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.

In Genesis 10:3 and Ezekiel 27:14, this signifies people in internal worship. (Apocalypse Explained 355[12]) They had rites which regarded spiritual as distinguished from celestial things. (Arcana Coelestia 1154[2]) In Ezekiel 38:6, In the opposite sense Togarmah signifies perverted doctrinals. (Arcana Coelestia 1154)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 355)