1020. That these things are meant becomes clear from the fact that everything put together as history from Genesis 1 down to Eber in Chapter 11 means something different from what appears in the letter, and from the consideration that the historical narratives there are purely made-up history customary among the most ancient people. When attesting the truth of some matter they would say that 'Jehovah said it'. Here however 'God' is used because the subject is the spiritual Church. And they did the same when anything true was being, or had been, put into effect.

'The host of heaven,' as mentioned in Genesis 2:1, signifies love, faith, and the knowledges of these. 'The host of heaven,' as mentioned in Deuteronomy 17:2, signifies falsities.

See Armies.

(Riferimenti: Arcana Coelestia 821)