'Being sent' means coming forth, (or going forth), in the internal sense, as in John 17:8. In similar manner, it is said of the holy of the spirit, that it was 'sent,' that is, it goes forth from the divine of the Lord, as in John 15:26, 16:5, 7.

So, too, the prophets were called 'the sent,' because the words which they spoke went forth from the holy of the spirit of the Lord.

'To be sent,' as in Genesis 37:13, signifies teaching.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2397; John 15:7)

9257. 'When you see the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden' means falsity that does not accord with the Church's good, as a result of which they will perish. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ass' as true factual knowledge, and so in the contrary sense false factual knowledge, dealt with in 2781, 5492, 5741, 8078; from the meaning of 'one who hates', when used in reference to what is false, as that which is contrary to the Church's good, thus that which is not in accord with it (for 'hatred' in the spiritual sense is repugnance and dissension between truths and falsities, and between forms of good and evils, 3605, 4681, 4684); and from the meaning of 'lying under a burden' as perishing. From these meanings it is evident that 'the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden' means falsity that does not accord with the Church's good, as a result of which they will perish.