He and all the people who were with him' means with all things there, that is to say, all things within the natural. This is clear from the representation of Jacob, to whom 'he' refers here, as the good there, dealt with in 4538, and from the meaning of 'the people' as the truths there, dealt with in 1259, 1260, 2928, 3295, 3581; so that 'the people who were with him' means the truths that go with that good. And because all the things within the natural are connected with goods and truths, the words used here mean with all things there.

Title: The Mystery of Salvation

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Scripture says there are higher and lower heavens and higher and lower hells, and when we die we are gathered to our people. Yet God is forever the same and shows no partiality. So what determines where we go?

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References:
2 Corinthians 12:1-2
Revelation 21:10
Psalms 86:13
Deuteronomy 32:22
Mark 12:38
Matthew 5:43
Acts of the Apostles 10:34; 17:28
1 Peter 1:13-17
Genesis 25:8, 17; 35:29; 49:29, 33
Numbers 20:24; 27:13
Deuteronomy 32:50
Isaiah 14:4-15
Luke 16:19-31
Psalms 100:3
Matthew 10:19-20
Luke 21:30
John 7:16-18, 28; 8:28, 42, 44; 12:49; 15:4
2 Corinthians 3:5
Matthew 13:37-43
1 Timothy 2:1-4
Deuteronomy 30:10-19
Ezekiel 18:31-32
Revelation 3:19-20