715. Since Divine good and Divine truth are the most universal principles of everything to do with heaven and the church, this was why Melchizedek, who represented the Lord, brought out bread and wine to Abram, and blessed him. We read of Melchizedek:

Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out to Abram bread and wine; and he was priest to God most high, and he blessed him, Genesis 14:18-19.

It is clear that Melchizedek represented the Lord from these words in the Psalms of David:

You are a priest for ever after the fashion of Melchizedek, Psalms 110:4, That this was said of the Lord may be seen in Hebrews 5:5-10; 6:20; 7:1, 10-11, 15, 17, 21. The reason why he brought out bread and wine was that these two include everything to do with heaven and the church, and so with blessing, in the same way as bread and wine do in the Holy Supper.

9864. 'There shall be four rows of stones, the order being' means all of them joined together, that is to say, all the truths springing from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'four' as a joining together, dealt with in 1686, 9601, 9674; and from the meaning of 'rows of stones' as truths springing from good in their proper order. The setting of them in four rows, three in each row, was decreed in order that the joining together of all the truths springing from the same good, and so their perfection, might be represented; for 'four' means a joining together, as has been stated, and 'three' means perfection, 9825. Indeed since one and the same good is the source from which they all emanate, 9863, and is consequently the one to which they all look back, that good is what joins them all together.

[2] Things that happen in heaven may serve to cast light on all this and show that it is so. All without exception in heaven turn their face towards the Lord; and - marvel that it is - this happens whatever direction they turn to face. As a consequence of this all who are in heaven are joined together as one. But those who are outside heaven turn their face away from the Lord; and the further away they are from heaven the further away their faced is turned. As a consequence of this there is division among them, because they do not love God or their neighbour, only themselves and the world. But this is an arcanum which for those whose thought is ruled by the illusions of the senses is inconceivable; for they cannot at all comprehend how every face in heaven can be always looking, in whatever direction its owner turns, towards the Lord, who is the Sun there. See what has been introduced above in 9828 on this subject.