6951. 'And Jehovah said to Moses' means providence on the part of the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', when used in reference to Jehovah or the Lord, as foresight, dealt with above in 6946, and as foresight is meant, so also is providence (the two go together, for the Lord's providence is at work in the things He foresees, in that He foresees what is evil, yet provides what is good), and therefore here 'Jehovah said' means providence because now the serpent is turned into a rod, that is, evil is turned into good; and from the representation of 'Moses' as the Lord in respect of God's truth. Thus the expression 'providence on the part of the Divine' is used in reference to the Lord's Human when He was in the world.

3641. All appear erect - both those in heaven and those in hell - with their heads in the air and their feet on the ground. Yet in themselves, and in the eyes of the angels, the body-positions in heaven are different from those in hell. Those who are in heaven appear with their heads pointing up towards the Lord who is the Sun there and so the common centre from which every station and position is derived. But those who are in hell appear in the eyes of angels with their heads downwards and their feet upwards, and so with an upside down body-position and also a bent one. For that which to those in heaven is above is to those in hell below, and that which to those in heaven is below is to those in hell above. This shows to some extent how heaven can so to speak make one with hell, that is, how together they can resemble a single entity so far as position and station go.