"Guardar" en la Biblia generalmente tiene que ver con el control de las acciones reales de la vida, aunque en algunos casos puede significar mantener algo alejado de las actividades de la vida para salvaguardarlo.

El uso más común de "guardar" está relacionado con guardar los mandamientos del Señor o guardar los días festivos o rituales. Todo esto significa poner en acción las verdaderas ideas del Señor en la vida; simplemente conocerlas o recordarlas no es suficiente. En un sentido más profundo, significa adorar al Señor, ya que vivir la vida de acuerdo con su guía es el acto supremo de adoración.

Cuando no es posible actuar a partir de los mandatos del Señor, "guardar" representa recordar y salvaguardar esas ideas verdaderas para poder ponerlas en práctica eventualmente.

(Odkazy: Apocalipsis Explicado 769; Arcana Coelestia 372, 7899, 7989, 8363, 8767, 9072, 9149, 9304)

7989. 'This was the night when Jehovah was keeping watch' means the Lord's presence with those governed by truth and good and with those ruled by evil and consequently by utter falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'night' as a state of damnation, dealt with in 7851; and from the meaning of 'Jehovah's keeping watch' as the Lord's presence and consequent protection. For through the Lord's presence those governed by good and therefore guided by truth are given light, and those ruled by evil and consequently by falsity are made blind. Also through the Lord's presence those who are to be raised into heaven are brought out of damnation, for they are held back from evil and maintained in good by the Lord, and with great force. And through the Lord's presence too those who are to be cast down into hell are brought to damnation, for as the Lord presents Himself to them more completely, so they descend into evil, 7643, 7926. This then is why that state and that time are called 'the night when Jehovah was keeping watch'. Further on, the Lord's presence is described by the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, present there to lead them, Exodus 13:21. And His presence both with those guided by goodness and truth and with those steeped in evil and falsity is described when it says that the pillar positioned itself between the camp of Israel and the camp of the Egyptians, and that when Jehovah looked from it towards the camp of the Egyptians, the Egyptians were drowned in the Sea Suph, Exodus 14:19-20, 24-27.