Arcana Coelestia # 9675
9675. 'Overlaid with gold' means a representative sign there of good, the good meant by 'the pillars of shittim [wood]'. This is clear from the meaning of 'overlaying with gold', and of 'making from gold', as a representative sign of good, dealt with in 9510.
294 - The Ark and the Curtains
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: The Ark and the Curtains
Topic: First Coming
Summary: The tabernacle was holy because it was an orderly container for higher things. The same applies to the Bible and even to the human body.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Exodus 25:10-22; 26:1-11, 31-34
Numbers 10:33-36
Matthew 27:50-51
Luke 1:71-72
John 21:24
Colossians 2:9
Hebrews 9:1-8; 10:19-20
Revelation 1:1-2, 9; 11:19; 12:17; 15:5