5340. 'And he gathered all the food of the seven years' means the preservation of truth linked to good, multiplied in the initial phases. This is clear from the meaning of 'gathering' here as preserving (for it says that he gathered it and laid it up in the cities, in the midst of them, which means that he stored it in the interior parts and thereby preserved it; for it was put to use in the years of famine); from the meaning of 'the food' as everything by which the internal man is nourished, namely good and truth, as may be recognized from the correspondence of earthly food which nourishes the external man with spiritual food which nourishes the internal man. Here therefore truth linked to good is meant, because this is what is preserved and stored away in a person's interior parts. 'Seven years' means the initial phases, when truths become multiplied, 5339. From all this it is evident that 'he gathered all the food of the seven years' means the preservation of truth linked to good, multiplied in the initial phases.

[2] The expression 'the preservation of truth linked to good' is used, but because few are aware of what truth linked to good is, let alone of how and when truth becomes linked to good, let something therefore be said about this. Truth comes to be joined to good when a person finds joy in doing good to his neighbour for truth and goodness' own sake, and not for any selfish or worldly reason. When that affection moves a person the truths he hears or reads or thinks about become joined to good; and this can usually be seen in an affection for truth which has that end in view.

Title: In Him We Live (with riffs on you're wearing the spiritual world, how to move throught it, and spiritual evolution: we're just Troglodytes at the beginning of time

Topic: Salvation

Summary: We discussed the presence of the Lord and Scriptures about that; and seeking the Lord with our whole hearts. We looked at how we are mentally in the spiritual world, and how to change our state.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Acts of the Apostles 17:27
Genesis 3:8; 4:16; 22:3
Leviticus 22:3
Psalms 97:1-5; 100
Isaiah 19:1; 64
Jonah 1:3, 10
Zephaniah 1:7
Acts of the Apostles 3:19
Psalms 27:4
Lamentations 3:24
Daniel 9:3
Isaiah 55:6-7
Hosea 10:12
Romans 5:4-6
Zechariah 8:16-23
Genesis 41:52
Psalms 40:1-3
1 Samuel 16:12
Psalms 90, 42