Erläuterung zu Numeri 7:56
By Henry MacLagan (machine translated into Deutsch)
Vers 56. Und das dankbare Hören und Empfangen der Anbetung, weil sie aus dem Verbleib abgeleitet ist und in liebevollen Worten und Taten zum Ausdruck kommt.
Arcana Coelestia #1262
1262. From this it now becomes clear that 'the earth' here also means the Church; for when the earth is mentioned, one's only perception is of the nation or people there, and when a nation or people is envisaged one's only perception is of their character. Consequently 'the earth' means nothing other than the Church, as shown already in 662, 1066.
