859. That “on the first day of the month the tops of the mountains appeared” signifies the truths of faith which then begin to be seen, is evident from the signification of “mountains” n. 795 being the goods of love and of charity. Their tops begin to be seen when man is being regenerated, and is being gifted with conscience, and thereby with charity; and he who supposes that he sees the tops of the mountains, or the truths of faith, from any other ground than from the goods of love and of charity, is quite mistaken; since without these, Jews and profane Gentiles may see them in the same way. The “tops of the mountains” are the first dawnings of light which appear.
