9. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal man and brings forth goods, like charitable acts which are nevertheless inanimate since he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called a tender plant, then a seed-bearing plant, and finally a fruit tree.

10213. 'It is the holy of holies to Jehovah' means since it comes from the Divine Celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'the holy of holies' as the Divine Celestial, dealt with in 10129. What the Divine Celestial and Divine Spiritual are, and what the difference is between them, see the places referred to in 9277, 9596.