860. "그 수가 바다 모래 같으리라" 이 사람들이 많은 것을 뜻한다. 그 사람들이 많은 것을 "바다와 모래"에 비교한 것은 "바다"는 교회의 외적인 것을 뜻하며(402-403, 404, 470), "모래"는 밑바닥을 이루는 것 외에는 바다에서는 별로 소용이 없는 것이기 때문이다. 그들의 수가 그렇게 많기 때문에 일렀으되,

"뼈를 보면 장사하는 자로 하몬곡 골짜기에 장사하게 하고 성의 이름도 하모니라 하리라"(에스겔 39:15-16).

(옮기는 사람의 말 : 하몬 곡과 하모니는 다 히브리어로 사람이 많은 군중을 뜻함)

8897. 'Honour your father and your mother' means love for goodness and truth, in the highest sense for the Lord and His kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of 'honouring' as loving, for in the spiritual sense 'honour' is love, because in heaven one loves another, and in loving him also honours him since love is present within honour (honour without love there is rejected, indeed spurned, because it is devoid of life from good); from the meaning of 'father' as goodness, dealt with in 3703, 5581, 5902, 6050, 7833, 7834, and in the highest sense as the Lord in respect of Divine Goodness, 15, 1729, 2005, 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328 (the reason why 'Father' in the highest sense is the Lord is that He imparts new life to the person, so that this life may make that person a son and heir of His kingdom); and from the meaning of 'mother' as truth, dealt with in 3703, 5581, and in the highest sense the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, thus His kingdom since Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord makes heaven. The reason why the Lord's Divine Truth makes heaven is that in the next life the Lord in respect of Divine Good is the Sun, and in respect of Divine Truth is the Light. This Divine Light radiating from the Lord as the Sun is what enlightens angelic minds and fills them with intelligence and wisdom, causing them to be angels of light. Divine Good is present within Divine Truth, even as heat from the sun is present within the light in springtime and summer in the world.