Title: A Way Forward, Part 4

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: It is better to serve the Lord than to serve Pharaoh. To move forward spiritually, whether as individuals or collectively, we need to be under new management.

References:
Genesis 15:13-14
Exodus 3:1-8, 17-22; 4:21-23; 5:1-3, 23; 6:1, 6-7, 9-12; 7:1-5, 17; 8:1-2, 18-19, 21-22, 25-28; 9:4-5, 13-14, 16-17, 20-21, 29-30; 10:1-4, 7, 23; 11:1, 3, 7, 9; 12:29-33; 13:21-22; 14:4, 18, 25, 27; 15:18, 26
Psalms 145:9

This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.

'Stubble for straw,' as in Exodus 5:12, signifies scientific truth. 'Stubble' symbolizes the kind of truth that is suited to factual knowledge. 'Stubble' means truth because 'stubble' is the stalk -- the tip of which contains the seed. 'Seeds,' in the Word represent truths and forms of good. So, the stalk underneath the seeds represents a general vessel containing truth, and so means factual truth. Stems of factual knowledge about faith and charity are truths, but they are general truths and so are vessels for receiving particular and specific truths.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 7131)