Meet
To "meet" someone can be positive or negative: it can be a welcoming and greeting, or it can be "meeting" them in battle. Both meanings are reflected in the internal sense of the Bible. In positive meetings between people, "meeting" represents a joining and communication between the spiritual states the people represent. In negative ones, however -- and especially in cases where the Lord is pictured as meeting someone -- it stands for opposition between the states. It's worth noting here that according to the Writings the Lord never actually opposes anyone. The Lord is love itself, and He is continually loving everyone and willing them to be good and move toward heaven. But when people reject His love and move away, it creates the appearance that He is opposing them, despite the fact that His attitude and stance toward all of us never changes.
In Genesis 14:17, this signifies to submit oneself. (Arcana Coelestia 1721)
In Genesis 19:1, this signifies acknowledgment, and also the effect that love for others has. (Arcana Coelestia 2326)
In Genesis 24:65, this signifies for the purpose of union. (Arcana Coelestia 3205)
In Genesis 29:13, this signifies agreement which unites. (Arcana Coelestia 3806)
In Genesis 32:6, this signifies that the good of love flowing into truth. (Arcana Coelestia 4247)
In Exodus 4:14, this signifies reception or to come prepared to receive divine truth. (Arcana Coelestia 7000)
Heaven and Hell # 188
188. The angels of whom the Lord's celestial kingdom consists dwell for the most part in elevated places that appear as mountains rising from the ground. The angels of whom the Lord's spiritual kingdom consists dwell in less elevated places that appear like hills, while the angels who are in the lowest parts of heaven dwell in places that appear like rocks of stone. All these things come into existence from correspondence, for interior things correspond to higher things and exterior things to lower things. 1 This is why, in the Word, "mountains" signify celestial love, "hills", spiritual love, and "rocks", faith. 2
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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] In the Word interior things are expressed by higher things and higher things signify interior things (Arcana Coelestia 2148, 3084, 4599, 5146, 8325).
What is "high" signifies what is internal, and likewise heaven (Arcana Coelestia 1735, 2148, 4210, 4599, 8153).
2. [Swedenborg's footnote] In heaven, mountains, hills, rocks, valleys, and lands are seen exactly the same as in the world (Arcana Coelestia 10608).
On the mountains angels who are in the good of love dwell, on the hills those who are in the good of charity, on the rocks those who are in the good of faith (Arcana Coelestia 10438).
Therefore in the Word the good of love is signified by "mountains" (Arcana Coelestia 795, 4210, 6435, 8327, 8758, 10438, 10608).
The good of charity is signified by "hills" (Arcana Coelestia 6435, 10438).
The good and truth of faith is signified by "rocks" (Arcana Coelestia 8581, 10580).
"Stone", of which rock consists, in like manner signifies the truth of faith (Arcana Coelestia 114, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376).
This is why heaven is signified by "mountains" (Arcana Coelestia 8327, 8805, 9420).
And the highest part of heaven by "the summit of a mountain" (Arcana Coelestia 9422, 9434, 10608).
Also why the ancients had their holy worship on mountains (Arcana Coelestia 796, 2722).
