200. Internal Meaning of Joel, Chapter 3

1 Then the church will be gathered together, (11, 17)

2 and then judgment will be executed upon those who have scattered the goods and truths of the church; (15)

4-8 upon those who are in knowledges [cognitiones] alone and in faith alone, and have thereby destroyed the truths of the Word and of doctrine. (15)

9-12 Combat of good and truth against evils and falsities at that time. (15)

13-15 Then evil is consummated. (3)

16-17 This is from the Lord, whom they will then also acknowledge, and from whom is the church. (11)

18-19 The Lord will then teach them the Word, and falsifications of the Word will be removed. (11)

20-21 Then the church will be the Lord's, and from the Word. (11)

A child is a young boy or girl in the care of parents, older than a suckling or an infant, but not yet an adolescent. "Children" are sometimes used as a name for a large group of descendants of one person, such as the Children of Israel, or even all human beings as the Children of Men. A child represents innocence and charity, where innocence is the willingness to be led, and charity is love. This is why Jesus blessed them and suggested that we all become like children in order to enter heaven.